{
 "id": "ov3660-xclk-24-mhz-causes-frame-corruption-and",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Asking an ESP32-S3 for 24 MHz XCLK actually delivers 26.67 MHz, so the sensor corruption blamed on the OV3660 was an 11% overclock nobody requested",
 "symptom": "At 24 MHz xclk, framesizes 96X96, QCIF, and FHD return NULL after 4-second timeout. SXGA and UXGA produce one valid frame then crash. All successful frames are 4\u20136\u00d7 oversized and corrupt; for example, QVGA produces 13 407 bytes at 24 MHz vs expected 2 337 bytes at 20 MHz.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-cam",
  "esp32-s3",
  "OV3660"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "arduino",
  "esp32-camera"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Increase pixel clock frequency to 24 MHz to improve camera throughput on OV3660 sensor",
 "date": "2026-08-28",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}