Hardware Matrix

Cameras & Doorbells for Home Assistant & ESPHome

8 documented pairings that cover this job, compared across protocols — setup complexity, wiring notes and what each exposes once paired.

8 devices 3 with an ESPHome config

8 shown

Interface Platform
ESP32-CAM Board with OV2640 Camera Ai-Thinker DVP Parallel / 3.3V Home Assistant (ESPHome) Intermediate ESPHome ↗ Manual config
ESP32-S3-CAM OV2640 Camera Module Omnivision DVP Parallel / 3.3V Home Assistant (ESPHome) Intermediate ESPHome ↗ Manual config
eufyCam 2C Wireless Camera eufy Wi-Fi & Sub-1G Home Assistant (WebRTC / RTSP) Advanced YAML Bridge Needed
MLX90640 32x24 IR Thermal Camera Array Melexis I2C Bus / 3.3V Arduino Ecosystem Advanced Manual config
Reolink Video Doorbell PoE Reolink Ethernet PoE (Local API) Home Assistant (ONVIF / RTSP) Intermediate Manual config
Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32S3 Sense Cam & Mic Seeed Studio DVP / I2S / 3.3V Home Assistant (ESPHome) Intermediate ESPHome ↗ Manual config
Video Doorbell Pro 2 Ring Wi-Fi 2.4/5GHz Amazon Alexa Ecosystem Intermediate Manual config
Video Doorbell WiFi Reolink Wi-Fi (Local ONVIF/RTSP) Home Assistant Intermediate Manual config

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