A high-quality 5 Megapixel camera breakout designed for hobby-level microcontrollers like the RP2040 and ESP32-S series. The OV5640 sensor with a 120-degree wide-angle lens connects via an 8-bit parallel data interface, making it compatible with chips that have enough pins, DMA, and RAM to capture frames directly.

This breakout improves on existing camera modules with breadboard-friendly headers, selectable clock generation, improved thermal management, and support for auto-focus camera modules.

Key Features

• OV5640 5 MP Sensor – High-resolution camera with 120-degree wide-angle lens
• Breadboard Friendly – Standard 2×9 header plus a duplicated header strip 0.3″ apart for breadboard or perfboard mounting
• Selectable 24 MHz Clock – Use the onboard XCLK oscillator to save a GPIO pin, or provide an external clock from your microcontroller
• Thermal Management – Heat-sinking camera area with exposed ground pad and thermal vias to reduce drift during continuous encoding
• Auto-Focus Support – Optional VMotor 3.3 V power jumper on DATA1 for auto-focusing camera modules
• Power-Good LED – 3.3 V indicator on the back (can be disabled)
• 8-Bit Parallel Interface – Compatible with RP2040, ESP32-S2/S3, and other microcontrollers with sufficient pins and DMA

Compatibility

• RP2040-based boards (Raspberry Pi Pico, Feather RP2040, etc.)
• ESP32-S2 and ESP32-S3 boards
• Any microcontroller with 8+ data pins, DMA, and sufficient RAM for frame buffering

Ideal For

• Microcontroller-based image capture projects
• Wide-angle surveillance and monitoring
• Machine vision and object detection
• Time-lapse photography
• QR code and barcode scanning

Package Contents

• 1× Adafruit OV5640 Camera Breakout with 120-degree wide-angle lens

Resources

• OV5640 Camera Breakout Learn Guide – Wiring, setup, and example code