Esp32 cam overheating

[Daveyman123]

My esp32 cam gets too hot to touch. I am not sure which part gets hot right now. I don't think there are any solder bridges. If I plug in a programmer board it gets too hot to touch instead. If I plug in 5v from a battery the esp32 cam gets too hot to touch. Nothing is plugged in to any pins. How do I troubleshoot further?


Thanks,
David

[ESP_Sprite]

Which part specifically gets too hot? What's the code you're running on it? Does the board otherwise still function? What is the power draw of the board?

[Daveyman123]

I am not sure which part overheated. I was EXTREMELY hot though. and I ended up purchasing some more of the esp32 cam boards on amazon.

[Daveyman123]

please help!

I figured out that it is likely the sketch that is causing the issue. I have two devices now overheating. However, I am not sure how to upload a new sketch as the board is no longer recognized.

[Daveyman123]

here is the exact error

serial.serialutil.SerialException: could not open port 'COM5': WindowsError(2, 'The system cannot find the file specified.')
Failed to execute script esptool
the selected serial port Failed to execute script esptool

[ESP_Sprite]

You should be able to override that by using a jumper wire to connect GPIO0 to ground, holding the reset button, and then plugging the module in. Wait a second, release the reset button and you should be able to reflash the board. I'm curious to what the sketch does; apart from e.g. using an I/O as an output while the external hardware also sets a level on it, I haven't seen an ESP32 act in such a fashion before.

[Daveyman123]

https://gist.github.com/wybiral/2a96c1d ... 0586c4b13e

Here is the sketch I used. I uploaded it using the dev module board setting as well as with 80mhz and 112500 speed. I uploaded with 3v and then provided 5v to the board to run the sketch. The sketch runs but prints out gibberish.

Here is a schematic of the board
https://github.com/SeeedDocument/forum_ ... M_V1.6.pdf