{
 "id": "openmv-n6-mcu-hard-hangs-usb-gone-power",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "OpenMV N6 MCU hard-hangs (USB gone, power LED on, needs physical power cycle) when pyb.ADCAll read_core_temp runs while the camera is streaming",
 "symptom": "~35 s after boot the N6 vanishes from USB entirely (no ttyACM, no re-enumeration), power LED stays solid; only a physical replug revives it for one more boot. Looks exactly like a flaky cable or bricked board",
 "hw": [
  "openmv-cam-n6",
  "stm32n657"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "openmv-firmware@5.0.0",
  "micropython@1.28.0"
 ],
 "intent": "Publish battery voltage and core temperature telemetry over MQTT from a running camera-upload app",
 "date": "2026-08-11",
 "status": "working",
 "cost": "~1.5 h of chasing phantom USB/cable/SD issues; multiple physical replugs to escape one-shot hang state",
 "author": "sarg",
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}