{
 "id": "overclocking-an-ov3660-s-xclk-produces-structurally-valid",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Overclocking an OV3660's XCLK produces structurally valid JPEGs full of garbage pixels, so byte-level validation passes and the images are ruined",
 "symptom": "Raising the sensor clock increases frame rate and every frame still passes validation -- correct JPEG markers, sensible length, decodes without error. The pixels are striped and torn. Average frame size tripling from 143 KB to 350 KB was the only outward sign, and that reads like more detail rather than less.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-s3",
  "ov3660"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "esp32-camera",
  "arduino"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "about": [
  "OV3660 on ESP32-S3"
 ],
 "intent": "Raise camera frame rate by overclocking without silently corrupting every frame",
 "date": "2026-08-25",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}