Beginners • Insights / Direction
10 years ago, someone setup for me a Raspberry Pi programmed to run my sprinkler system. Worked well for 10 years. Then, 2 days ago, the certificate they setup to allow remote login expired... As of...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: using pi 0 without HDMI
I have a pi zero that can only take HDMI my idea is to use it for robotics projects. Is there a way to program it without a monitor and hdmi and possibly setup a ssh connection or do i need the...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Digital Voltmeter with 4 ½ digits - Raspberry Pico
Inplementing 60/50 Hz mains rejection: Source : Microchip TC500https://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/aem ... 21428e.pdf"The dual slope converter accuracy is unrelated to the integrating resistor and...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Priogramming Raspberry Pi Pico without mounting as drive
I have inherited a project that uses the Arduino IDE to program the Pico.How did those you inherited the project from deal with the issue ?That development was done in an open environment. This next...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: Real-time timestamp overlay on H264 recording with Picamera2
Ok it works, and colour is just a variable name. Live, learn, and RTFM!Many thanks again.Statistics: Posted by ghranek — Mon Sep 29, 2025 10:36 pm
View ArticleGeneral • Re: UART on PICO2
Thank you so much for the explanation and your patience, that makes a lot more sense now. Statistics: Posted by Joraspberry — Mon Sep 29, 2025 10:52 pm
View ArticleKeyboard computers (400, 500, 500+) • Re: Ubuntu on the Pi 500+
I think all the stuff needed is on GitHub.I don't suppose you'd happen to have a link?It's ok. I found it myself.https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-keyboard-configStatistics: Posted by ame — Mon Sep...
View ArticleOfficial Display • Re: Release Timeline for the Black Raspberry Pi Monitor
I just realised it's been out a while already. I'd forgotten it had already been launched. Available from any of our resellers.Yeah... I've had mine (4 of them) for several months by now.Statistics:...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: GPIO Ribbon Cable for Pi 5 in a Case
The connector I have with my Pi 3 is 55.5mm wide. The ribbon I just purchased with the snap connector is a little wider. The space between the tapered posts of the case is 52-53mm side. Statistics:...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Problems with restarting cronjob
/bin is only a link for historic compatibility, it points to /usr/bin.I don't know how to get this working again without using "PATH...." etcStatistics: Posted by RaspyHat — Mon Sep 29, 2025 11:35 pm
View ArticleKeyboard computers (400, 500, 500+) • Raspberry Pi 500+ and...
This is my out of the box experience after getting a brand new Raspberry Pi 500+ from Canakit.My system:Raspberry Pi 500+ Official power adapter 45 Watts, 5.1vI discovered that it had an official...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Is There an Easy Way to Update SSD Systems to Latest...
Guys,At risk of flak for re-lighting this one but ...I see they've released the Raspberry Pi 500+ complete with SSD. Is now the time to have an Easy Way to Update SSD Systems to Latest Operating...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: CM4 SDIO troubleshooting
as it's working now, post the connection scheme and your config.txt line related to the SDIO interface to others can duplicate it as well.Yeah, that was the plan. Nothing's worse than finding a...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Getting just the Arduino 'rp2040load' utility
I am not sure why Earle chose to copy to the drive rather than invoke 'picotool' as that provides all sorts of features which aren't supported by a copy, or a 'close but no cigar' reimplementation of...
View ArticleOff topic discussion • Re: A bit of Raspberry with 144C/288T
Yes, sorry, forgot to copy that int previous posting:Woohoo! That worked. From the output it looks like the first 18 threads are confined to the first socket one port core, the next 18 threads are on...
View ArticleGaming • Re: Pi 5 run off of battery.
You could look at this one as a starting point:https://leandrolinares.com/blog/diy-han ... e-console/Google will tell you the typical power consumption of a Pi 5 and a 7" display.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Has anyone run the Axelera M.2 AI inference card on a...
I’m looking to hear from anyone who has actually run the Axelera Metis M.2 AI inference card on a Raspberry Pi 5. From what I’ve seen, the card can be made to work on the Pi5 and other SBCs, but there...
View ArticleSDK • DMA with SPI LCD
I have an SPI LCD and a routine that fills a quadrilateral by filling it as two triangles. This worked correctly using spi_write_blocking. However, after switching to DMA with dma_spi_write, a small...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Raspberry pi 5 electric shock
I use the plumbing here, it's an old trick known by electricians, it works very well but I believe it's forbidden nowadays. If the earth gets accidentally disconnected from the plumbing, it can be...
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