The PiCowbell alerts you when the new Adafruit PiCowbell OV5640 Camera Breakout with 120-Degree Wide-Angle Lens is available.

This high-quality OV5640 camera boasts a 5 Megapixel sensor element and a 120-degree wide-angle lens. It also includes all necessary support circuitry for capturing photos with your Pico or Pico W. Utilize raw RGB images for precise image analysis or easily save and upload images to an SD card or adafruit.io with the built-in JPEG encoding.

The RP2040 chip boasts a rapid PIO interface and sufficient memory to connect with 'DVP' cameras, which utilize 8 image data pins, Pixel Clock, H Sync and V Sync signals, as well as an I2C configuration interface and a Reset plus power Down pin. This results in a significant usage of GPIO, but there are still 6 GPIO pins available even with the addition of an SD card and shutter button.

Camera PiCowbell Features:

• Interface for OV5640 Camera module
  VSync: GPIO 0
  Power Down: GPIO 1
  HSync: GPIO 2
  Pixel Clock: GPIO 3
  SDA/SCL: GPIO 4 and GPIO 5
  8-bit Digital: GPIO6 through GPIO 13
  Reset: GPIO 14
  VMotor connected to 3.3V for auto-focus modules
• Micro SD Card:
  SPI on GPIO 16, GPIO 18 and GPIO 19
  Chip select on GPIO 17
  Optional SD Detect on GPIO 15
• Shutter button on GPIO 22
• Reset button
• 16 MHz 'XClock' generated by onboard oscillator
• Stemma QT port for I2C on GPIO 4 / 5

This module does not have auto-focus capability, it is a fixed 'infinite' focus module.

Each order comes with an assembled PCB, camera sensor, and two pieces of 20-pin pin header. You will need to solder in the header yourself, but it's a quick task.

Since this board has the camera pointing 'up', it's best to use our . Or you can 'stack' the camera 'bell on top, best when you don't need easy access to the BOOT loading button.

Or, for a compact package, you can...

1.  if you want to be able to plug into a breadboard or other accessory with sockets. Solder these onto the Pico so that the camera is on top.
2. if you want to plug directly in and have a nice solid connection that doesn't have any poking-out-bits. Ditto, solder these into the Pico and plug the camera on top.