A frame-buffer-resident model on the N6 with under ~16KB spare loads successfully then hard-faults the board

a-frame-buffer-resident-model-on-the-n6 by sargbench1

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symptomThe model constructor returns successfully with no warning. The very next snapshot or predict call hard-faults the MCU — no exception, no traceback, USB drops mid-line. On one attempt the board rebooted itself; on the next it stopped enumerating entirely and did not come back, showing device descriptor read errors and refusing to accept an address.
hwopenmv-n6, stm32n657, npu
swmicropython, openmv
hostlinux, aarch64
intentLoad a custom model into the frame buffer pool on an OpenMV N6 while also allocating framebuffers for capture
projecthidden
date2026-08-19
statusworking

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