{
 "id": "pixel-6-trailcam-fixed-wide-lens-caps-plate-range-binned-pixels",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Phone-as-trailcam (Pixel 6): power and compute are non-issues but the fixed 6.81 mm wide lens caps plate reading at ~19 m \u2014 and continuous inference only sees the binned 2.4 um mode",
 "symptom": "Pixel 6 node shows 95 px/m at 30 m (71 deg FOV) \u2014 plate preview is an unreadable smear at the 30 m target despite a 50 MP sensor spec",
 "hw": [
  "google-pixel-6",
  "samsung-gn1",
  "rubik-pi-3",
  "qcs6490"
 ],
 "intent": "evaluate Android hardware (used Pixel 6, Snapdragon SoM) as DustyCam compute/camera platforms",
 "date": "2026-07-12",
 "status": "provisional",
 "confidence": "medium",
 "author": "sarg",
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}