Beginners • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 came with no SD card
Alas, two new issues have arisen:1.) I purchased a SmartQ card reader from Amazon, as well as a SSD 256GB NVMe card from Pi Shop. However, when I inserted the card into the reader and the reader into...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 with Flirc - Idle Temperature?
You got some results meanwhile? What was your decision?Statistics: Posted by e-raser — Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:18 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Pi5 not booting
I have read the sticky. The status led blinks 4 long - 5 short (Fatal firmware error).I do not get any output when plugging an hdmi in, with or without an sd card.I tried wiring the uart in the gpio...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Pi 5 Fan socket
Raspberry pi 5 fan connector? - Page 2 - Raspberry Pi Forums https://search.app/4kU9NXqBSt7WTTmt7Thankyou, I managed to find that post after maybe an hours search (I did try and not just let someone...
View ArticlePython • remove jitter from servo?
I have some python code that works but the servo is way to jittery for my usecase, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong tho. can anywone helpCode: from gpiozero import AngularServofrom time import...
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MicroPython • Re: Pico and OLED Screen (OSError: [Errno 5] EIO)
The other possibility is that the interface mode need to be set. The boards have one of the two enabled. In the following link, a similar board need changes to jumpers:Thank you so much @katak255....
View ArticleAdvanced users • SSH fails on Pi5-8GB with USB -SSD Boot
Image created with latest Pi imager and SSH is enabled - Pi Connect works finebut SSH always says bad password regardless of what I reset it to manually.Am using a 47W power charger from Canakit with...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: SSH fails on Pi5-8GB with USB -SSD Boot
Image created with latest Pi imager and SSH is enabled - Pi Connect works finebut SSH always says bad password regardless of what I reset it to manually.What other computer are you using to SSH into...
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HATs and other add-ons • Re: "Active Cooler" thermal pad size
I tried again and got it!I have now cut the pads to the exact size and stacked them. The side with the PMIC is slightly higher but everything is in place! The temperatures are better now too!I hope...
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General • Re: Pico Cannot Handle Multiple Servos ?
Very interesting, here is another case. I'm guessing the DC-DC section gave up the magic smoke... See this thread from a few months ago:Pico W overheating/fried using servo driver...
View ArticleCamera board • shortest quality lens for use with GS camera?
Hi, the lens I have for my global shutter camera is this one. I'm attempting to stuff this camera into the body of a dead game camera, but it isn't short enough to close the front and back of the game...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • Re: Sensors
You could have that 24V power a relay. The relay could be wired to a GND pin and a GPIO. Use gpiozero to monitor that GPIO as a button. When the 24V happens, you get your input for the Pi to do what...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Capacitor on Pico power feed?
I think (== guess) both DRV and DONE are being disturbed. From the link, one may be due to some back EMF -- there is a collapsing magnetic field from the DC-DC's inductor, the other may be a transient...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • How to achieve this
This is an expert of my assignment. I am not very sure about what does this sentence mean and how to achieve this. Accept a command line argument write to the file with: the time tab (\t in the print...
View ArticleOther projects • Using Raspberry Pi and Tasker for home security (and other...
I've been using a couple of Raspberry Pi for home security for a short while and I'm wondering if anyone else has incorporated Tasker (Android app) in their home security project. AutoRemote and Join...
View ArticleBeginners • Why is power consumption so high?
I'm not a hardware person, so there is probably a really good explanation, but why does Pi5 use so much more power than a much more powerful notebook computer?I can recharge a notebook or run it from...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: How to achieve this
it's the part you put after the command to make it do other things.Statistics: Posted by kerry_s — Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:55 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • No boot after filesystem expansion. Anyone else seeing this?
I'm having a strange issue that seems to have popped up just today. Raspberry Pi 5 and 4. I'm deploying out some Pis. I go through the following steps:Use Raspberry Imager to image a SD Card. Boot up...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: Moving Linux Kernel to 6.12
With 6.6.x, on the CM5, PHY-level transmit hardware timestamps do not work, which means linuxptp (ptp4l) does not work. With 6.12.10, everything works fine.I spent some time investigating the problem...
View ArticlePython • Re: KeyboardInterrupt in While True statement
Sorry I didnt post all of my code. I should have thought that it might be other parts contributing as well. See below.You might see other attempts to stop this program, like an additional button that...
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