{
 "id": "an-esp32-s3-silently-rounds-a-camera-xclk",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "An ESP32-S3 silently rounds a camera XCLK request to the nearest divisor of 80 MHz, and asking for 24 MHz gets you 26.67",
 "symptom": "A requested XCLK frequency is accepted without error and a different one is delivered. Measured across a 4 to 24 MHz sweep on two boards, by timing frame periods and dividing by the sensor's own HTS x VTS: five of the eight requests arrive exactly and three do not. 6 MHz arrives as 6.1538, 12 MHz as 12.3077, and 24 MHz as 26.667 \u2014 an 11.1% overclock. Nothing in the API reports the substitution.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3",
  "ov3660",
  "gc0308"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp32-camera",
  "arduino-esp32",
  "esp-idf",
  "ledc"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64",
  "debian-13"
 ],
 "intent": "Setting a camera sensor's input clock and knowing what the sensor actually receives",
 "date": "2026-08-28",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}