General discussion • dnsmasq fresh install stop-dns-rebind and dnsbomb
Recently a security researcher shared information regarding a new vulnerability affecting DNS, named dnsbomb, this was been corrected in dnsmasq and the community would benefit from having the latest...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: GPIO Extender for RPi5
Excellent news!Thanks for your help, everyone!Statistics: Posted by thismarty — Sun Jun 02, 2024 12:26 am
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Fun 3D printed Pi5 case!
I'm on the practical side of the spectrum. The Zero case also works with Zero2, and the "B" case works with all B variants.https://www.printables.com/model/24751- ... board-caseStatistics: Posted by...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Metallic enclosures and wifi/bluetooth degradation
I recently started using a plastic case instead of my aluminum enclosure (photo above). I can not say i have seen any improvement on wifi throughput, however, bluetooth is definitely better now. I am...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Uses for a Pi Zero 2W
Your 20 years of software development experience does not seem to include any web searching skills.@ame If you know where @piedpiperson could find information to answer their question, you may want to...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • Re: Reliable Tilt Switch
Ok, how are you detecting the switch closure? Polling, or interrupts?It could be a software issue, as there is no difference between a tilt event happening and the switch failing to actuate and a tilt...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: High Load
Also today even after optimizing my scripts as much as possible, with around 10 second delays between them, instead of 1 secondI got a load of around 22 and that reached the 15 minute averageI did...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Current measurement of pi5 using multimeter
I use an INA260 to plot cellphone charging. It captures both instantaneous voltage and current (or just power). They sell for $10. I use a USB cable with the VBUS line cut, in order to insert the...
View ArticleSDK • Re: Swaping bytes when DMA_SIZE_16 - changing byte order to big endian
I don't know the answer, but you can at least minimize the CPU by using __builtin_bswap16, which, with any luck, will compile to a REV machine instruction. (And maybe you can process chunks at a time...
View ArticleOther projects • Switching Android board with RPi5 in Sunmi K2 kiosk
Looking for some help. I have the Sunmi K2 digital kiosk (capacitive touch, 24in screen, thermal printer, NFC, camera) but it's running Android software.I've developed some software on a RPi5 and...
View ArticleOther projects • Re: Switching Android board with RPi5 in Sunmi K2 kiosk
I opened up the unit a little more and have attached what I found. Looks like a connector for capacitive touch and a ribbon cable for video.I'm assuming power goes out of each of these and input comes...
View ArticleBeginners • how to change the location to save screenshots
Hello. How do I change the default location to save my screenshots, from: /home/pito: /home/pi/DesktopThanks.I have a Raspberry Pi 4B running Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) Debian Bullseye...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: how to change the location to save screenshots
the program is called scrotyou can read the manual withCode: man scrotthe simplest would beCode: cd /home/pi/Desktop;scrotStatistics: Posted by kerry_s — Mon Jun 03, 2024 12:31 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Not Booting – Continuous ACT LED...
The pattern has meaning.Have you read and applied The Boot Problems Sticky?Thank you for your response.I have read the Boot Problems Sticky, but I’m not sure which blinking pattern applies to my...
View ArticleGaming • Re: Retropie room gemes where to get?
Classic Video Game Console ROMS are not difficult to find on the internet, and are often times considered abandonware.AIUI legally there is no such thing as "abaondonware". Software being abandoned...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: video surveilance software using libcamera
I wrote a motion detection program in Java that will take a photo using rpicam-still and save it on the local disk or email it. If you want the source I can post it here for you. It really needs a Pi4...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: permission denied scp file transfer error
Show us the exact command you're trying to use. Wrap it in code tags (look in the menu bar above the text entry box).And make sure that the username you use for the scp comand is that of the user on...
View ArticleGraphics programming • OpenCL on Zero 2 W? Re-implementing ye olde...
So this guy presumably developed OpenCL 1.2 for the RBPi 3:[VC4CL][https://github.com/doe300/VC4CL]It's my understanding that both the RBPi 3 and the zero 2W have the same GPU: the VideoCore IVSo if...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: RPI3 ALSA no soundcards found
Have you created a new user? If so you may not have membership of the audio group.Try ‘sudo aplay -l’ that should flush out if this is an issue.Statistics: Posted by Doug_ — Mon Jun 03, 2024 11:05 pm
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Modules vs programming your own microcontroller
Thanks for the responses guys!Okay looks like I'll definitely be staying away from ChatGPT generated code then! I tried my hand at coding during uni but sucked at it! Maybe I'll give it another go -...
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