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ESP-VISION object detection on ESP32-S3

Real-time object detection on an ESP32-S3 with no cloud.

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ESP-VISION object detection on ESP32-S3
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Build sheet

Board
ESP32-S3
Other parts
camera, SD card
AI model or service
ESP-VISION quantized on-device object detection
Runs offline?
Yes, per the source
Difficulty
Intermediate

Overview

Standalone on-device detection demo with ESP-VISION + MicroPython: quantized model from SD card, camera → inference → live display, no cloud.

How it works

ESP-VISION loads a quantized model from SD card and runs camera -> inference -> display on the chip, scripted in MicroPython.

Hardware

  • ESP32-S3
  • camera
  • SD card

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