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Not working with Arduino Nano and 5V-ready microSD Breakout Board+

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Description

  • Arduino board: Nano

  • Arduino IDE version (found in Arduino -> About Arduino menu): 1.6.5

  • List the steps to reproduce the problem below (if possible attach a sketch or
    copy the sketch code in too):

    Our camera module worked perfectly with an Arduino Uno, but as soon as we moved the wiring to a Nano, the images we capture started to show severe corruption. Some are completely empty. Here are a few of the captured images:
    image02
    image04
    image06

And here is our code:

#include <OneWire.h>
#include <DallasTemperature.h>
// This is a motion-detect camera sketch using the Adafruit VC0706 library.
// On start, the Arduino will find the camera and SD card and turn
// on motion detection.  If motion is detected, the camera will
// snap a photo, saving it to the SD card.
// Public domain.

// If using an Arduino Mega (1280, 2560 or ADK) in conjunction
// with an SD card shield designed for conventional Arduinos
// (Uno, etc.), it's necessary to edit the library file:
//   libraries/SD/utility/Sd2Card.h
// Look for this line:
//   #define MEGA_SOFT_SPI 0
// change to:
//   #define MEGA_SOFT_SPI 1
// This is NOT required if using an SD card breakout interfaced
// directly to the SPI bus of the Mega (pins 50-53), or if using
// a non-Mega, Uno-style board.

#include <Adafruit_VC0706.h>
#include <SPI.h>
#include <SD.h>


// comment out this line if using Arduino V23 or earlier
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>         

// uncomment this line if using Arduino V23 or earlier
// #include <NewSoftSerial.h>       



// SD card chip select line varies among boards/shields:
// Adafruit SD shields and modules: pin 10
// Arduino Ethernet shield: pin 4
// Sparkfun SD shield: pin 8
// Arduino Mega w/hardware SPI: pin 53
// Teensy 2.0: pin 0
// Teensy++ 2.0: pin 20
#define chipSelect 10

// Pins for camera connection are configurable.
// With the Arduino Uno, etc., most pins can be used, except for
// those already in use for the SD card (10 through 13 plus
// chipSelect, if other than pin 10).
// With the Arduino Mega, the choices are a bit more involved:
// 1) You can still use SoftwareSerial and connect the camera to
//    a variety of pins...BUT the selection is limited.  The TX
//    pin from the camera (RX on the Arduino, and the first
//    argument to SoftwareSerial()) MUST be one of: 62, 63, 64,
//    65, 66, 67, 68, or 69.  If MEGA_SOFT_SPI is set (and using
//    a conventional Arduino SD shield), pins 50, 51, 52 and 53
//    are also available.  The RX pin from the camera (TX on
//    Arduino, second argument to SoftwareSerial()) can be any
//    pin, again excepting those used by the SD card.
// 2) You can use any of the additional three hardware UARTs on
//    the Mega board (labeled as RX1/TX1, RX2/TX2, RX3,TX3),
//    but must specifically use the two pins defined by that
//    UART; they are not configurable.  In this case, pass the
//    desired Serial object (rather than a SoftwareSerial
//    object) to the Adafruit_VC0706 constructor.

// Using SoftwareSerial (Arduino 1.0+) or NewSoftSerial (Arduino 0023 & prior):
#if ARDUINO >= 100
// On Uno: camera TX connected to pin 2, camera RX to pin 3:
SoftwareSerial cameraconnection = SoftwareSerial(2, 3);
// On Mega: camera TX connected to pin 69 (A15), camera RX to pin 3:
//SoftwareSerial cameraconnection = SoftwareSerial(69, 3);
#else
NewSoftSerial cameraconnection = NewSoftSerial(2, 3);
#endif
Adafruit_VC0706 cam = Adafruit_VC0706(&cameraconnection);

// Using hardware serial on Mega: camera TX conn. to RX1,
// camera RX to TX1, no SoftwareSerial object is required:
//Adafruit_VC0706 cam = Adafruit_VC0706(&Serial1);
OneWire oneWire(7);
DallasTemperature sensors(&oneWire);
bool cameraOK = false;

void setup() {

  // When using hardware SPI, the SS pin MUST be set to an
  // output (even if not connected or used).  If left as a
  // floating input w/SPI on, this can cause lockuppage.
#if !defined(SOFTWARE_SPI)
#if defined(__AVR_ATmega1280__) || defined(__AVR_ATmega2560__)
  if(chipSelect != 53) pinMode(53, OUTPUT); // SS on Mega
#else
  if(chipSelect != 10) pinMode(10, OUTPUT); // SS on Uno, etc.
#endif
#endif
  sensors.begin();
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("VC0706 Camera test");

  // see if the card is present and can be initialized:
  if (!SD.begin(chipSelect)) {
    Serial.println("Card failed, or not present");
    // don't do anything more:
    //return;
    Serial.println("Continuing without SD");
  }  

  // Try to locate the camera
  if (cam.begin()) {
    Serial.println("Camera Found:");
    cameraOK = true;
  } else {
    Serial.println("No camera found?");
    return;
  }
  // Print out the camera version information (optional)
  char *reply = cam.getVersion();
  if (reply == 0) {
    Serial.print("Failed to get version");
  } else {
    Serial.println("-----------------");
    Serial.print(reply);
    Serial.println("-----------------");
  }

  // Set the picture size - you can choose one of 640x480, 320x240 or 160x120 
  // Remember that bigger pictures take longer to transmit!

  //cam.setImageSize(VC0706_640x480);        // biggest
  cam.setImageSize(VC0706_320x240);        // medium
  //cam.setImageSize(VC0706_160x120);          // small

  // You can read the size back from the camera (optional, but maybe useful?)
  uint8_t imgsize = cam.getImageSize();
  Serial.print("Image size: ");
  if (imgsize == VC0706_640x480) Serial.println("640x480");
  if (imgsize == VC0706_320x240) Serial.println("320x240");
  if (imgsize == VC0706_160x120) Serial.println("160x120");


  //  Motion detection system can alert you when the camera 'sees' motion!
  cam.setMotionDetect(true);           // turn it on
  //cam.setMotionDetect(false);        // turn it off   (default)

  // You can also verify whether motion detection is active!
  Serial.print("Motion detection is ");
  if (cam.getMotionDetect()) 
    Serial.println("ON");
  else 
    Serial.println("OFF");
}




void loop() {

  if (!cameraOK) {
    delay(500);
    if (cam.begin()) {
      Serial.println("Camera Found:");
      cameraOK = true;
    } else {
      Serial.println("No camera found?");
      return;
    }
  }


  //---------------sense temperature here------------------
  sensors.requestTemperatures();

  float val = sensors.getTempCByIndex(0);

  val = sensors.getTempFByIndex(0);

  Serial.println(val);

  //-------------------------------------------------------


 if (val >= 78) {
   Serial.println("Owwie!");   
   //cam.setMotionDetect(false);

  if (! cam.takePicture()) {
    Serial.println("Failed to snap!");
    cameraOK = false;
  }
  else 
    Serial.println("Picture taken!");



  //----------------------save to SD------------------------------
  //---------------------------------------------------------------------

  char filename[13];
  strcpy(filename, "IMAGE00.JPG");
  for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    filename[5] = '0' + i/10;
    filename[6] = '0' + i%10;
    // create if does not exist, do not open existing, write, sync after write
    if (! SD.exists(filename)) {
      break;
    }
  }

  File imgFile = SD.open(filename, FILE_WRITE);

  uint16_t jpglen = cam.frameLength();
  Serial.print(jpglen, DEC);
  Serial.println(" byte image");

  Serial.print("Writing image to "); Serial.print(filename);

  while (jpglen > 0) {
    // read 32 bytes at a time;
    uint8_t *buffer;
    uint8_t bytesToRead = min(32, jpglen); // change 32 to 64 for a speedup but may not work with all setups!
    buffer = cam.readPicture(bytesToRead);
    imgFile.write(buffer, bytesToRead);

    //Serial.print("Read ");  Serial.print(bytesToRead, DEC); Serial.println(" bytes");

    jpglen -= bytesToRead;
  }
  imgFile.close();
  Serial.println("...Done!");
  cam.resumeVideo();
  cam.setMotionDetect(true);
 }
}

PS thanks for this awesome set of hardware and libraries!!!

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Research direction

Start with the supplied Arduino sketch and its use of Adafruit_VC0706, SD, SPI, and SoftwareSerial on the Nano. Reproduce the image-capture flow and compare it with the working Uno setup, including the wiring and board-specific pin behavior. Done means captured images are no longer corrupted or empty on the Nano.

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Assessment

Tech stack
arduino, cpp
Domain
embedded-iot
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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