General discussion • Advice please
What would be the best set up to use for a cad software for uses with a 3d printer?I have the 3d printer but nothing else, so I would be starting with nothing, so I would need to get pleaseStatistics:...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi5 does not support Anker 737 Charger (GaNPrime 120W)
Very few power banks can properly power a Pi. I actually don't know of any that can power a Pi 4/5. Some can easily power a 0, but that's not what you're trying to do.If you need to run a Pi from...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: How to install pyecobee
Thanks for that info.Do you think it is a doable undertaking to sift through the library to pick out just the components I need to simply query the running status of the furnace? Or am I better off...
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Troubleshooting • Can´t run thonny with sudo
Hello, I have to run thonny in admin mode, because I have to access the GPIO pins. So first I changed the thonny properties and added the sudo command. But after starting thonny nothing happens. I can...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Advice please
What would be the best set up to use for a cad software for uses with a 3d printer?I have the 3d printer but nothing else, so I would be starting with nothing, so I would need to get pleaseWelcome to...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Label not showing up.
Difficult to test/debug unless you post the complete code.Statistics: Posted by rpiMike — Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:38 pm
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Can´t run thonny with sudo
You should not need to use sudo to access GPIO pins nor to run Thonny to access GPIO pins.Post your Python GPIO code.Statistics: Posted by rpiMike — Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:40 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 discussion thread
True... however, you risk catastrophically damaging the Pi (this would not be a warranty return) for fairly marginal gains. I get the "just because" reason, but it (a) does not run that hot (b) has...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Thermal grease between the thermal pads and the...
I never did like those light blue thermal pads. They don't seem that great at transferring heat. That said, the active cooler does what it needs to using them. No complaints.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Once more... Pi 5 & Powerbank
Are there plans to make an official Pi-Powerbank for the Pi 5? It really seems that there will be a demand.Extraordinarily unlikely. It's way off the main uses for Pis and the RPT doesn't appear to be...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: IQAudio DAC+ support
I am going to guess that those commands are for terminal in some linux flavour ?? What would you recommend I use to perform those.Statistics: Posted by SeftonH — Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:44 pm
View ArticleC/C++ • Re: Visual Studio alternatives for Linux
a set of independed tools provided by an OS is not "integrated".The use of only individual programming tools, for example: text editor, compiler or interpreter, linker, possibly a debugger, is...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Pi 4 Power using second board
Ok. Here's a simple and dumb way to shutdown the Pis with a Python script on the Windows PC.viewtopic.php?t=208723#p1290526Here's a suggestion for how to get Windows to run something at...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 not recognised/working
Thanks all for your help, when tried with a monitor, not VNC, it worked perfectly!Statistics: Posted by joelh — Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:47 pm
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: issue with CM4 and DSI1 custom board
Have you ever successfully brought up a DSI panel on any platform?DSI is a pig of an interface as it has a large number of options at both the DSI and D-PHY levels. You also then get fairly generic...
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Troubleshooting • Re: How does the Raspberry Pi 5B fit into the SPI display...
..so the joy-it miss the DIN...MOSI = Master Output Slave InputIf that would be missing you would not be able to send any data to the display Sorry, but why do you ask for ILI9341 and then post...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: Raspberry CM4 updating EEPROM - sdcard issue
Try flashing an official Raspberry Bookworm OS and report back.Do you have another Pi? Use that one instead of Windows.Failed writing at 2% .I have only 1x IO board and 3x CM4 . All 3 have these same...
View ArticleSDK • Re: Unknown type name '__unused' in timer.h ?
__unused is defined in src/rp2_common/pico_platform/include/pico/platform.h:Code: #define __unused __attribute__((__unused__)Your error sounds like you simply don't have that header in scope, but on...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Automatic Camera Livestream on Boot
I'd like to livestream to YouTube if possible, so that it is easily accessible by anybody.You stated what you want to have happen when a failure occurs but you really need to get the BASH...
View ArticleCompute Module • CM4 NVMe Safeshutdown
I am using the CM4 and a NVMe SSD via PCIe on a custom built carrier board and I have had 3 Crucial P3 1TB NVMe drive failures this year. Looking at the logs from the Code: nvme cli tool I notice that...
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