Media centres • Bluetooth speaker x Pi Zero retrofit
Hi forum. I'm looking to do a small project adding WiFi music player capabilities to a basic, small (but nice looking!) bluetooth speaker.The speaker is very simple: one knob to turn it on and control...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Official Pi 5 PoE+(+?) HAT product still to come?
OK, so the POE+ HAT I was using is now slightly borked - the fan is rubbish, and suddenly got rather noisy - I think some dirt blew in the window and contaminated the bearings. For anyone following...
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General • Re: State machine pio question.
I have tried reading the datasheet RP2350, and found the limit is 32 instructions, but am unsure if that's 32 per PIO block, or 32 per state machine?Per PIO block, SMs inside a PIO block can execute...
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SDK • Re: PICO 2 + HDMI Ext board
I've imported the project with VSCode, it builds for Pimoroni Pico Plus 2 with the latest SDK 2.2.0 without a hiss.Moreover, it generates valid DVI/HDMI signals, should work. :Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Remote battery parameters measurement on android app
Hello everyone. I can't find a thread on this forum that allows me to use my Raspberry PI for multiple remote measurements on an Android app. Let me explain: I have five lead-acid batteries that are...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: USB LED light
If the pi is powered by a battery, and I turn off USB power, will it also turn off the pi?Yes. The only way to turn off USB power on a Zero is to unplug it.Statistics: Posted by trejan — Thu Feb 05,...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: RPI Imager v 2.0.6
See https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imag ... local_jsonUsing the python script you create a json file that pi-imager will use to apply customisations to downloaded official PiOS imagesAIUI that...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Remote battery parameters measurement on android app
Do you have an local instrumentation measuring these quantities? Are they available via the charge controller, for example?If you have existing instrumentation then it makes sense to take advantage of...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Raspberry Pi Pico serial behaviour with CTS/RTS
Yep, one second timeout, as I said.BTW after receiving at least one character, timeout_char is used (one second by default, as well)Statistics: Posted by gmx — Thu Feb 05, 2026 10:49 pm
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General discussion • Re: Fullsize keyboard kit?
I need a full size keyboard, for my big meaty man handsKey size:There are special keyboards for very young children where the keycaps are "50%" bigger. Limited range of keys. The pictures look like...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: hat for sandisc X400 SATA Drives
IME pi4 and pi5 can cope with a 2.5 inch SATA HDD without extra power, I presume the same would be true of a M.2 SATA SSD.Statistics: Posted by plugwash — Thu Feb 05, 2026 11:58 pm
View ArticleCamera board • Re: rpi4 camera module surveillance
Not motioneyeos but this Python/Picamera2 script, based on some of the Picamera2 examples, provides a minimal surveillance system.Statistics: Posted by sandyol — Fri Feb 06, 2026 12:06 am
View ArticleUbuntu • Re: Login incorrect
(or using NOOBS/PINN, which is also nice - but now "deprecated").NOOBS is deprecated, but PINN is still active.I know that - and you know that.But the attitude of most of the help-givers on these...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: pi 5 "normal" operating temperature
30C to 50C is quite normal with PI5 at idle, mine are at the upper end. When you say the "cooler", which cooler are you talking about?Statistics: Posted by pidd — Fri Feb 06, 2026 10:44 pm
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: I'm using a USB mic with Raspberry Pi to...
@MikeDB will probably know more about mobile phone accuracies?By a huge coincidence I downloaded every Android sound level app I could find on Play Store onto my Samsung phone a few weeks ago. The...
View ArticleOther RP2040 boards • Re: Beware the clones
I do not understand why anyone would want USB-C on a standard-speed, standard-power device.I have a shoebox full of spare USB cables of various types, I've also got a very large jumbled up box of...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Help with interfacing with Lyontek LY68L6400
To estimate the RTT delay, I did some measurements here: viewtopic.php?p=2361331#p2361331Need to add some load delay + LY68L6400 tACLK (CLK to output delay) 2-6 nsRunning PIO at 200 MHz will give you...
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Networking and servers • Re: 2 IP addresses, but WLAN disabled
Many thanks to all who replied.I think I found the answer in the article that Milliways linked. When I edited the ipv4 configuration, using nmtui, I had not changed the configuration to Manual, but...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Attempt to move my current filesystem on external SSD and...
sdm V15.2 is released and includes automatic encryption of data partitions as well as the rootfs partition. Here's a getting-started example that shows how to encrypt the rootfs and create and encrypt...
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General discussion • Re: Ram price hikes.....killing RPi sales?
I agree with WH Heydt that high prices for conventional PCs and laptops may drive more Pi sales.The other thing worthy of consideration here is the 2-3X price increases in SSDs and SD Cards. I expect...
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