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Advanced users • Re: Raspberry pi 5 - j17 for 2pin 12v FAN
Raspberry engineers! Help! Help! confirming what?I've connected a fan with max 0.27A current with no issuesused a JST SH 1.0mm cable bought from eBay and soldered it to my fan.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi Zero 2
Is there a way to see the power draw on the USB ports of a Pi Zero 2?The only "components" that that current goes through are the PCB traces. Nothing that measures current.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticlePython • Re: Wait for app to open with Python
Stick to one platform at a time first - get it working on the Pi first then introduce Windows.Personally, I put the functions definitions outside of code where possible along the lines of:ImportsDef...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Baremetal for RP-PicoW
For now I just want to do it purely for educational reasons.You may find that you can do a lot of what you want to do using Pico SDK or even MicroPython. If you want to get down to the very lowest...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: What percentage of MicroSD card supports SPI and FatFS
Incidentally, the FatFs library also supports ExFat as an option FatFS ExFat support is limited to fully specified filenames. Unlike its FAT32 support, FATFS cannot handle things like "../fname"I've...
View ArticleGeneral 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 ArticleCamera board • Re: Suppot for OV2311
IIRC The even/odd increment is normally for skipping rather than binning. Sensors vary over how they are set for binning. I'd compare to ov9282 or ov7251 as the little siblings to ov2311. As this is a...
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 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"...
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For sale • 2x RPi 400 PC Kit (DE)
I've got her 2 unused RaspberryPi 400 kits. Keyboard layout is german. € 89.- each + shippingStatistics: Posted by zwieblum — Sun Jul 14, 2024 7:12 am
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...
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