General discussion • Re: Trouble with installing/running os
Use Raspberry Pi Imager to write Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit "Bookworm" to a spare microSD card (32GB is fine) as your first card may be bad.I use SanDisk Ultra 32GB or Samsung EVO 32GB.Boot from that and...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Can't install SSH via Raspberry Pi Imager
With Imager set to enable SSH, set the WiFi and user etc. what happens if you write Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy, 32-bit) Lite to the card and boot the zero from that?Statistics: Posted by neilgl — Tue Jan...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Solar tracker with pi pico
Based on time and position on earth you can calculate the position of the sun. There are python libs for this.If sun is 'in range', let the code adjust the motor control to let your device point to...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: Working Handbrake v1.9 instructions-a...
Thank you that info helps me a lot.Would you agree:That tells me that nobody will accept a package even if someone much more skilled than I were to produce itAlso, I had better continue to get the...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: Is regular Pi Pico bricking normal?
CircuitPython has a safe mode, probably they are not starving so much for money.Not so sure it comes down to money, though it could boil down to resources not being spread so thinly. I'd suggest it...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: led indicator
It is the Num lock indicator LED. When lit, it indicates that the numerical keyboard is activated.I dont think the rasbery pi 500 has a num lock if it does can you please tell me how to activate...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Pi5-16GB performance issue with NVME data disk
My 16G Pi5 showed up, and I've been putting it to use. I replaced my 8G Pi5 workstation with the 16G Pi, and tried sdm, which some of you may know is my favorite workload.TLDR; I'm seeing a...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: Unable to allocate memory on a raspberry pico w
I just need to be able to reserve a chunk for my socket connection to succeed..If you can't reserve the memory where you are trying to reserve it, perhaps reserve it earlier, in 'boot.py' ?If your...
View ArticleSDK • Re: pico_util/datetime errors
FWIW, I tried this, good idea, did not have any discernible effect. Same errors. I had another person here try compiling on their machine, they got the same errorsI don't know if this, or something...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: No voltages on pin 1 and 2
They're supposed to be 3.3v and 5v respectively, yet getting nothing from them when I attach a multimeter on the said pins and gndDo you have the correct range selected on your multimeter?Are the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: PI5 NVME - No longer working, is the Pi5 or a recent...
I have tried using standard PCIe mode but this didn't solve the issue, currently its set gen3 which I know used to work.The key point is that this used to work and I'm not sure what has changed or why...
View ArticleMicroPython • Re: Building an Internet-Radio using a Pico W using just Python
I was finally able to get stable streaming and volume control. The required hardware is Raspberry Pi Pico 2 w and Pimoroni Pico Audio Pack.Code: import adafruit_connection_managerimport...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Pi5-16GB performance issue with NVME data disk
Pi5-8GB boots from a Kingston A400 connected via a Startech USB SATA adapter. Data disk is a Kingston NV3 500GB NVME drive on a Geekworm X1001 Pi5-16GB boots from a Kingston A400 connected via a...
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Compute Module • Re: Issue with WiringPi SPI and MAX5144 DAC on Raspberry Pi...
Hi,WiringPi CM4 SPI support is very new and the hardware is not included in the unit tests yet, so bugs may still be present.What I don't understand is, have you tried to replace wiringPiSPISetupMode...
View ArticlePython • Re: Managing (very) complex Dictionary structures.
i would pretty print this dictionary to a file for clarity.It might well have helped potential responders to understand the structure better(!), but I was able to get help on the python.org board to...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: thought experiment: privacy and security when working with...
As this thread is a thought experiment, if the Pi 5 secret were known to an adversary and used to install persistence, is there still a guaranteed way to reset the EEPROM to a known good state?Run the...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: CM5 Pi OS install error
oh my... I am a professional writer .. I looked over my posts and saw a bunch of spelling and grammar gufaws.. Please forgive me.. I was very frustrated when I was posting....Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Any ideas what's wrong with my Pi4
I bought a new Pi4 about six months ago. At first, it worked without a problem, but when I went to use it again, I found that I had no video. It's not a video fault as the HDMI output gives me the...
View ArticleAI Camera - IMX500 • Re: how to install postprocessing related distro?
This looks like you are rebuilding and run without installing the newly built libraries into the system path. You can do this withCode: sudo meson installThis should install the postprocessing object...
View ArticleDevice Tree • Re: For the life of me I can't make TLV320AIC3110 Audio chip...
Progress ... in at least getting error messages:Code: [ 6.587871] tlv320aic31xx-codec 1-0018: Unable to sync registers 0x1b-0x1b. -121[ 6.595329] tlv320aic31xx-codec 1-0018: Failed to restore cache:...
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