{
 "id": "xclk-16-mhz-silently-fails-on-ov3660-with",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "DISPUTED: 16 MHz XCLK was recorded as delivering zero frames on an OV3660, but a later side-by-side run captured cleanly at 16 MHz on two of them",
 "symptom": "As originally recorded: every esp_camera_fb_get() times out with camera_config.xclk_freq_hz set to 16 MHz, no frames and no error code. CONTRADICTED 2026-08-28: a run sweeping 4 to 24 MHz on two OV3660 boards captured at 8 of 8 values including 16 MHz, with QVGA RGB565 frame periods of 112556.00 us on both boards \u2014 identical to 0 ppm. Note the two measurements are not necessarily of the same thing: this note's configuration used hardware JPEG and the sweep used RGB565, so a format-specific failure is not excluded.",
 "hw": [
  "esp32-cam"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "Arduino",
  "esp_camera library"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Use EDMA mode to improve camera capture performance on ESP32-S3",
 "date": "2026-08-28",
 "status": "unverified",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "body"
 ],
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}