Image: reddit.com · I built a custom Retro Camera using a XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense. It records AVI video with sound, plays it back, and has a wireless file manager
A retro video camera on a XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense
A Kodak-inspired camera that records AVI video with sound, plays it back and serves files over Wi-Fi, debugged with help from Claude Opus.
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A retro digital camera inspired by old Kodak designs, built around a XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense and a 2" screen in a 3D-printed case. It records 480x320 MJPEG video with sound at about 10 fps as AVI files, has a thumbnail gallery with playback, timelapse and slideshow modes, and a Wi-Fi file manager reached by scanning a QR code on screen.
The maker used Claude Opus throughout 20 development phases, which they say made debugging the FreeRTOS buffer syncing much easier. Code and STL files are open source.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: I built a custom Retro Camera using a XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense. It records AVI video with sound, plays itReddit poster: deproxynnPosted
The maker's post on r/esp32.
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- The video: youtube.com
Linked from the post.