Beginners • Re: Disabling SPI 0 interface to make GPIO 8 available
I just realized that i was able to solve half of my problem with using 0 chip select overlay for SPI0. Following advice from @aBUGSworstnightmare : "How/why did you enable SPI0? The mcp251xdf overlay...
View ArticlePython • Re: Issue sending data from raspberry pi to phone app via bluetooth...
If you do end up needing an alternative Bluetooth approach, my library here is one option.https://github.com/petzval/btferretBelow is the shell of a Classic server program that will do the same thing....
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Downloading pdfs from the Bookshelf
Thanks for the advice folks.Statistics: Posted by Scotia — Wed Mar 12, 2025 11:12 am
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Using Zed editor for programming
I seem to have been a little bit quick. I actually had to install the Mesa graphics drivers from Debian Backports, as they are not yet in Stable. First, add the bookworm-backports repository to your...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Keyboard
I finally found an answer for typing the pipe character, without having to look at all possible keyboards. Many instructions assumed one had a Windows keyboard and a numeric keypad, so didn't work for...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Connect a RPI Zero 2W to a composite connector?
Just tried on my Pi Zero 2W with a PAL TV, latest Pi OS Bookworm 64bit with Desktop.Although I do see the 'Welcome to Pi OS' logo, I then just get a grey screen. The desktop is accessible via...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: write image to SD card
I didn't deleted any post, but I just see that a previous post disappeared as well ...Yeah, it was by somebody else (not you). I assume that poster decided his language was a little strong, so he...
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Beginners • Re: Can I run two OS simultaneously on my Pi 5 16GB RAM with...
I understand that I could easily run Home Assistant in a container on the NAS, but I prefer to run the full Home Assistant OS for full functionality.You do get pretty much full functionality of Home...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: debug uart for CM5 on CM5 IO devkit
More tests - report the output:Code: $ pinctrl 213-214$ pinctrl poll 213-214 &$ echo hello > /dev/ttyAMA10# Now hit some keys in tio on your MacStatistics: Posted by PhilE — Thu Mar 13, 2025...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: Disable auto focus on Camera Module 3 that's used as a usb...
Provided Continuous AF has been disabled, I think you get that 1.0 setting by default. Of course you might want a different focus position.We used to leave it uncontrolled (so the lens could be...
View ArticlePython • Re: Reset gpio output when test is finished
Recently I had the need to switch between micropython GPIO function and PWM function repeatedly .Found this working (snippet):Code: pin = machine.Pin(16, machine.Pin.OUT)pwm = machine.PWM(pin,...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Using PIO to perform XOR between PIN and OSR(lsb)
Code: mov pins, ~pins // toggle pins (requires in_base == out_base)Statistics: Posted by PicoTinker — Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:05 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Poor Performance on GLSL ES 3.2 EGL1.5 in MESA/DRM...
Might be best to create an issue and provide a simple test case that demonstrates the problem.Mesa was updated to version 24.2.8 a week or so back which may have been related, although that is clearly...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: Sync 6 HQ cameras (RPi4)
Since libcamera2 (which replaces raspistill and raspivid) suggests using qt-preview for remote setups, you can modify your OpenCV pipeline to preview in Qt instead of imshow().Modify your Python...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: PiSP BE: nothing being written to my...
No, I think it's just the physical address in this case (for input, output and tiles).Well an interrupt is better than a lockup... How soon do you get the interrupt and do PISP_BE_STATUS and...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Red Led
red means its off, it wont do anything until you turn it on with the power buttonthe bigger question, is why is it turning off to begin with, it should turn on by default when you plug it in.. Only if...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Pi5 with Raspberry Pi DigiAMP+ not finding USB pen drive
It could be a power issue. I have experienced USB sticks being auto-unmounted when power has been an issue....What power supply are you using?Perhaps a non-backfeeding powered hub might be worth a try...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: Can't find any Bluetooth devices
Having got round to trying this, it looks as though HCI commands are failing, and that is why the kernel hasn't enabled hci0. This can happen if the power supply isn't good enough, or if there are too...
View ArticleSDK • Re: boot_stage2 in rp2350 vs rp2040
I'd like to give you a quick reply about how I fixed it. First, I did not use the PICO_EMBED_XIP_SETUP=1 option; I just jumped at the start of the binary.So the code for RP2040 and RP2350 is as...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Upgrading RaspberryPi OS from Bullseye to Bookworm
Generally a bad idea in my experience.Even on distros that offer a path...and Raspberry Pi OS is definitely not one of those, it's often better to do a fresh install after backing everything up...
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