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LILYGO T-Camera S3

ESP32-S3 camera development board with OV2640 2MP sensor, 0.96-inch OLED display, 16MB flash, 8MB PSRAM, WiFi, and BLE 5.0 — a ready-to-use platform for WiFi streaming cameras and computer vision projects.

Starting from

$17.31

Compatible Firmware

Specifications

Components

Espressif ESP32-S3FN16R8 dual-core Xtensa LX7 at 240MHz with 16MB flash, 8MB PSRAM, WiFi, BLE 5.0, and USB OTG.

OmniVision OV2640 2-megapixel UXGA image sensor with JPEG compression and DVP interface for live video streaming.

Solomon Systech SSD1306 OLED driver for the 0.96-inch 128×64 status display via I2C.

Bus Interfaces

I2C
SCL: GPIO22SDA: GPIO21
UART
RX: GPIO44TX: GPIO43

GPIO Map

GPIO0
Boot Button
digital-inputstrapping
GPIO
GPIO21
I2C SDA (OLED)
digital-inputdigital-output
I2C
GPIO22
I2C SCL (OLED)
digital-output
I2C
GPIO38
Free GPIO
digital-inputdigital-output
GPIO
GPIO40
Free GPIO
digital-inputdigital-output
GPIO
GPIO43
UART TX
digital-output
UART
GPIO44
UART RX
digital-input
UART

Overview

The LILYGO T-Camera S3 combines the Espressif ESP32-S3FN16R8 with an OV2640 2-megapixel camera sensor (UXGA 1622×1200) to create a compact WiFi camera development board. The ESP32-S3's dual-core Xtensa LX7 at 240MHz, combined with 8MB PSRAM for frame buffering and 16MB flash for firmware storage, handles JPEG streaming and real-time video processing without external hardware.

The onboard 0.96-inch SSD1306 OLED (128×64) provides status output such as IP addresses, stream stats, or sensor readings. WiFi 802.11 b/g/n enables live MJPEG streaming over a local network, and BLE 5.0 supports Bluetooth proximity and configuration applications.

The board uses native USB-C on the ESP32-S3 for programming and serial debug, eliminating the need for a separate USB-UART bridge. Compatible with the ESP-WHO computer vision framework, Arduino ESP32, and PlatformIO. Popular for doorbell cameras, baby monitors, time-lapse photography, and machine vision experimentation.

Use Cases

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