Don’t you just hate it when dev boards have some annoying little quirk that makes them harder to use than they should be? Take the ESP32-CAM, a board that started appearing on the market in ...

with this project which turns the ESP32 into a USB host. USB is not a native feature on all microcontrollers or even Arduino-compatible boards. While some do have it built in like those based on ...

The project uses an IKEA lamp's arm and an ESP32 for easy setup ... for it's flexible arm so the camera can easily point in every direction. With the attached USB-Power Bank it is highly portable ...