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Adafruit PiCowbell OV5640 Camera Breakout - 72 Degree Autofocus

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Adafruit PiCowbell OV5640 Camera Breakout - 72 Degree Autofocus - Adafruit - 5945
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Pico-format breakout carrying an OV5640 5 MP autofocus camera (72° FOV) with DVP interface, I2C configuration, microSD slot, shutter/reset controls, and STEMMA QT. Designed to stack directly on Raspberry Pi Pico / Pico W.

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Pinout

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified
ADAFRUIT PICOWBELL OV5OV5640 camera moduleResetGPIO 14VSyncGPIO 0MicroSD SPIPower DownGPIO 1Shutter buttonGPIO 22HSyncGPIO 2Reset buttonPixel ClockGPIO 316 MHz XClockSDAGPIO 4STEMMA QT portSCLGPIO 5

One grouped connection is listed in the table but omitted from the graphic until individual pins are available.

  • OV5640 camera module
    Type · Unknown
  • VSyncGPIO 0
    Type · GPIO
  • Power DownGPIO 1
    Type · GPIO, Control
  • HSyncGPIO 2
    Type · GPIO
  • Pixel ClockGPIO 3
    Type · GPIO
  • SDAGPIO 4
    Type · GPIO, I2C
  • SCLGPIO 5
    Type · GPIO, I2C
  • 8-bit digital dataGPIO 6-13
    Type · Signal
  • ResetGPIO 14
    Type · GPIO, Control
  • MicroSD SPI
    Type · SPI
  • Shutter buttonGPIO 22
    Type · GPIO, Unknown
  • Reset button
    Type · Unknown
  • 16 MHz XClock
    Type · Signal
  • STEMMA QT port
    Type · I2C
PinType
OV5640 camera moduleUnknown
VSyncGPIO 0GPIO
Power DownGPIO 1GPIO, Control
HSyncGPIO 2GPIO
Pixel ClockGPIO 3GPIO
SDAGPIO 4GPIO, I2C
SCLGPIO 5GPIO, I2C
8-bit digital dataGPIO 6-13Signal
ResetGPIO 14GPIO, Control
MicroSD SPISPI
Shutter buttonGPIO 22GPIO, Unknown
Reset buttonUnknown
16 MHz XClockSignal
STEMMA QT portI2C
Logical pinout · physical placement not verified
ADAFRUIT PICOWBELL OV5OV5640 camera moduleResetGPIO 14VSyncGPIO 0MicroSD SPIPower DownGPIO 1Shutter buttonGPIO 22HSyncGPIO 2Reset buttonPixel ClockGPIO 316 MHz XClockSDAGPIO 4STEMMA QT portSCLGPIO 5

One grouped connection is omitted from the graphic until individual pins are available.

Pin details

14 connections
  1. OV5640 camera module
    Unknown
  2. VSyncGPIO 0
    GPIO
  3. Power DownGPIO 1
    GPIO, Control
  4. HSyncGPIO 2
    GPIO
  5. Pixel ClockGPIO 3
    GPIO
  6. SDAGPIO 4
    GPIO, I2C
  7. SCLGPIO 5
    GPIO, I2C
  8. 8-bit digital dataGPIO 6-13
    Signal
  9. ResetGPIO 14
    GPIO, Control
  10. MicroSD SPI
    SPI
  11. Shutter buttonGPIO 22
    GPIO, Unknown
  12. Reset button
    Unknown
  13. 16 MHz XClock
    Signal
  14. STEMMA QT port
    I2C

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