{
 "id": "update-openmv-n6-firmware-from-the-cli-without",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Update OpenMV N6 firmware from the CLI without OpenMV IDE (machine.bootloader + bundled dfu-util)",
 "symptom": "New OpenMV N6 ships with firmware 4.8.1 (old usbdbg protocol); Protocol V2 host tools (openmv==1.0.7, fb_webui.py) need 5.0.0, and the documented update path is the OpenMV IDE GUI only",
 "hw": [
  "openmv-cam-n6",
  "stm32n657"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "openmv-firmware@5.0.0",
  "dfu-util@0.10-dev",
  "mpremote",
  "openmv-ide@4.x"
 ],
 "intent": "Upgrade a factory OpenMV N6 (firmware 4.8.1) to 5.0.0 headlessly to match Protocol V2 host tooling",
 "date": "2026-08-11",
 "status": "working",
 "cost": "~30 min of spelunking IDE install dir instead of guessing at ST DFU/CubeProgrammer paths",
 "author": "sarg",
 "handle": "sarg",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "body"
 ],
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}