General • Minimal C code to detect RP2040 or RP2350 plugged to a USB host
This is an update to the thread viewtopic.php?t=369119 but it's locked.I was able to solve the issue of detecting when a USB host is connected using this code for the RP2040. I believe this is the...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: A computer that measures the temperature
I'm in Iceland.At work there are many places where it would be brilliant, to just place some cube and plug it in.And it would then automatically log the temperature.Which could then be synced via...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Disable any & all automatic updates in Bookworm
Per the title really, there's a thread (here) with a suggestion of what might work but no solid feedback on whether it's the right approach or even actually successful.We are doing kiosk devices that...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • CM5 not booting with HDMI attached
Hello,I have a CM5 (4GB RAM, 16GB Flash, WiFi) on an IO-Board. The latest OS is successfully installed on a NVME via the recommended process (disable eMMC boot via jumper, connect to host and flash...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: CM5 not booting with HDMI attached
Which IO board do you have ? I have seen something similar with a non compliant HDMI monitor reverse powering the system. The 27Watt PSU correctly detect reverse power and doesn't power up, which...
View ArticleOff topic discussion • Doesn't this prove that developers need to develop...
Just watched this videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0z09Ddr58wAnd it begs me the question again, why doesn't game developers produce games for Linux OSes?Playstation uses a similar OS that is...
View ArticleOff topic discussion • Re: Formatting a USB stick for in car use
I am trying to use the CLI to format a USB stick to FAT32 format. I want to use this stick to use in my in-car music system which will only recognise FAT32. I have searched the internet and used mkfs...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: GPIO and digital / analog signals
Thanks for the answer.Mine is a 3b+.So why can I read a vibration sensor without A/D converter?Because it is a binary signal or because it can read also analog signal?Statistics: Posted by Ferex — Sat...
View ArticleC/C++ • Re: Vscode - the window is not responding
I downloaded VSCodium deb from herehttps://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases and installed it withCode: dpkg -i codium_1.98.2.25072_arm64.deb Seems to work well.Latest Bookworm, rpi 4 ...Nah, I...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Stuck during upgrade
Is this another case where the swap space needs increasing?First thing I do on all my computers, set swap to double the memory size, I prefer things to limp rather than crash.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Obtaining data on a PC through USB
Save the script on the Pico as main.pySee page 33 of https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/pico ... on-sdk.pdf"If you "save a file to the device" and give it the special name main.py, then MicroPython...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: Pigpio not working
I thinks that is why I suggested to use the example that needs gpiod daemon running.Ringing on the lines - interesting...Statistics: Posted by neilgl — Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:11 am
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Running SSD and Micro SD
Thank you so much! All working now.Statistics: Posted by pilover3087 — Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:46 am
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Noob : Can I combine PiKVM and Pi-Hole
I've never tried PiKVM; but I had a look on their website.It seems that it uses its own distro..based on Arch Linux...though they say that they do have plans to move to Raspberry Pi OS....
View ArticleGeneral • Re: RP2040 Mass Storage
One might not want to have FAT in Flash, on SDCard is OK.Statistics: Posted by gmx — Sat Mar 15, 2025 12:14 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • arp -a differences
I have one RPI3+ on bookworm avahi 0.8-10arp -a shows 7 entries with namesCode: pi@RPI3:~ $ arp -a -vmijnmodem.kpn (192.168.2.254) at a4:22:49:74:69:f0 [ether] on eth0server.home (192.168.2.14) at...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Help wanted with NEMA17 stepper motors
Now that I've found out how to link to Dropbox images, this might help explain things better. With the wiring as shown, I stuck an oscilloscope probe on output B of the Mosfetti, referenced to Gnd on...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: pcie set to gen3 but uses gen2 on pi5
hi trejan, i did not understand. It runs at gen3 or gen2 ?Statistics: Posted by nazgul — Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:15 am
View ArticleBeginners • Re: USB drives
Digging further, I can see that the issue is one of permissions, but I am not sure how to deal with it.The item 750GB Volume shows up in File Manager (as /mdedia/danco/750 GB Volume) whose properties...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: X11 EOL?
I'm guessing Linux, in general, will move over to using it in all distros, so might as well get used to it, some may try to continue using a form of X11, just as is the case with systemd, but the...
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