General discussion • Canakit Pi 5 w/ SSD Kit and heat
I recently upgraded to an RPi 5 8GB. It's a Canakit bundle with the black case. I then upgraded it with the official Raspberry Pi SSD Kit, 256GB in my case. This includes a vertical case extension...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Pico Cannot Handle Multiple Servos ?
The pulse generation on pico is based on PWM hardware. Software just sets the target values and then some silicon does the work. The python module "asyncio" is great to control multiple things, but is...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Canakit Pi 5 w/ SSD Kit and heat
The official Pi5 Active Cooler and official M.2 HAT+ happily co-exist. There's not a huge amount of space between them, but it's enough for the cooler's fan to work, and temperatures seem ok. It's an...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Case for Pi 5 with lots of room!
How about this big boy?Statistics: Posted by bls — Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:41 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • New Northern Meet Up / Computer Show
Hi,We're launching a new computer show in Warrington England which will have plenty of Raspberry Pi based projects and hardware on show. It's on March 29th 2025. For more information please check out...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Scroll touch selects text instead
Here is what I’ve done: flash new raspberry pi OS with RPI-imager. Start up system with touch screen for first time. Touch works great. Scroll works. It’s a pleasant experience. Next I update and...
View ArticlePython • Re: MicroPython/RPi Pico sys.exit()
...So, what's the problem? I want the Pico to run from the same power source as the servos, so when I switch on the power, the program runs, then shuts down at the end (just like it does while running...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Porting from 3B to 3B+
Try doing an update with the card in the Pi3B:Code: sudo apt updatesudo apt full-upgradeThen try it again in the Pi3B+Hi I have tried this it seems to run but still the same outcomeStatistics: Posted...
View ArticleAdvanced users • scaling factor (-s) in grim, or another way to get a thumbnail?
I'm trying to get thumbnails out of grim. Essentially, the equivalent of scrot's -t, though I figure I will have to do TWO calls to grim to get both a full-sized image and a thumbnail, which I could...
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General • Re: Capacitor on Pico power feed?
gmx, that makes sense about the resistor, but does that mean a resistor in my circuit would help (notwithstanding the above about the diode)?And in relation to "a capacitor can make it worse";...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: SSH doesn't work
Have you tried putty?I had similar problem and it worked for mehttps://www.putty.org/Statistics: Posted by Gdawg! — Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:52 pm
View ArticleBeginners • Re: How to enable onscreen keyboard?
probably need to download a certain apptry viewtopic.php?t=358147Statistics: Posted by Gdawg! — Mon Jan 20, 2025 11:55 pm
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: youtube
most raspberry pi do not have enough ram, so chromium has an automatically installed extension, click the puzzle piece in the top right in chromium, and then the three dots on the extension, then hit...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi 505?
The fact a 500 does not have a jet engine makes it a no go for me.I thought we were looking for wheels and a sandwich.Statistics: Posted by W. H. Heydt — Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:11 am
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: Using eMMC as MSD after booting from NVME
I believe I can use the Raspberry Pi Imager to re-image the eMMC disk, but I want to use the eMMC as bulk storage, or make adjustments to the eMMC image before removing and deploying the CM5 into...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Pi Zero W WiFi woes
Good evening,I'm working on a fresh install of a Pi Zero W using the Imager and running into a couple problems with WiFi. I'm installing the 2024-11-19 Lite 32 bit image.1. After setting the SSID and...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Can I connect to my laptop screen to see the Pi's console...
Here's the URL to Amazon. The description says works with Linux. For Windows you need a display app, like Camera....RDKhttps://www.amazon.com/s?k=video+captur ... doa-p_1_26Statistics: Posted by RDK —...
View ArticleOfficial Display • Re: Rpi 15.6" monitor: Does it use PWM?
aluminium hats will help! I don't think making bad taste jokes about those with epilepsy is appropriate on this website.It's not necessarily epileptics. Some people are sensitive to fairly high...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Issues installing Pimoroni Inky Python libraries
Hello everyone,Today I got a new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, and a Pimoroni Inky pHAT. I established a connection to the Zero vis SSH, and tried to install the libraries using this command: Code: curl...
View ArticleAdvanced users • How to set up a real-time task?
I applied real-time kernel to Raspberry Pi cm4.Linux raspberrypi 5.10.110-rt65-v7l_RT_NOHZ+ #1 SMP PREEMPT_RT Fri Jan 17 00:45:16 GMT 2025 armv7l GNU/LinuxThe options I tested were:isolcpus=2,3...
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