Other projects • Re: Connecting a tuning dial on an old radio
I'd use a rotary encoder for that project. You should be able to completely replace the variable capacitor with the encoder.https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi ... spberry-piThe problem with a...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Best bundle for a 12 year old.
I buy from Alixpress, 12 day deliveryI wouldn't worryI just bought a new pi from ebay, good price for the 8gbhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355326709218Last one left, PSU from Alixpress, 7" touchscreen...
View ArticleMicroPython • PICO and the NHD-3.12-25664UCW2
HI ,I have a Pico im trying to get some information displayed on an NHD-3.12-25664UCW2 Version 1.0 This unit is wired via the serial 4 wire set up. I've tried some demo programming that doesnt seem to...
View ArticleBeginners • Powering a Pi5
I have din rail PSU's in my project1 is 5v 10amp, can I just hack a decent USB C lead that can handle the amps and use that to connect from my Din rail PSU?I also intend to power the USB hub and...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Official Power Supply Issues?
That things are not allowed by a spec doesn't mean they don't exist. A short USB-C extension lead is the easiest thing to use if a Pi 4B or 5 is fitted in a case and one wants to route its USB-C...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: rpi3b+ internal wifi laggy and unreliable
Are you connecting to 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz WiFi, and are you using a wireless keyboard/mouse or any Bluetooth devices? Bluetooth and many wireless keyboard/mouse dongles also use 2.4 GHz.Are you...
View ArticleBeginners • Pico W - get back to Repl or Thonny after uploading main.py?
My Pico W running micropython RPI_PICO_W-20231005-v1.21.0.uf2 has become "stuck" running a program I uploaded as main.py. I've previously used micropython on ESP32, and was able to CTRL-C to get back...
View ArticleGaming • Re: Arcade Machine
Search for RetroPi. Or any Google search on this topic,you will get many many hits.Statistics: Posted by jamesh — Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:37 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: How to install Any window-manager(kde/cinnamon) on...
Sorry, I must be very noobs but still can't get Cinnamon as desktop. These are the steps I followed:Steps to install Raspberry Pi OS 64bit Lite + Cinnamon:brand new install with Imager and upon boot...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Password failure
Am I cursed? Every time I try to login it says my password is incorrect. Eventually I give up, even though I know my password, and say that I forgot it. It emails me a reset link. I use it, carefully...
View ArticleCamera board • libcamera-raw framerate V3 module Raspberry Pi 4
Hello, I am attempting to use the libcamera-raw program on a raspberry pi 4 (running Bullseye) to capture raw image frames that I can process later.When I execute the function: libcamera-raw...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: Hot Plug DSI Display?
You're distinctly off piste here, however on Pi5 with a single DSI display, you may be able to control this by using (module name errors permitting) "sudo rmmod drm-rp1-dsi" and "sudo rmmod...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Did anyone get the screen blanking to work properly?
Ah... I think I may have found the source of the problem for me, but that has raised a secondary question....I have a set of USB connected APA-102 LED's running a Cheerlights colour feed via a Python...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Limited network speed on RPi5
If you want to figure out where the problem is, you'll be much more successful if you first look at the component performance areas. A broad brush network test which will either confirm or rule out...
View ArticleGeneral • boot problem on custom board design
I am working on my custom board, based on the reference design as described in https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/rp20 ... rp2040.pdf (I am using the same components on my custom board)On my first...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: SG90 Servos w/ Raspberry Pi 5
You could do worse than looking at https://github.com/timrowledge/pca9685servodaemon for a daemon to control a servo board.What do you mean?Statistics: Posted by aravhawk — Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:53 pm
View ArticleWanted • Re: Suitable monitor
This leads to another question, namely what is the difference between a Flat Screen TV and Computer Monitor.I am assuming they will both have LED/Plasma screens, HDMI inputs and a TV will have a Tuner...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: TRYBOOT_A_B not booting into secondary boot partition...
I modified a RaspiOS Bullseye Image on my 16GB SD-Card. It has 2 partitions.part#1: 256MB primary FAT boot partition (bootable)part#2: ~10GB primary partition with Root Files SystemThen I split part#1...
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General discussion • Re: Free Magazine Database
Thanks, but no thanks.Downloading office documents from a stranger from the internet has red flags all over it,mno matter how good your intentions are.A Google search will return the same data, and no...
View ArticleSDK • Re: Compilation error : Binary info must be in first 256 bytes of the...
Thanks for the reply. I was trying to tidy up code, resolve some references and i ended up sadly with another issue.after launching build i get initially proper compilation : [main] Building folder:...
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