# Facial Detection and Recognition with MEMENTO
## Overview
Want to play around with computer vision "at the edge" without the overhead and complexity of compiling a dataset and training a model?
Upload the code in this guide to your Adafruit MEMENTO Camera Board and **turn the MEMENTO into a camera that can both detect and recognize faces**!
**Going further** - the example code in this guide may be used and modified to build your next facial detection or recognition electronics project!
### About the code in this guide
This project uses an example written by Me-No-Dev for Espressif Systems, [CameraWebServer.ino](https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/tree/master/libraries/ESP32/examples/Camera/CameraWebServer). This example was modified by the author of this guide to reduce the flash size overhead (we removed the web functionality, isolated the face detection/recognition calls, brought this overhead into **main.cpp** and **ra\_filter.h** ), add compatibility for the Adafruit MEMENTO development board (added camera compatibility and added "blitting" the camera's raw image to the MEMENTO's TFT instead of to a webpage), set up a PlatformIO build environment to decrease compile time, and created an interactive demo around the code.
## Parts
### MEMENTO - Python Programmable DIY Camera - Bare Board
[MEMENTO - Python Programmable DIY Camera - Bare Board](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5420)
Make memories, or just a cool camera-based project, with **Adafruit's MEMENTO Camera Board**. It's a development board with everything you need to create programmable camera and vision projects: with a camera module, TFT preview screen, buttons, SD card slot and...
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### Part: Woven USB A to USB C Cable
quantity: 1
Pink and Purple Woven USB A to USB C Cable - 1 meter long
[Woven USB A to USB C Cable](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5153)
### Part: 256MB Micro SD Card
quantity: 1
256MB Micro SD Memory Card
[256MB Micro SD Card](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5251)
### Part: 420mAh LIPO Battery
quantity: 1
Lithium Ion Polymer Battery with Short Cable - 3.7V 420mAh
[420mAh LIPO Battery](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4236)
You also may want an RGBW LED Ring with 8 bright NeoPixels. We include this with the MEMENTO Camera Enclosure Kit:
### Adafruit MEMENTO Camera Enclosure & Hardware Kit
[Adafruit MEMENTO Camera Enclosure & Hardware Kit](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5843)
Once you've picked up your **MEMENTO Camera** and you're ready to take it out into the world, here is a chic and minimalist enclosure that will look great on the runways of Paris or the street photography of New York City! These front and back plates have been...
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If you do not have the MEMENTO Camera Enclosure Kit (or if it is out of stock), you can build your own ring light for the MEMENTO using the following parts:
### NeoPixel Ring - 12 x 5050 RGBW LEDs w/ Integrated Drivers
[NeoPixel Ring - 12 x 5050 RGBW LEDs w/ Integrated Drivers](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2852)
What is better than smart RGB LEDs? Smart RGB+White LEDs! These NeoPixel rings now have 4 LEDs in them (red, green, blue _and_ white) for excellent lighting effects. Round and round and round they go!
**This is the 12 LED RGBW NeoPixel Ring in Natural White**....
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### JST PH 2mm 3-pin Plug-Plug Cable - 100mm long
[JST PH 2mm 3-pin Plug-Plug Cable - 100mm long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4336)
This cable is a little over 100mm / 4" long and fitted with JST-PH 3-pin connectors on either end.
We dig the solid and compact nature of these connectors and the latch that keeps the cable from coming apart easily. We're carrying these to
In Stock
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- [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/facial-detection-and-recognition-with-memento/wiring.md)
## Featured Products
### MEMENTO - Python Programmable DIY Camera - Bare Board
[MEMENTO - Python Programmable DIY Camera - Bare Board](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5420)
Make memories, or just a cool camera-based project, with **Adafruit's MEMENTO Camera Board**. It's a development board with everything you need to create programmable camera and vision projects: with a camera module, TFT preview screen, buttons, SD card slot and...
Out of Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5420)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/5420/guides)
### Adafruit MEMENTO Camera Enclosure & Hardware Kit
[Adafruit MEMENTO Camera Enclosure & Hardware Kit](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5843)
Once you've picked up your **MEMENTO Camera** and you're ready to take it out into the world, here is a chic and minimalist enclosure that will look great on the runways of Paris or the street photography of New York City! These front and back plates have been...
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5843)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/5843/guides)
### Pink and Purple Woven USB A to USB C Cable - 1 meter long
[Pink and Purple Woven USB A to USB C Cable - 1 meter long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5153)
This cable is not only super-fashionable, with a woven pink and purple Blinka-like pattern, it's also made for USB C for our modernized breakout boards, Feathers, and more. [If you want something just like it but for Micro B, we...](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4111)
Out of Stock
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### 256MB Micro SD Memory Card
[256MB Micro SD Memory Card](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5251)
Add storage in a jiffy using this **256MB microSD card**. Preformatted to FAT32, so it works out of the packaging with our projects. Works great with any device in the Adafruit shop that uses microSD cards. Ideal for use with Feathers, data loggers, or small Linux SBCs (not good...
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### Lithium Ion Polymer Battery with Short Cable - 3.7V 420mAh
[Lithium Ion Polymer Battery with Short Cable - 3.7V 420mAh](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4236)
Lithium-ion polymer (also known as 'lipo' or 'lipoly') batteries are thin, light, and powerful. The output ranges from 4.2V when completely charged to 3.7V. This battery has a capacity of 420mAh for a total of about 1.55 Wh. If you need a larger (or smaller!) battery,
Out of Stock
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### NeoPixel Ring - 12 x 5050 RGBW LEDs w/ Integrated Drivers
[NeoPixel Ring - 12 x 5050 RGBW LEDs w/ Integrated Drivers](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2852)
What is better than smart RGB LEDs? Smart RGB+White LEDs! These NeoPixel rings now have 4 LEDs in them (red, green, blue _and_ white) for excellent lighting effects. Round and round and round they go!
**This is the 12 LED RGBW NeoPixel Ring in Natural White**....
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2852)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/2852/guides)
### JST PH 2mm 3-pin Plug-Plug Cable - 100mm long
[JST PH 2mm 3-pin Plug-Plug Cable - 100mm long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4336)
This cable is a little over 100mm / 4" long and fitted with JST-PH 3-pin connectors on either end.
We dig the solid and compact nature of these connectors and the latch that keeps the cable from coming apart easily. We're carrying these to
In Stock
[Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4336)
[Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4336/guides)
## Related Guides
- [Adafruit MEMENTO Camera Board](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-memento-camera-board.md)
- [3D Printed Camera Case for MEMENTO](https://learn.adafruit.com/memento-3d-case.md)
- [Set up Web Workflow on the Adafruit MEMENTO](https://learn.adafruit.com/set-up-web-workflow-on-the-adafruit-memento.md)
- [OpenAI Image Descriptors with MEMENTO](https://learn.adafruit.com/openai-image-descriptors-with-memento.md)
- [Memento Photo Capture with itsaSNAP](https://learn.adafruit.com/memento-photo-capture-with-itsasnap.md)
- [MEMENTO Focus Stacking](https://learn.adafruit.com/memento-focus-stacking.md)
- [MEMENTO Wireless Remote with TouchOSC](https://learn.adafruit.com/memento-wireless-remote.md)
- [ePaper Camera](https://learn.adafruit.com/epaper-camera.md)
- [DIY IoT Doorbell Camera with MEMENTO](https://learn.adafruit.com/diy-iot-doorbell-camera-with-memento.md)
- [IoT Bird Feeder with Camera](https://learn.adafruit.com/iot-window-bird-feeder-with-camera.md)
- [Adafruit Ultimate GPS HAT for Raspberry Pi](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ultimate-gps-hat-for-raspberry-pi.md)
- [ADXL345 Digital Accelerometer](https://learn.adafruit.com/adxl345-digital-accelerometer.md)
- [Adding Custom Boards to the Arduino v1.6.3 Board Manager](https://learn.adafruit.com/adding-custom-boards-to-the-arduino-v1-6-board-manager.md)
- [Adafruit 15x7 CharliePlex FeatherWing](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-15x7-7x15-charlieplex-led-matrix-charliewing-featherwing.md)
- [Adafruit INA219 Current Sensor Breakout](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ina219-current-sensor-breakout.md)