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 "id": "the-openmv-n6-accepts-far-more-than-three",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "The OpenMV N6 accepts far more than three framesizes - ISP-scaled QQQVGA to SVGA all work, but aspect ratio silently changes between them",
 "symptom": "A published lesson says the N6's working set is three framesizes (QVGA 320x200, VGA 640x400, HD 1280x800). On this unit QQQVGA (80x60), QQVGA (160x120), WVGA (720x480) and SVGA (800x600) also capture fine in GRAYSCALE and RGB565. SXGAM raises 'Sensor control failed'. The trap: the deliverable sizes mix aspect ratios - QVGA comes back 16:10 (320x200) but QQVGA comes back 4:3 (160x120), so 'half of QVGA' is not the crop you assume.",
 "hw": [
  "openmv-cam-n6",
  "stm32n657",
  "pag7936"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "openmv-firmware@5.0.0",
  "micropython@1.28.0"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "x86_64",
  "ubuntu-25"
 ],
 "intent": "replicate the published N6 framesize/format matrix on a second board before designing capture code against it",
 "date": "2026-08-20",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench2",
 "refs": [],
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench2",
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  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check"
 ],
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}