I'm trying to make a RC car (with a surveillance camera if possible, using the web-cam code that comes with the ESP library) using a ESP-32 CAM as a wifi module to control the car using my computer. Problem is that I keep getting the "invalid head of packet" error whenever I try uploading anything. I've tried holding the boot button as I upload and I cannot use the capacitor simply because I don't have it and don't want to buy it and spend time getting it. I also have the GPIO0 pin connected to GND during the uploading process. Any other ways to get it working? My car consists of 2 DC motors powering only the back two wheels and a servo that steers the front wheels, and I want to use the ESP32-CAM to connect to wifi to connect to a webserver from my pc to control the car.
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I suspect that the power supply you used to power the ESP-32 can't provide the sufficient current.– hcheungJan 16, 2021 at 7:36
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You don’t need a capacitor and you don’t need to hold any buttons while uploading, just connect GPIO0 to ground, +3.3V power to your ESP32Cam’s +3.3V input, ground from the power supply/USB to Serial to ESP32 ground, Serial TX to ESP32 RX and Serial RX to ESP32 TX. The entire procedure is outlined very clearly here. What kind of USB-to-Serial are you using?– StarCatJan 16, 2021 at 10:26
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1@StarCat, I tried what you said but now I'm getting the "Timed out waiting for packet header" error.– Krit KhadJan 17, 2021 at 0:00
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