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HC32 Get started

Required Hardware

  • ESP-HaLowCamera
  • USB Type-C cable
  • Computer running Windows, Linux, or macOS
note

Be sure to use an appropriate USB cable. Some cables are for charging only and do not provide the needed data lines nor work for programming the boards.

Hardware Connection

The installation direction of SD card and camera is shown below.

ESP-HaLowCamera Hardware Connection

Required Software

Installing the development framework

Heltec provides an Arduino-based development framework that includes basic ESP32 code and sample Wi-Fi HaLow code.

For installation, please refer to this link:
Heltec ESP_HaLow Development Framework Installation Guide

Programming

Once you have the framework and libraries installed, connect your computer to the board and start programming nodes.

Example

  1. Connect your node to the computer with a USB cable.
  2. Open Arduino IDE -> Tools, correctly select the board.

Arduino IDE Tools

  1. Select File -> Example to find the example you want. The location of the Wi-Fi HaLow related code is circled in the figure below.

Arduino IDE Examples

  1. Adapt your code to your needs.
  2. Compile & Upload.