Troubleshooting • Unresponsive diy RP2040
I have been working on a project that uses a RP2040 for its secondary microprocessor built onto a pcb, and it doesn't connect to usb. The VREG_OUT pin is not giving me any voltage. I tried swapping...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Is this a job for PIO?
It's strange, an old dinosaur like me thinks there are plenty of options to get the thing done, but perhaps those that are familiar with the Arduino way of doing things do not see things as I do.A...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: MicroPython source for the Pico 2 port
Thanks. I thought 'git' workflow was to create branches and then merge those with the master but I'm not familiar with doing it. There used to be a 'develop' branch but that seems to have disappeared....
View ArticleUser groups and events • Re: User group Hampshire UK
Some folks from Winchester, Basingstoke & Andover meet at the Cart & Horses London Rd, Kingsworthy, Winchester SO23 7QN on the SECOND Wednesday in a month (that's Wed this week for April). You...
View ArticlePython • Button to restart Pi, button to restart program
I have come a little way since my first post. Learned more about hardware, and took a beginner python course. My current program is to monitor with temperature sensors, when too hot turn off the 5v...
View ArticleOfficial Display • Re: Official Display not functioning on Pi 5
Side question. Does anyone sell even a marginally longer PCIe cable? These 30mm cables are a major pain to connect when you have the needed stand-offs so Hat clears the cooler. A 40mm would be great....
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SDK • Re: HSTX HDMI RGB565 - Changes needed to example?
I'm going round in circles on this. I have a nice stable image but can't get the right bits onto the correct channel.As a test I'm trying to display a grey scale gradient r=0 to 31, g=0 to 31 b=0 to...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Latest Getting Started document removes SWD instructions
Ok, so just to make explicit what has been sort of implicit in this conversation: the reason the SWD instructions were removed is likely because it does not work with a Pi 5 and Pi Pico?A shame, those...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • New uart driver.....
I''m writing a new UART driver and that seems to work reasonably well "as exprected".... There is one little thing... So far I've left the orignal driver running separately. When I start my stuff, it...
View ArticleSDK • Re: SDK Library documentation PDF version?
Not only is it back, it is more betterer with RP2040/RP2350 badges, more complete and readable config define/build variables listings etcStatistics: Posted by kilograham — Sun Aug 18, 2024 10:22 pm
View ArticleSDK • Re: Enforced Stack Limits (was "Stack Location" (was...
SDK has always had PICO_USE_STACK_GUARDS which you can set to 1… on rp2040 it uses the MPU; on rp2350 arm it uses MSPLIMI see that it is documented now, which is nice.Statistics: Posted by carlk3 —...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Technically reliable RPi 5 NVMe case, NVMe and Power supply
Many thanks for advises and pointers. Here is one article explaining the matters. https://uk.pcmag.com/ssd/94888/the-best ... s-for-2020Statistics: Posted by David16962 — Sun Aug 18, 2024 11:34 pm
View ArticlePython • Re: Button to restart Pi, button to restart program
For restarting the script, you could try something like this:Code: from gpiozero import Buttonimport subprocessfrom signal import pauseimport sysdef restart_program(): try: subprocess.run(['python',...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: Looking at improving my backing up of my Pie's MicroSD card
Looks like I won't even need to remove the MicroSD card anymore to create a bootable copy of my Raspberry Pies. Nice!Thanks again.What you should do is to use THREE SDCards. This is known as...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Official Foundation Pi 4 case has no holes for airflow?
If I had a guess, the computer will not overheat with the base clock speeds, and is the reason why the case has no air vents compared to a laptop.Cell phone cases, and media tablets have a similar...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 discussion thread
Today i found a cheap PD compliant power supply which claims to deliver 20 watts max and i bought it. I then found out it is only 15 watts max when the current is 5 volts. Anyway, up to this point, i...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Pi5 temp variation?
probably the thermal pads, give them some time to heat up/break in.60 is the norm, below 80 it's all good.Thermal "pad", the Geeekpi has ONLY a CPU pad. Kinda lame. In order to use the ice tower they...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: pico riscv compiler
Well, I've got something to build through to completion! All my script needs is..binutils-2.43.tar.xznewlib-4.4.0.20231231.tar.gzgcc-14.2.0.tar.* #<- it's got gmp etc already in itIt'll need a lot...
View ArticlePython • Re: Pi 4b and 2004a display
PythonI2c tools installedStatistics: Posted by Dop — Mon Aug 19, 2024 11:04 pm
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Advice on my custom fstab ?
Hello friends,I made some customization in my /etc/fstab.It seems to work fine for my use case.The size of all tmpfs are OK for the moment.What do you think about it ?Do you see something that may be...
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