As we (re) launch AdaBox, as always there will be a live unboxing with John Park!
ADABOX021: MEMENTO
Wake up, Sleepy-head...stretch and yawn and rub your eyes, for ADABOX has awoken from hibernation and lumbered into your hands. After many years of part shortages, we finally got enough parts to ship out the thousands of ADABOXes that have been patiently waiting.
This special ADABOX is all about making memories, which is why it is called MEMENTO: it's a digital camera you can build and program yourself. This camera is built around a OV5640 sensor with 72° lens: 5 megapixels, auto-focus, and a charming low-fidelity aesthetic. We use a WiFi and Bluetooth-capable ESP32-S3 module with plenty of PSRAM to power it. Preview images on the 1.54" color TFT, and snap photos to be saved onto a Micro SD card. You can punch up your pics with the built-in RGBW LED ring for adding colorful effects or natural white lighting to illuminate your subjects.
Thanks to DigiKey for being our muse and technical assistant as we worked so hard to revive ADABOX over the last year - they provided parts, advice, and feedback that made this box picture-perfect!
And, of course, thank you for your patience - ADABOX is a labor of love, and we're excited to get back to shipping these out to all our subscribers. We have many more boxes planned and in progress, and we know you will enjoy opening them as much as we enjoy designing them.
-- ladyada, pt and kiddo
ADABOX021: CONTENTS
- Adafruit MEMENTO - A DIY digital camera with ESP32-S3 processor, OV5640 camera sensor, 1.54" TFT preview screen, micro SD storage, interface buttons, mini speaker, and external hardware interfacing support.
- MEMENTO LED Front Plate and JST Cable - This protective plate is an 8x RGBW LED ring light to add color or bright white lighting to your photography subjects. Use the 3-pin JST cable to connect the main board to the LED ring.
- MEMENTO Protective Back Plate and Hardware Kit - Attach the back plate with the included M3 screws and hex nuts.
- Lithium Polymer Battery and Foam Adhesive - To make your camera portable, use the thin foam sheet to attach the included rechargeable battery to the mainboard. The LED plate will sandwich it from the other side during use.
- 256 MB MicroSD card - Store hundreds, if not thousands, of photos and GIFs on this tiny card that can be read by your computer for long term storage.
- Protective Neoprene Case - Keep your camera safe by storing it in this zippered soft case, it works best tucked into the mesh pocket!
- Poseable Figurine - MEMENTO can make timelapse videos with onion-skin mode, and this wooden figurine is an excellent, easily-posed subject!