Other • Raspberry Pi 5 (ARM64) + OpenVINO: Severe RAM growth when calling...
Hello everyone,I am developing an object detection project on a Raspberry Pi 5.The camera side (Picamera2 / libcamera) works perfectly fine: when running the camera alone, RAM usage is completely...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: PicoHDMI - HSTX HDMI output library for RP2350 with audio support
Would it be possible to support a 640x480 RGB332 8-bit colour depth frame buffer ?Yes, that is already supported. The library itself doesn’t impose any limits on resolution or color depth, as long as...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: starting systemd service after GUI is up
Aha: I didn't know I needed to enable the service after changing itMore importantly, enabling a service creates links; changing the service definition and rebooting doesn't delete these links. So, the...
View ArticleGeneral • how do I run thonny in windows?
I have just got hold of a pico W and am familiar with thonny as I have other pi's.https://learn.pimoroni.com/article/gett ... m-firmwaresays You can download Thonny in Windows, Mac or Linux flavours...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: how do I run thonny in windows?
I downloaded the installer for Windows: "thonny-4.1.7.exe" and ran it - no manual extract of any files.Statistics: Posted by neilgl — Fri Jan 16, 2026 10:10 pm
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Pi 5 and Tiger VNC adjustments
I have a P1 5 running the latest OS plus updates. I have just managed to get the Pi to 'talk' to the Win 10 PC with the help of an Ethernet switch. That has had the secondary advantage of giving me...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Total beginner - Cannot find Pi on my network after imaging
... When I saw the Raspberry Pi desktop ...There is no need to use RaspianOS Desktop to run pi-hole. RaspianOS lite is sufficiant. And I also strongly suggest to have your Raspberry connected to the...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Clone SD Card with Windows 10
I would start the image I want to clone and either user piclone, the clone tool available on RaspianOS Desktop or use rpi-clone if it's a non desktop OS like RaspianOS lite.Statistics: Posted by framp...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: What product would you like to see?
(278828)?I don't get it - why the random numbers?Statistics: Posted by jdb — Sat Jan 17, 2026 9:36 pm
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Why is Pi5 using Dec 8 eeprom and Pi4 Jan 9?
I went into the files /usr/lib/firmware/raspberrypi and looked at bootloader-2711/latest and bootloader -2712/latest. bootloader-2712/latest does not have a pieeprom-2026-01-09.bin file while...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Raspberry pi zero 2w unable to load the OS
OK you purchased a new card - it may be fake/faulty. Have you got another card you can try?"unable to view on the display also" - how is the display connected to the Pi Zero 2W?Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Brand new install corrupted on update
Thanks!! I will investigate further tomorrow and report back.Statistics: Posted by mminion — Sun Jan 18, 2026 8:16 pm
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Pi5 Trixie - B-Em - Package 'libcurl4-nss-dev' has no...
Hi, I have a Pi 5 running Trixie and I'm trying to compile B-Em, a BBC micro emulator.I'm stuck on step 1 - installing dependencies: (ETA these are required to compile Allegro - but I didn't need to...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Pi5 Trixie - B-Em - Package 'libcurl4-nss-dev' has no...
It looks like that package no longer exists. From what I can find it looks like you might be able to install libcurl4-openssl-dev instead.I haven't tried that to see if it works.Statistics: Posted by...
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Raspberry Pi OS • Re: Bookworm/Trixie Spurious App Input - WayVNC Problem?
A member of the WayVNC group suggested I try TigerVNC Viewer instead. Indeed, I don't see this issue with TigerVNC.Of course, it raises the question of why TigerVNC works for me but RealVNC and...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: MicroPython uname, machine modules not installed
When you do >>>help('machine') , as the response indicates, the help see's that you want help on a string ("machine") and proceeds to show all the info on whats available to the string class....
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Raspberry Pi Wide Camera Module 3 and Raspberry Pi Pico
And even if you could concoct an interface it still doesn't look at all easy. Someone very familiar with MIPI CSI and the camera module may dream-up some clever means to make something work but, given...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: NetworkManager Connection Configuration File
It appears that the change is now documented (on the Blog) some 6 weeks after it was apparent adopted. Those who installed the initial Trixie release did not have netplan (at least it is missing from...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • keyboard buttons and touchscreen buttons...
I am using a raspberry pi4 with Fruitbox. Using an album skin with a touch screen monitor. Everything works great but I want to add a 4 button wireless remote to control volume up, volume down, Pause...
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General discussion • Needing help with an old kit
Hello Folks,I recently purchase a n OU kit for "My Digital Life TU100" - from eBay; yes Ishould have known better than do this.The kit has a board "Sense Board version 3" and a stepper motor MY351-1...
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