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Re: CMU Cam Freeze-ups

The obvious suspect is the sudden drop in voltage.

We've had luck with reititialize the camera whenever we don't receive T-packets for a couple of cycles, but we do it repeatedly until the camera responds, with a proper delay to allow the camera extra time to complete initialization. It also sometimes takes care of the case where the lock light stays on even with no target. We test it by unplugging the camera.
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