General discussion • Powering a RPI using a Car Battery.
Hi, I have done plenty of research on this but could not find a satisfactory answer. I am sorry if it a little wordy. I built a weather station a little while ago... using a Raspberry Pi Zero W as the...
View ArticleSDK • Re: SDK install with pico_setup.sh fails.
Yes that command does not work Code: git lfs logs lastNo logs to showIt creates an unwanted empty lfs directory: Code: drwxr-xr-x 4 pi pi 4.0K Jul 5 12:37 lfsto further confuse things...Statistics:...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Best way to Back up Pi OS .img and cloning.
One way of doing this is using "dd" if you have the free disk space.On another device use a SDcard reader and save the content of the SDcard to one big file.Statistics: Posted by ArnoPi — Sun Jul 06,...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: USB Security Camera
Or maybe fswebcamCode: sudo apt install -y fswebcamStatistics: Posted by neilgl — Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:57 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Puzzling problem with SD Cards
What sort of case is the Pi in?Is it metal by any chance?You should make sure that you shutdown correctly before switching off the power. That's true with most computers. Pulling the power when the...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: Powering a RPI using a Car Battery.
I read: "Through a few hedges". I have a rather good quality CAT5e cable (from a 100 meter roll) put in the hedge over here and also a 5 meter part underground in a 30 mm PVC pipe. That is for a PoE...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Chromium broken no video.
Thanks Olydnad_SWEStatistics: Posted by ArnoPi — Sun Jul 06, 2025 9:58 am
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Logic Analyser
Hichased my tail today, no results.I tried a 1amp LM3940 regulator today, no good/worse maybe a 3amp would be better.>> PIO at 1560 MHz. I've cut the clocks... it helps a lot. this is getting...
View ArticleCompute Module • Compute Module 5 PCIe : Gen 2 or 3 ?
Jeff Gerling affirms that the Compute Module 5 has Gen 3 PCIe, from his testing, as in 01:45 in :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4blR5Ua3S0And yet, the CM5 data sheet mentions only Gen2. In practical...
View ArticleSDK • Re: picotool incompatibility
Can find it here, better stick to the master branch (2.1.1 for now): https://github.com/raspberrypi/picotool/tree/masterThank you. How do I make sure it uses the 2.1.1 branch though? All I ever did...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: Compute Module 5 PCIe : Gen 2 or 3 ?
And yet, the CM5 data sheet mentions only Gen2.The PCIe controller is capable of Gen 3.0 speed but doesn't meet the jitter requirements for Gen 3.0. Most devices don't care but as it doesn't meet the...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Automatic backup whole RPI5 system to NAS server
Hello,I have question how you automatically backup your whole RPI system on SD card or NVMe to NAS server for example. I mean every day at same time is created backup (copy) of the whole RPI system. I...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Impossible?
but i am too lazy to do this. all i want is drivers and stuff to get that usb workingAn honest response but not one that's going to get you any help or sympathy. After all, if you can't be bothered...
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General discussion • Re: Light weight portable Pi with screen
“The important thing is to let a 12v lead acid battery drop below 10.5v.”Is there a NOT missing in that sentence?oops...yes of course. Thanks. Corrected.Statistics: Posted by kip_the_elder — Mon Jul...
View ArticlePython • Re: error: externally-managed-environment
You can also use a “shebang” line which points to the environment’s Python interpreter,i.e. #!<path-to-venv>/bin/python (the <path-to-venv> MUST be a fully qualified path).This is how...
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Beginners • Re: Getting the Raspberry Pi 1 B+ Started Up.
Keyboard are cheap as chips (or you may already have a USB one), and a standard TV with HDMI will work as a monitor. So you may already have enough to get some diagnostics done.Yep.The wireless...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Pi5+DACplus+DVBt_hat=problem :(
Pi-DAC+ at Raspberry Pi GPIO Pinout https://share.google/3uKsciNzq8uOdP1xoTV HAT at Raspberry Pi GPIO Pinout https://share.google/IKT88g6hmbJslFM2BI can't see a conflict in gpio useSo what do you...
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Camera board • Pi 0 2w fried due to camera connection
Hello,I am using a raspberry pi 0 2w and a mini camera for raspberry pi 0 2w for rtmp video streaming.When i connect the camera to the board powered by a micro usb charger, everything works fine.When...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 Sensor Assembly
It's a Raspberry Pi (Ltd) product.Module drawings can be found in https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/came ... -brief.pdf.Statistics: Posted by naushir — Mon Jul 07, 2025 11:51 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: RDP black screen at login
My questions are - How do we identify what the problem is ? How do we solve the problem ? Are Raspberry Pi interested in resolving the issue ?I fear the answer to that last question may be a "no" and...
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