Troubleshooting • Re: PCIe port plastic ribbon retention clip
Unfortunately on the Pi case, it likely translates to you being able to buy the SBC to "repair" the failed SBC. The legislation I have seen does not require the vendor to make all components available...
View ArticleBeginners • GPIO to VGA
I saw this article about adding RCA out to a Pi Zero.I have lots of old VGA monitors that I'd love to drive with the Pi Zeros. So I was thinking that I could get myself an RCA to VGA adapter and try...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: GPIO to VGA
It can be done , with some additional hardware and software.You might like to look at HDMI to VGA convertors as an alternative. Sorry I can't make any recommendations.Edit for clarity: The "It" which...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Octopi problems with Raspberry Pi Model 4
I have had it run on Pi OS with a 4B, though the last time I set it up I just used their own instructions with their OS. Follow the "Installing OctoPi using the Raspberry Pi Imager"...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Thonny crashes when executed
_tkinter.TclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variableWhy Python programmers won't detect and trap errors and produce human understandable messages like "No display found" has always...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Serial data parse and save in file...
Hey,my program stops after writing 200-300 lines in the file and i can not find the problem. Has somebody an idea?Code: #include <stdio.h>#include <stdlib.h>#include...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: Dynamically change Voltage in GPIO pins.
This wires would have 1.57 steady voltage ... that wire should go up like 3.2v and ... decrease from 1.57 to 0v. With GPIO_X high, GPIO_Y input, the Vout should be about 3.2VWith GPIO_X high, GPIO_Y...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Cloudflare checks if I am a human - forever - on...
Of course I don't recall ever getting challenged on the Pi forums. Is the challenge selection regional or country based?It is a site setting.What Security Level should I select?The Security Level you...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: picamera library not found?
Also are you running the "Bookworm" or "Bullseye" version of Raspberry Pi OS?How to tell: Code: cat /etc/os-releaseStatistics: Posted by neilgl — Wed May 01, 2024 9:49 pm
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Pi Backup to shared NTFS drive (CIFS)
FWIW...I do not own and have never used a Compute Module 4. The following tests were run on a Raspberry Pi 4B/4GB using Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye:1. The destination of the backup was a local 64 GB USB...
View ArticleOff topic discussion • Re: older UNIX users use root
In a networked environment no computer is single user.True, but they are all seen that way when there's only a single owner logging in, clicking the desktop, accessing the command line, executing...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: Pi 5 Obsolete TV standards support… how?
Thats good news, many thanks. I’m working on a modulator HAT that will modulate the video and sound via I2S DAC sound into pretty much any broadcast standard frequency, video modulation, sound offset...
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Troubleshooting • Re: Issues installing OpenCV Virtual Enviroment
It's very simple to install and configure virtualenv on rpi5. I had same problem during package installation. I tested the solution on my rpi5.Follow the given steps.Step1: Install required packages...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • External Wi-Fi antenna for PI Zero 2W
Hello All,Is there any officially sanctioned method for adding an external Wi-Fi antenna to the PI Zero 2W?I note there appears to be a place for and 50R IPEX connector, so it would appear to have...
View ArticleGeneral • Understand better PWM and channels (long)
I have understood the Pico W has 8 independent PWM generators called slices (from PWM0 to PWM7), and each slice has two channels (A and B), which makes a total of 16 PWM output (or input/output using...
View ArticleUbuntu • Re: Ubuntu 24-04 desktop64 installation fails
Another brief update on this; I finally managed to build an image with a backported fix. I've updated LP: #2064208 with links to the test image and testing instructions for anyone interested who can...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Picamera2 and opencv doesnt show a new window in...
Code: import cv2from picamera2 import...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: How to control ESC with Raspberry Pi Pico W?
Do connect the 5V for the ESC to Vbus. There is an internal diode between Vbus and Vsys which might need a little bit of voltage.For a test, disconnect the motor completely and connect the motor to...
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Beginners • Re: Pi 5 GPIO pins
Any suggestions for c++? I am hoping to use hx711 to control a strain gauge but it needs lgpio which does not seem to work on RaspberryPi 5 with the new GPIO pins. Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleC/C++ • Re: HX711 SimpleHx711Test Hanging
From what I can tell, the lgpio does not work with the new RaspberryPi 5 pin connections. Since hx711 repository needs lgpio that's a problem that would need an upgraded lgpio for RaspberryPi 5....
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