{
 "id": "ov3660-rgb565-mode-has-hard-width-limit-of",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "OV3660 RGB565 mode has hard width limit of 1024 pixels",
 "symptom": "esp_camera_fb_get(PIXFORMAT_RGB565) returns NULL for any framesize with width > 1024 pixels (e.g. 1280\u00d7720 HD, 1280\u00d71024 SXGA, 1920\u00d71080 FHD, 2048\u00d71536 QXGA), even with 6+ MB PSRAM free",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-cam-bringup"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "arduino-esp32",
  "esp-idf"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Capture high-resolution frames in RGB565 format from OV3660 sensor",
 "date": "2026-08-23",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}