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Advanced users • Re: Pi Zero to 18 bit colour LCD
What makes you assume 18-bit is not supported on HDMI?Your driver needs to convert the data to DPi so question is which adapter do you use?A TFP401 from TI is all that you need...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • rotary-encoder overlay ?
Hi,I have an old RPi 2 plus V2.1 with fresh install of current day bullseye 24/10/22, (kernel says v7.x) that I am trying to find useful employment for. I have hit on a project involving a rotary...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: What is a Raspberry Pi Enclosure and How to Use It?
Thanks for the informative tipStatistics: Posted by neilgl — Sat Jan 04, 2025 8:06 pm
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Bluetooth between Pico and Pi 5 issues with receiving
I like this library, but I can't import it in any python file regardless of whether it is the btferret directory or outside. Code: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/pi/bletesting.py",...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Achieving Fast Boot on Raspberry Pi 5 for QT Application
Hello, Raspberry Pi enthusiasts!I'm currently working on a project with a Raspberry Pi 5, and I need to achieve a fast boot process to launch a QT application (.exe) immediately after power-on. My...
View ArticleMedia centres • Re: Peppy player
My LCD is unusable. It looks like your top right image if you reduce the brightness by 98%. I barely can read anything.Statistics: Posted by peppy.player — Sat Jan 04, 2025 8:26 pm
View ArticleGeneral • PIO Autopull blocks?
I'm having the time of my life with the jaw-dropping speeds I'm getting with the PIO on the RP2040..wrap is like a timewarp and autopull is a gift. So please don't see me as seeming a bit ungrateful...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Raspberry pi 500 rechargeable battery?
I'm not saying there aren't issues and costs involved but it seems to me that most manufacturers of products designed for use with rechargeable batteries seem to manage okay, supply those batteries...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: CM4: USB xHCI documentation
The general idea is that your logs would include the error messages when devices don't work, not from a random subset. Please include the logs from the failing case.I'm assuming all your connected...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: a pi5 where boot option B3 just goes back to the prompt
Maybe something in /var/log/lightdm.log would provide a clue?Nothing in /var/log/lightdm.log looks off, but seat0-greeter.log is full of complaints. I just don't know which, if any, are germane to...
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Troubleshooting • Two ADXL345 SPI Measurement 3200hz don't work
Hey everybody,for a university project I have to set up a measurement of two adxl345 with a raspberry pi 4B. The required sample rate is 3200hz so according to the data sheet of the adxl345 I have to...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: Image File Utilities
I am trying to send myself an e-mail with the final lines of the image-backup output as visible in the terminal, the one with the 6 or 7 steps at the end and final remarks. I want to see if everything...
View ArticlePython • Re: How to send data from a python program to a smaller 2 inch display?
I am doing a weather display, where it shows me the current weather on a display connected somehow to the Raspberry Pi. Can someone tell me how I transfer the variables from the program onto the small...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Problems trying to play audio using MAX98357 audio amplifier
The batteries I’m using are 1.2V 2800mAh rechargeable onesI would have thought that would be enough. The buck-boost regulator only has an output rating of 600mA but, as it all works when USB is...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Which to get for my use case?
Get a PicoWH at the same time, learn both. They're not exactly expensive.Statistics: Posted by bensimmo — Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:03 pm
View ArticleGeneral • Re: HD44780 16x2 character LCD 5V with Pico
I think I have finally managed to damage few pins this way without using level shifters.They still work somehow on output but signal looks very weird, need to check, for sure I2C is not working...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: How do you get a Pico W to sleep?
HeMan321, it sounds like you have an active wifi connection.The PICO W uses a CYW43439 WIFI chip. Normally it is powered off.When the chip is active but there is no network connection it consumes...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: New Raspberry Pi Products
Life would be a lot easier if everything under the sun came with USB-C. Including all Pwould i boards going forward. Wishful thinking, I know, but think about it.I certainly would appreciate a USB-C...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: No module named 'rpi_backlight'
To add a photo, resize it (scale it) to less than 512KB (I use Gimp to do that) maybe 1024 x 1024 pixels, then click the Attachments tab below where you type the text in.Click Add files. select the...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Booting from M.2 drive (Geeek X1001 M.2 hat)
From what I gather reading Jeff Geerling's blog post, booting from a M.2 Hat's SSD involves two steps:1. Addition of the following to /boot/config.txt (dtparam=pciex1_gen=3)2. Using rpi-eeprom-config...
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