Change to espressif camera repo. Improved Readme and example

Author: cnadler86

.github/workflows/ESP32.yml

@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ jobs:
           cd esp-idf
           ./install.sh all
           cd components
-          # latest_cam_driver=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/espressif/esp32-camera/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
-          # git clone --depth 1 --branch $latest_tag https://github.com/espressif/esp32-camera.git
-          git clone https://github.com/cnadler86/esp32-camera.git
+          latest_cam_driver=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/espressif/esp32-camera/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/')
+          git clone --depth 1 --branch $latest_tag https://github.com/espressif/esp32-camera.git
+          # git clone https://github.com/cnadler86/esp32-camera.git
           cd ~/esp-idf/
           source ./export.sh
 

README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![ESP32 Port](https://github.com/cnadler86/micropython-camera-API/actions/workflows/ESP32.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/cnadler86/micropython-camera-API/actions/workflows/ESP32.yml)
 
-This project aims to support various cameras on different MicroPython ports, starting with the ESP32 port and Omnivision (OV2640 & OV5640) cameras. The project implements a general API for cameras in micropython (such as circuitpython have done).
+This project aims to support various cameras (e.g. OV2640, OV5640) on different MicroPython ports, starting with the ESP32 port. The project implements a general API, has precompiled FW images and supports a lot of cameras out of the box.
 At the moment, this is a micropython user module, but it might get in the micropython repo in the future.
 The API is stable, but it might change without previous announce.
 
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ import camera
 vers = camera.Version()
 ```
 
+### Additional information
+
+The FW images support the following cameras out of the box, but is therefore big: OV7670, OV7725, OV2640, OV3660, OV5640, NT99141, GC2145, GC032A, GC0308, BF3005, BF20A6, SC030IOT
+
 ## Build your custom FW
 
 ### Setting up the build environment (DIY method)
@@ -149,11 +153,11 @@ To build the project, follow these instructions:
 
 - [ESP-IDF](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/v5.2.3/esp32/get-started/index.html): I used version 5.2.3, but it might work with other versions (see notes).
 - Clone the micropython repo and this repo in a folder, e.g. "MyESPCam". MicroPython version 1.24 or higher is required (at least commit 92484d8).
-- You will have to add the ESP32-Camera driver (I used v2.0.13). To do this, add the following to the respective idf_component.yml file (e.g. in micropython/ports/esp32/main_esp32s3/idf_component.yml):
+- You will have to add the ESP32-Camera driver (I used v2.0.15). To do this, add the following to the respective idf_component.yml file (e.g. in micropython/ports/esp32/main_esp32s3/idf_component.yml):
 
 ```yml
   espressif/esp32-camera:
-    git: https://github.com/cnadler86/esp32-camera  #At the moment I maintain a fork because of some unsolved bugs and conveniance.
+    git: https://github.com/espressif/esp32-camera.git
 ```
 
 Alternatively, you can clone the <https://github.com/cnadler86/esp32-camera> repository inside the esp-idf/components folder instead of altering the idf_component.yml file.
@@ -221,6 +225,9 @@ Example for Xiao sense:
 #define MICROPY_CAMERA_GRAB_MODE    (1)   // 0=WHEN_EMPTY (might have old data, but less resources), 1=LATEST (best, but more resources)
 
 ```
+#### Customize additional camera settings
+
+If you want to customize additional camera setting or reduce the FW size by removing support for unused camera sensors, then take a look at the kconfig file of the esp32-camera driver and specify these on the sdkconfig file of your board.
 
 ### Build the API
 
@@ -268,6 +275,14 @@ Using fb_count=2 theoretically can double the FPS (see JPEG with fb_count=2). Th
 
 
 Looking at the results: image conversion make only sense for frame sized below QVGA or if capturing the image in the intended pixelformat and frame size combination fails.
+
+## Troubleshoot
+
+You can find information on the following sites:
+- [ESP-FAQ](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-faq/en/latest/application-solution/camera-application.html)
+- [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/)
+- [Issues in here](https://github.com/cnadler86/micropython-camera-API/issues?q=is%3Aissue)
+
 ## Future Plans
 
 - Edge case: enable usage of pins such as i2c for other applications

examples/CameraSettings.py

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ async def stream_camera(writer):
         cam.init()
         if not cam.get_bmp_out() and cam.get_pixel_format() != PixelFormat.JPEG:
             cam.set_bmp_out(True)
-
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        
         writer.write(b'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: multipart/x-mixed-replace; boundary=frame\r\n\r\n')
         await writer.drain()