General discussion • Re: Using USB power heats up Pi 5
PD capable PSU with a 5V/5A modeUsing official Pi 5 power supply.Maybe the board would stay cooler with big wire soldered from power to USB port.Why?If the current is entering the Pi one one side and...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Swap memory on an M.2 storage device
Since the introduction of the Pi 4 we've had choices of RAM capacity at time of purchase. Also it is now quite common to run a Pi from an SSD type of attached storage.Now I fully appreciate on board...
View ArticleScratch • Re: Scratch coding
Hey there ! I need help using scratch with raspberry pi but mostly with the sensors coding !Are you using one of the Raspberry Pi sets of Scratch Extensions, such as 'Raspberry Pi GPIO' or 'Raspberry...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Suddenly HDMI is not working
Hello.It reports it is outputting 1360x768@60 - is that what you'd expect?Yes, that's an HD TV, so that's its "native" resolution.I see:Throttled flag : throttled=0x20002which suggests the temperature...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Overheating Raspi and Lithium Battery
It sounds like your battery isn't up to the job. Is it well shaded/insulated from any heat sources and well ventilated?Statistics: Posted by pidd — Sat Jul 13, 2024 8:51 am
View ArticleC/C++ • Help with Freetype2 and Font Awesome fonts
I have a bunch of code related to producing output to framebuffer devices, which is useful on lower power models which don't work too well with a desktop environment because of limited resources.Using...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Can not get udemy drm protected videos to play on...
So when i go to watch a tutorial on the website Udemy i can not play some specific videos but some others work flawlessly. After going to the website...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Headless Raspberry Pi 4B WAN change
I found adding a name to each network and indentation helps:Code: network={ ssid="AniDGreat_5g" psk="XXXXX" key_mgmt=WPA-PSK priority=90 id_str="new"}network={ ssid="Partha allience" psk="XXXXX"...
View ArticleOther projects • Re: Monitor car battery
There is a very simple (two resistor) monitor project at https://stfn.pl/blog/22-pico-battery-level/You will need to tweak the code depending on the accuracy of the resistors and the Pico ADC - note...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: How to reconcile mpich version differences between...
Thanks, I do appreciate the sensible advice, and although I'll probably follow it in the short term for this particular system, there's more to it that I haven't explained yet, that means I'ld still...
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Gaming • Re: Help with gpio buttons and image
Hi all,I'm rather new to this but have been putting together a retro game system on the raspberry pi 4. I have a prebuilt (jaycar) cabinet that is plug and pay and has gpio. I have used a pre built...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: 2 arguments Bur given three
The fill method needs a color value only.Example:color = pixels.colorHSV(hue, 255, 255) pixels.fill(color)my_strip .write()orgreen = (0, 255, 0)pixels.fill(green)my_strip .write()or combine last...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Powering the Pico via a disassembled 5V wall adapter
In the UK every cable must be supplied by a fused circuit that is equal to or below the cable rating.Not sure that's relevant here. The circuit is fused, of course, since it's coming from my outdoor...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: Official Raspberry Pi HDMI to VGA Cable - review
Just out of curiosity, how do these cables handle the problem that there are 3 different kinds of HDMI connectors used on the various models of Pi? The pictured cable seems to have a full sized HDMI...
View ArticleC/C++ • Re: H264 Hardware Video encoding on RPi Zero 2 W ?
You can use any of the Raspberry Pi Camera Modules, depending on the resolution and features you want. Make sure it has the correct cable for the Pi Zero or Pi 5 (the Pi 5 uses the same Camera...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: ViperIDE - Web-based MicroPython programming
https://viper-ide.orgA browser-based IDE for MicroPython programming - which looks like it could potentially be run locally if one wanted. More details at -https://github.com/vshymanskyy/ViperIDEIt...
View ArticleNetworking and servers • Re: access point with captive portal with script...
Dig a bit more - the internet connection comes from the AP and network set up and has nothing to do with nodogsplash.You only want it for the connection verification.See this closed issue for a few...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: Warming "your fstab has been modified"
Yes, you can just ignore it, and things will continue to work.Then what does this hint affect to?You can also put the daemon-reload into /etc/rc.local, but ISTR that the daemon-reload needs to be done...
View ArticleOther projects • Re: Custom Key pad
also I think I got this is the wrong way round?Ok. Don't panic champ! Sorry I can not get to this as much as I'd like, but please keep at it.It's ok to stop and regroup, question assumptions, or...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Raspberry Pi OS is too dependent on date/time...
Try http://phk.freebsd.dk/time/20151129/Statistics: Posted by mby — Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:08 am
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