albusforge.ai
← Back to the device

Device setup

A real device, running now, shown read-only. Readings arrive from the hardware; nothing here can be changed from this page.

Open the device →

Cloud reception

State
confirmed
Last accepted upload
Upload interval
60 seconds
Checked at

Registered channels

  • air humidity pct

    46.86914 %

    Sample recorded at

  • air pressure hpa

    1011.999 hPa

    Sample recorded at

  • air temperature c

    21.69289 °C

    Sample recorded at

  • ambient light lux

    1.018701 lx

    Sample recorded at

  • Soil moisture (raw)

    Uncalibrated sensor count; moisture percentage is not available.

    952 count

    Sample recorded at

How this device is put together

Bench reference
The layout of the device this demo was built on, recorded from its bring-up. It is not read from the device in front of you: the setup status reports channels and receipt times, not a board revision or a missing driver.

Freenove ESP32-S3-WROOM CAM (N16R8)

C-002 · DigiKey FNK0085

Silicon
ESP32-S3 rev 0.2 · dual core 240 MHz
Memory
16 MiB quad flash · 8 MiB octal PSRAM at 80 MHz
USB serial
VID 1a86 / PID 55d3 · serial 5B7A116433
Camera
GC0308 (PID 0x009b) · 320×240 RGB565, software JPEG ≤5 fps
MicroSD
1 GB FAT32
Mounted once at 960 MiB and failed with ESP_FAIL on a later boot. Unresolved, and telemetry does not need it.

STEMMA QT I²C chain · GPIO47 SDA / GPIO21 SCL

GPIO8 and GPIO9 are the camera's data pins D2 and D1 on this board.

  • 0x36Adafruit STEMMA seesaw capacitive soil sensorP-006Uploading raw soil counts · uncalibrated
  • 0x77BME280 temperature, humidity, pressureP-001 v1.1.0Uploading three channels
  • 0x23BH1750 ambient lightV-005 v1.1.0Uploading lux
USB-C 5.1 V 3 A Power SupplyE-005 · out 4.845–5.355 VUSB Type-C≤3000 mA4.845–5.355 VportFreenove ESP32-S3-WROOM CAM…C-002 · in 4.13–5.5 V3V3 rail 3.2–3.4 V · ≤600 mAGPIO logic 3.3 V · USB Type-CUSB Type-CBH1750 Ambient Light SensorV-005 · I²C 0x23 · sees 3.2–3.4 VGND1 GND3V33.2–3.4 V2 VCCGPIO47I²C 0x233 SDAGPIO21I²C 0x234 SCLBME280 Temperature, Humidity andPressure SensorP-001 · I²C 0x77 · sees 3.2–3.4 V1 GND2 VCC3 SDA4 SCLAdafruit STEMMA Soil Sensor (seesawcapacitive moisture + temperature)P-006 · I²C 0x36 · sees 3.2–3.4 V1 GND2 VCC3 SDA4 SCLP-001 → V-005JST SH 1.0 mm, 4-pin · either portP-006 → P-001JST PH 2.0 mm, 4-pin · either portloose ends →V+ · redGND · blackSDA · blueSCL · yellowsignal · orangeconnectors →USBJST SH 1.0 mm · QTJST PH 2.0 mmheader pinI²C 0x23 V-005 · 0x77 P-001 · 0x36 P-006 — no conflictsFreenove ESP32-S3-WROOM CAM (N16R8, 16 MB flash / 8 MB PSRAM, GC0308) GPIO are 3.3 V only — do not wire a signal to the 5V rail.
Firmware
ESPHome 2026.8.2 on ESP-IDF
Config
hardware/freenove/plant-node.yaml
Installed
Compiled 22:44 local, installed over OTA