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ESP32-CAM Library

Q&A Forum › Category: ESP32 › ESP32-CAM Library
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David Ward asked 4 years ago
Question Tags: ESP32 CAM Libraries The files on Gethub state the header file is missing so it wont let me upload the camera.h library
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Sara Santos Staff answered 4 years ago

Hi David.
Can you better explain what you’re trying to do?
To run examples with the ESP32-CAM, you don’t need to install any camera.h library. It is included by default when you install the ESP32 boards in your Arduino IDE.
Regards,
Sara

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David Ward answered 4 years ago

I was going to compile a camera program that had #camera.h for one of the libraries. The Arduino IDE gave an error stating that the library cant be found Here is the header
#include “esp_camera.h”
#include
// Select camera model
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_WROVER_KIT
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_ESP_EYE
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_WIDE
#define CAMERA_MODEL_AI_THINKER

#include “camera_pins.h

The compiler doesn’t like that so I am not sure what to do.
I tried downloading the camera library from github but the error with that is the header files are missing.

Maybe I am going about it wrong so any help would be appreciated. I am trying to set up a home security system with the raspberry pi, 3 ESP32-CAM modules and a couple of ESP32 WROOM modules
Thanks
Dave Ward

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Sara Santos Staff answered 4 years ago

Hi Dave.
Do you have an ESP32 board selected in the Boards menu (Tools>Board)?
What’s exactly the name of the header file missing?
The default is esp_camera.h.
If yours is different (camera.h), it may be the case that the code that you’re using as a reference needs another file. What’s the code that you’re using as a reference?
Regards,
Sara

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David Ward answered 4 years ago

#include “esp_camera.h”
#include
#define CAMERA_MODEL_AI_THINKER

I have that board specified

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David Ward answered 4 years ago

I got the esp_camera.h fixed thank you very much for your help.

Dave

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Sara Santos Staff answered 4 years ago

Hi Dave!
Great!
I’ll mark this issue as resolved. If you need further help, you just need to open a new question in our forum.
Regards,
Sara

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