Adding a camera for still pictures

[mzincali]

Hi. I have a custom ESP32 board using an ESP32C3mini. For my next project, I'd like to be able to take still photos, with a nice wide-angle lens (almost fish-eye).

What are the pros and cons of staying with the existing ESP32C3Mini vs moving to ESP32-CAM?

Thank you.

[ESP_WangYX]

As far as I know, ESP32C3 doesn't support DVP interface, and ESP32C3 doesn't have psram mounted, so ESP32 seems more suitable.

[mzincali]

Thank you. That's a good starting point. I'll have to learn about DVP and RAM needs of taking pictures.

[ESP_Sprite]

Suggest also taking the ESP32S3 into consideration. It's a fairly new chip, so the amount of docs and libraries available is a bit less in general, but it should be more capable of camera stuff than the classic ESP32.

[ESP_WangYX]

Indeed, ESP32-S3 is the latest chip dedicated to camera projects, supports Wi-Fi and BLE, and has an independent DVP peripheral interface.