HT-HC32 ESP-HaLowCamera

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This document is still under construction and will be completed soon.

Introduction

ESP-HaLowCamera is a development board with integrated camera, based on the ESP32-S3 MCU and Wi-Fi HaLow module.It is designed for long-range, high-speed wireless communication. With support for transmission distances of over 1 km and speeds of up to 32 Mbps, it is ideal for IoT applications that require reliable, high-performance connectivity.

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Feature

  • The MCU is the ESP32-S3, and the Wi-Fi HaLow module is HT-HC01.

  • Integrated CP2102 USB-to-serial chip.

  • Long transmission range, up to over 1~2km.

  • Fast transmission speed, with a maximum of 32 Mbps.

  • Low power consumption design with strong penetration.

  • Integrated 2 megapixel camera.

  • Integrated SD card slot for easy local deployment and data storage.

  • Type-C USB interface with a complete voltage regulator, ESD protection, short circuit protection, RF shielding, and other protection measures.

  • Onboard SH1.25-2 battery interface, integrated lithium battery management system.

  • Integrated Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi HaLow three network connections.

  • Supports the Arduino development environment.

Components

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Basic Resources

Pin Layout

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For description of function names, please refer to ESP-HaLowCamera Datasheet.

Get started

Required Hardware

  • ESP-HaLowCamera

  • USB Type-C cable

  • Computer running Windows, Linux, or macOS

Note

Be sure to use an appropriate USB cable. Some cables are for charging only and do not provide the needed data lines nor work for programming the boards.

Hardware Connection

The installation direction of SDcard and camera is shown below.

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Required Software

Installing the development framework

Heltec provides an Arduino-based development framework that includes basic ESP32 code and sample Wi-Fi HaLow code.

For installation, please refer to this link: Heltec ESP_HaLow Development Framework Installation Guide.

Programming

Once you have the framework and libraries installed, connect your computer to the board and start programming nodes.

Example

  1. Connect your node to the computer with a USB cable.

  2. Open Arduino IDE -> Tools, correctly select the board.

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  1. Select File -> Example to find the example you want. The location of the Wi-Fi HaLow related code is circled in the figure below.

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  1. Adapt your code to your needs.

  2. Compile & Upload

FAQs

Heltec General Docs

–>[General Docs]<– <https://docs.heltec.org/general/index.html>