A gimbal camera based on Ai-Thinker ESP32-CAM using Arduino and madhephaestus/ESP32Servo library, modified from an example called CameraWebServer.
The following code indicates how to connect two 180-degree servos (for example, SG90) with ESP32-CAM board.
#define SERVO_PITCH 14
#define SERVO_YAW 15
Rename src/config.cpp.example to src/config.cpp, in this file there are several parameters used by initialization process as following.
pitch_default ranges 0 to 180, as the initial angle of pitch servo.
yaw_default is similar to pitch_default.
hostname gives name to this device and will be shown on the title bar of its web page and in pictures saved.
ssid is the SSID, also known as the name of one Wi-Fi hotspot that GGKG should connect to, with password given by password.
GGKG ask for a dynamic IP address in default. For a static IP address, set #define SET_WIFI_USE_STATIC_IP 1 in config.h, then set local_ip as the static IP address, netmask and gateway as what you wish.
GGKG also support wireguard. To enable it, set #define SET_WIREGUARD_ENABLE 1 in config.h, then set wg_local_ip for wireguard interface address(netmask will be 255.255.255.255), wg_private_key for interface private key, wg_endpoint_address for endpoint address or domain, wg_endpoint_port for endpoint port, and wg_public_key for endpoint public key.
GGKG provides web page at root of its web server. In Settings Panel, Peripherals submenu is for servos and Flashlight LED, and the other submenu contains items in CameraWebServer.
This gimbal project may be useful and can't be simpler. It's for our enjoyment.
In some cases, say wifi reconnected after a period of connection lost, wireguard could be unable to reconnect. We found that the program would tring to send initralization requests continously but failed to receive any server response, and believe it is NAT network to be claim.
In general wireguard client, we set PersistentKeepalive to avoid such situation, quote WireGuard Quick Start Manual here:
But if you're behind NAT or a firewall and you want to receive incoming connections long after network traffic has gone silent, this option will keep the "connection" open in the eyes of NAT.
For more information, refer to this log.