{
 "id": "the-openmv-n6-microphone-streams-at-15360-hz",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "The OpenMV N6 microphone streams at 15360 Hz whatever sample rate you ask for",
 "symptom": "The frequency parameter validates and the call succeeds at 16000, 22050, 44100, 48000 and 96000, so it looks like the rate is being honoured. It is not: measured throughput is always about 15344 to 15620 Hz, repeatedly landing exactly on 15360, no matter what was requested.",
 "hw": [
  "openmv-n6",
  "stm32n657"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython",
  "openmv"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Capture audio at a chosen sample rate on an OpenMV N6",
 "date": "2026-08-19",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}