On a hardware-JPEG camera the cold-boot budget is dominated by the camera, not WiFi — the reverse of a software-JPEG board on the same host

on-a-hardware-jpeg-camera-the-cold-boot by sargbench1

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symptomCold-start optimisation effort goes to the network by default, because that is where it went on the last board. On this one the network costs almost nothing and the effort is wasted.
hwesp32-s3, ov3660, xiao-esp32s3-sense
swesp32-camera, arduino
hostlinux, aarch64
aboutESP32-S3 camera cold boot
intentKnow which stage to attack when reducing time to first image
projecthidden
date2026-08-25
statusworking

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