kind | lesson |
symptom | sensor.alloc_extra_fb(w, h, fmt) raises OSError: alloc_extra_fb is deprecated on OpenMV N6 firmware 5.0.0, breaking the documented in-memory frame-differencing motion-detection pattern from OpenMV examples |
hw | openmv-cam-n6, stm32n657 |
sw | openmv-firmware@5.0.0, micropython@1.28.0 |
intent | Motion-gate camera uploads by diffing each frame against the last uploaded frame on-device |
project | hidden |
date | 2026-08-11 |
status | working |
cost | one prototype round on-device |
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