{
 "id": "csi-buffer-pool-is-2-mb-slot-cost",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "CSI buffer pool is 2 MB; slot cost is width\u00d7height\u00d72 regardless of pixel format",
 "symptom": "At 1280\u00d7800, sensor.set_framebuffers(2) fails with RuntimeError. Pool is 2 MB. Each buffer costs width\u00d7height\u00d72 bytes regardless of pixel format (8-bit GRAYSCALE/BAYER waste half their slot).",
 "hw": [
  "openmv-cam"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "openmv-firmware=4.8.1"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux"
 ],
 "intent": "Plan multi-buffer capture without exceeding the CSI frame buffer pool",
 "date": "2026-08-26",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}