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Download and install VS Code
https://code.visualstudio.com/Download
Install the VS Code platform io plugin
Check for error messages, maybe you need to manually add some python libraries
- e.g. in my Ubuntu a python3-env was missing: sudo apt-get install python3-venv
git clone this project
in Linux: git clone https://github.com/jomjol/AI-on-the-edge-device.git
in VS code, open the AI-on-the-edge-device/code
- from terminal: cd AI-on-the-edge-device/code && code .
open a pio terminal (click on the terminal sign in the bottom menu bar)
make sure you are in the code directory
To build, type platformio run --environment esp32cam
or use the graphical interface:
the build artifacts are stored in code/.pio/build/esp32cam/
Connect the device and type pio device monitor. There you will see your device and can copy the name to the next instruction
Add upload_port = you_device_port to the platformio.ini file
make sure an sd card with the contents of the sd_card folder is inserted and you have changed the wifi details
pio run --target erase to erase the flash
pio run --target upload this will upload the bootloader.bin, partitions.bin,firmware.bin from the code/.pio/build/esp32cam/ folder.
pio device monitor to observe the logs via uart