General discussion • Re: Need a New Raspberry Pi - Which One?
We keep making (almost) all the old Pis, and will probably continue to do so until no-one wants them. Pi 4 EOL is NET 2034.Interesting! I see a lot of Pi 5 kits with heat sinks or fan and heat sink,...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: JavaScript errors with SurfShark
What method is used for the "loading at startup" - might be the wrong user/ directory / dependency not met etc.The excellent guide to all things startup is here (thanks to thagrol)...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Active Cooler Not working
Hey folks, I'm getting started with the raspberry pi 5 with active cooler, AI hat, and camera. I noticed after getting the ai hat setup running some hailo example scripts that the active cooler wasn't...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: strange VLC autostart problem after last upgrade
This is the .desktop file:Code: [Desktop Entry]Name=bloombergExec=/home/raspitv/tv.shTerminal=trueType=Applicationand this is the script tv.sh:Code: vlc --fullscreen --loop...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • Re: Problems with MCP3008
This board unfortunately does not provide detailed specs or a schema.The assumption is that the ADC is powered by 3.3V and hence input voltages above 3.3V will damage the chip or cause...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • RPi 5 + L298N + encoder — how to build a...
Hi, I’m building an overhead crane driven by Raspberry Pi 5 (Bookworm, Python 3.11). I’m a beginner with controllers and RPi5 GPIO.Drives: L298N + Pololu 37Dx65L 24 V 1000 RPM DC motor with encoder...
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General • Re: GPIO pin 15 is located at pin 19 not 20
The only RP2 boards I am aware of which notionally have GPIO15 on Pin 19 and 0V on Pin 20 are the Olimex XL and XXL - That partially fits with "Pin 18 is still a ground and pin 17 is still GPIO13 and...
View ArticleSDK • Re: How to extend stdio usb descriptors?
Thanks for the reply and the link to your PR! This certainly goes into the right direction and reduces the duplicate code / custom usb_descriptor (e.g. the TUD_RPI_RESET_DESCRIPTOR gets removed). I've...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: RP5 Headless Setup on MacOS - How do I make it visible on...
I got it Apple Time Machine working using this very useful articlehttps://ovechkin.xyz/blog/2021-12-13-us ... me-machineThere's a few things in that article that are poor practice, that aren't really...
View ArticlePython • Re: Why must we use --break-system-packages?
Why must we use --break-system-packages?"We" shouldn't.Option 1:Look for a package in apt, install that and use the system python environment.Option 2:Use a venv possibly with the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: kms video settings only apply during boot
So I tried reflect_x and reflect_y(seperately) at the end of the video= part, and tried moving video= to the end of cmdline.txt to make sure the reflect parameters would be parsed last. If I remove...
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Raspberry Pi Connect • rpi-connect icon is spinning
Just updated a pi5(00) from bookworm to trixie and after rebooting the rpi-connect icon has "started" spinning continiously in the screen sharing session which it never did before (afaicr)is this...
View ArticleBeta testing • Re: Updating to trixie
Since we switched from dhcpcd to NetworkManager, people have been pointing out that they lost link-local address...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: How to add or use additional video modes...
Raspberry Pi 5 VEC lets you add a custom mode using the non-standard cmode parameter. Try appending this to "cmdline.txt":Code: drm_rp1_vec.cmode=13500,640/56/64/98,480/6/6/33,iWarnings:1....
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Adding a new Wi-Fi network using sudo raspi-config
From my experience, raspi-config just edits the same network configs, so old Wi-Fi details aren’t lost.On newer OS versions, it’s handled through systemd instead of plain wpa_supplicant.conf, but...
View ArticleOff topic discussion • Re: A bit of Raspberry with 144C/288T
With this commit option "-F" got added, forcing ruined cities to be among those from initial radial ruin:https://github.com/Hermann-SW/RR/commit ... 351de28624Initial ruin of 1,000 cities around city...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • Re: Implementing A Sensor that Requires...
Which circuit were you planning to use?https://www.elstar.com/images/Mechanica ... RevG_0.pdfStatistics: Posted by ame — Wed Sep 17, 2025 8:40 pm
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Imager says a later version apt says not
Thanks. I did a search but obviously didn't use the magic words for it to come up in the first couple of pages.I try not to start browsing the forums...Statistics: Posted by PDM1950 — Wed Sep 17, 2025...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Chromium Customization on RPI using Pi-Gen
Hello everyone! I'm using pi-gen to create a custom setup, and I was wondering if anyone has any advice/insight into best ways to pre-customize Chromium. Here are the tasks that I'm still working on...
View ArticlePython • Re: need to start virtual env on boot
of to bed, but yes network was an issueCode: Wed Sep 17 21:54:37 2025 Checking status fileExisting status.p file foundWed Sep 17 21:54:37 2025 Checking schedule fileExisting schedule.p file foundWed...
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