#help-with-linux-sbcs

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tulip barn
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10 photos

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i added it to a function to load faster

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here's what i have, see if it helps

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import time
camera = PiCamera()
camera.resolution = 4064, 3040
camera.framerate = 30
camera.start_preview()
print('starting camera')
time.sleep(2)
last = time.perf_counter()
def capture():
    for _ in range(0, 10):
        now = time.strftime('%d%b%Y-%H%M%S')
        filename = "/home/pi/" + now + ".jpg"
        camera.capture(filename)

capture()
curr = time.perf_counter()
print(repr(curr-last))
camera.stop_preview()```
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this was with JPG though and right now my camera is in a dark closet laying on the ground so it might have been faster since its all dark photos. I also dont have the HQ camera.

lucid crest
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If you're not using he HQ camera, shouldn't the camera.resolution line result in an error?

tulip barn
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yeah, i changed it back to what you had

lucid crest
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AH

tulip barn
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and i only got 8 photos because they got overwritten, if i wanted all 10 i should have incorporated a counter to the file name.

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or used some other naming that wasnt limited by seconds.

lucid crest
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Gotchya

tulip barn
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i'm also doing this on a raspberry pi 2 because of the ones i have a camera connected to was either the 2 or a 0W

lucid crest
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Hmm, ok, with the same (4064,3040) resolution, moving it into a function speeds it up from 25 seconds to 14.

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And yeah, dropping the resolution does increase the speed:
4064 x 3040: 14 seconds
2048 x 1520: 6 seconds

tulip barn
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when i watched a youtube video on microphython i learned that loading stuff in functions will always load faster

lucid crest
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Hmm, good to know. And yeah, that makes sense. The Python instance is reading from RAM instead of reading each line from Flash

tulip barn
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the resoltuon might be the difference because of the time to write to the SD card. maybe create a ram drive to store the photos it might be even faster

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bigger resolution = bigger file size.

lucid crest
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Yeah, makes sense. Though, that's a bit outside my Linux knowledge so I gotta go do some googling

tulip barn
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let me check i had one running a long time ago for a motion sensing video capture to store to ram drive

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but it was on an 8g pi4. but i think you can adjust the size as you need. and then after the files are saved can add to your code system('mv /path/from/old(ram) /path/to/new

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lucid crest
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I got a write speed improvement from 158MB/s to 256MB/s, but that only resulted in 10 frames taking 12.46 seconds rather than 14 😦

tulip barn
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ah so not that much improvment

lucid crest
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Yup. Though, I guess that also is reassuring that the write speed of my SD card is somewhat decent 🙂

tulip barn
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yeah you probably have a decent card. I prefer the samsung pro endurance cards myself

lucid crest
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These are the Sandisk Extreme Pro 64GB. I've been pretty happy with them. (Rated write speed is 90MB/s, and I just measured it at 158MB/s, so can't complain 😉 )

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I'll check out the Samsung Endurance line. I'm guessing they have a higher MTBF for flash writes?

lucid crest
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@tulip barn @steady rose Thank you for the assistance!

tulip barn
lucid crest
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No worries, it got me to try a bunch of stuff that I hadn't thought of. (Plus it helps to know that I'm not the only one struggling with this.)

fallow fox
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After checking, my two sensors are exactly the same VL53L0X

unreal stirrup
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I am still struggling with my button triggering when it isn't pressed. It works fine when the rest of my system is not running. I tried adding a 10k external pull_up instead of the internal pull_up but this didn't help. GPIO.add_event_detect(sbutton, GPIO.FALLING, callback=button_interrupt, bouncetime=400) I am now wondering about a voltage drop or a ground reference problem. I really have no idea where to start digging for the answer. Does anyone have any suggestions where to look for the problem?

steady rose
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can't remember - were you getting reliable operation with a simple polling loop on the button? is the issue only when using the interrupt callback?

unreal stirrup
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yes, I was having reliable operation with the simple polling loop

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I have noticed more problems with the button when I have a switch to a secondary 5V supply turned off. The raspberry pi is running independently off of a power bank. I have no idea if this is related!

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I also have a rotary encoder occasionally triggering when it shouldn't also. GPIO.add_event_detect(Enc_B, GPIO.RISING, callback=rotary_interrupt)

steady rose
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it may be noise related. something causing the edge detect to false trigger.

restive jungle
narrow wave
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I believe that adapter is just putting the HDMI lines into a ribbon cable, and it isn't compatible with the display connector or anything made for the display connector (I might be wrong)

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just looked into it, and yes, they're not compatible

restive jungle
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Ok is there any other way to make it hdmi compatible

narrow wave
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No, I believe it's proprietary, the layout of the connector

raw solar
narrow wave
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definitely read that it's not standard DSI

novel bay
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Hi, my RPi4 doesn't let me connect via SSH when connected to 5GHz.
For the same router, ssh works perfectly fine with 2.4GHz

tulip barn
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can you ssh out from it while on 5GHz?

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and are you using DHCP or static and IP4 or IP6?

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also your router might isolate the 5GHz like a guest network depending on its settings, you might have to look into that as well.

novel bay
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I can ping it while on 5GHz

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What do you mean ssh out?

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If when I'm connected via SSH on 2.4 ghz I switch the network, via a vnc connection, the ssh connection gets terminated

tulip barn
# novel bay What do you mean ssh out?

you say you cannot connect while on 5GHz. so you mean client > SSH host doesn't work. but what if you are on the Pi and try to SSH back to your computer or another Pi?

novel bay
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I haven't yet setup a static dhcp, but both 2.4 and 5.ghz bands are assigned a somewhat static ip since my network isn't crowded

novel bay
tulip barn
novel bay
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But do you think somehow there's a firewall on the interface when connected to the 5ghz band?

Since the error message I get is Connection refused

novel bay
tulip barn
# novel bay Yes

thats because when you swap networks the 5GHz issues a new IP address.

novel bay
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Yes and I have that ip with me when I try reconnecting

tulip barn
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for example on 2.4 you might be 192.168.0.10 and on 5GHz you would be 192.168.0.11

novel bay
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But both ssh and vnc won't work when connected to 5GHz

tulip barn
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are you trying from within the LAN?

novel bay
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As a matter of fact, when I started the headless config, I started with the 5ghz network and only after 3 re flashes i figured that I could give 2.4ghz a shot

novel bay
tulip barn
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and is it static or dhcp assigned IP?

novel bay
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Dhcp assigned, but the lease expires in a day so the same ip is assigned every time

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Hey @tulip barn just give me a moment

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I'll just verify a small thing and get back to you

tulip barn
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no worries.

novel bay
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So it's on the 5ghz channel right now

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And it's letting me ssh

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It's assigned the same ip that was assigned when it was on 2.4 ghz

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I might have missed this or this was a really recent development

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I'm sorry and thankful for your support.
I hope the debugging steps shared by you today might help someone in the future :D

tulip barn
unreal stirrup
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If my button triggering unintentionally is due to noise is there anything I can do to mitigate it? I read that twisting the 2 wires together might help but my run is only 6" and the two wires are presently side by side. While digging into noise ideas I came across a post where they used ```
if not GPIO.input(20):
time.sleep(0.3)

recheck that button has been operated

if not GPIO.input(20):``` I don't fully understand what this code will do but I will explore this option unless someone can point me in a better direction.

restive jungle
raw solar
# narrow wave definitely read that it's *not* standard DSI

I have found conflicting information in researching this -- some places say it's standard DSI, some places say only the Pi foundation display works, some say it may or may not work with other displays... Can't find an official yes or no though. But I'm not sure if it's standard on the connector, or electrically, or both, if at all

raw solar
restive jungle
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Ya um do you think there’s a way to mirror the display of a jetson nano to a raspberry pi

raw solar
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Uhhh... maybe with a USB capture device? Jetson Nano has HDMI out, right?

restive jungle
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Uh ya

raw solar
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You might be able to use an HDMI to USB capture device on the Pi and monitor the output there

restive jungle
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I’m trying to do it wirelessly

raw solar
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Ah... Not sure if there's a way to do that...

restive jungle
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I might just have to re model the case and use a hdmi transmitter

ionic stag
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I couldn't find anything on this from Google, is there any documentation for using the hardware h.264 encoder from a file handle from, say, Go or C?

elder violet
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Is it possible to use the adafruit neo trellis rgb driver pcb 4x4 keypad with the raspberry pi pico or it's only compatible with the regular pi and the pi zero?

tulip barn
narrow wave
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they crossposted in general, it already got answered

tulip barn
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thanx

foggy nova
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so i have 4 meters off neopixel stripes (120 Leds). can i use the rpi power supply or do i need an additional one?

lost wolf
foggy nova
lost wolf
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That should be plenty. I use a 5V10A but that's because it's what I have on hand.

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You'll know if you need more if you get the dimming or color changing further down the line of LEDs.

foggy nova
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Ok tysm

lost wolf
# foggy nova Ok tysm

Another trick I do is "inject" power in the middle of the strip instead of at the start. You can try that as well if it seems like one end isn't getting enough power.

lilac obsidian
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...Why have I never thought to do this... That's awesome.

foggy nova
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is this powersupply acceptable?

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lost wolf
quiet agate
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Anyone have the issue with RP Pico losing or rejecting port connection in Mu? I get an error "Cannot connect to device on port COM11" I have tried everything I can think of to try and reconnect.

hardy plaza
hidden pebble
quiet agate
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Now if I could just figure out how to fix the first pixel problem in WS2813 strips

fresh patrol
hearty thicket
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I want to run a Pi CM4 in a very tight space that will be closed off on all sides but the front (not the top). How do I cool it?

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I've been looking at laptop heatpipe/fan setups. Is that nessecary or is just a regular old heatsink and a hole good enough?

cold monolith
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I would normally say heatsink would be okay, but it looks like this goes in a hot computer to start

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Test and find out is what I would do

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Make a hole in the front and the back looking at the side, maybe you can get the computer fan to move a tiny bit of air

hearty thicket
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It's going in this thing, actually. So nothing that generates heat, just a lot of plastic on all sides but one

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cold monolith
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Ah okay

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Looked like a laptop drive bay. Should be okay with just the heatisnk unless you are really pushing it constantly

hearty thicket
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yeah. I also was thinking since, you know, Ultrabay, just pop the eject button when I want to do something heavy

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This is a docking solution for the Thinkpad X230, so it's essentially just a big peice of plastic with ports and a hole for a drive bay.

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that being said, on normal-ish load it'll be fine in an enclosed space with a simple heatsink and a hole, right?

tulip barn
hearty thicket
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No, I think just a simple copper heatsink. I'm measuring around this board currently

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with some of the ports removed of course

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There's other small form factor boards but all of them have the CM4 facing down which, in a tight space... doesn't seem very wise

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The best option seems to be the PiTray but it lacks most features

tulip barn
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Operating temperature range: -20°C - +85°C Non-condensing is pretty high. depending on what you are doing with it i would think it's safe with a simple heatsink on it

hearty thicket
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Alright thanks

faint sparrow
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Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi 3 B (not 3 B +) rendered in a weird resolution on my NEC AccuSync 52V which I think maxes out at 1024x768.

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It was somewhere near 1100x600 trading X for Y space. ;)

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Was fine other than aspect ratio was off.

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All the other tests with the displays I have on-hand were done using 9front.org (Plan 9 from Bell Labs) on the RPi 3B.

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Every display did something useful; the same NEC display went to 640x480.

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Two other displays went to 1920x1080.

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One weird Dell display (Dell 2007 WFP or something like that) did a 1600x resolution, and looked fine.

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Only the NEC (at 640x480) needed 'some work' (which I didn't do; was just a test) to work 'better' in 9front.org (Plan 9). The others seemed acceptable with no work at all to 'improve' the situations they presented.

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So I'd say it's a pretty good dongle for the Raspberry Pi, if you only have VGA DB-15 input on your display, to work with.

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The 640x480 was perfect other than too small of a geometry - no operational notes (gotchas) given the constraint of that geometry. Could have (easily) adjusted $font (from 14 pt CW) to a smaller value (down to 5 pt CW, if I wanted) to correct for it.

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🛩️

foggy nova
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Hi, do I need a level shifter for the rpi with a neopixel strip, cuz in the guide both variants are possible? (120 Leds) If I use a external Power Supply? And do I need a resistor?

raw solar
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Pi can't run NeoPixels, you'll need a microcontroller

ruby night
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That is not correct. The Pi can control NeoPixels. There are some constraints about which pins to use.

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Also, the suggestions in the "Best Practices" section https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-neopixel-uberguide/best-practices#improper-use-can-damage-your-neopixels-before-diving-in-be-aware-of-the-following-2894472-1 are just that -- suggestions for making things more reliable. For 120 LEDs you may want to implement them but they may not be necessary. You can try it without them and ad them if you get odd behavior. Depending on the NeoPixel strip you are using, there may be a resistor in place already.

raw solar
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Oh... the NeoPixel page says you can't use Linux SBCs and need a real time microcontroller like Arduino

foggy nova
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Tysm but do i need a levelshifter?

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Like whats the difference?

ruby night
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@foggy nova I hope someone more knowledgeable than I will also comment but here is my understanding. The Neopixels are 5V devices so technically, the data line should also be run at 5V but the Pi and many microcontrollers only use 3.3V on the Data line. Since the data line is a digital (on/off) signal, it has to reach a certain threshold to be detects as "on". In many cases the 3.3V level will be sufficient and it will work, but sometimes it can be unreliable and cause problems. Adding a level shifter boosts the data line voltage to 5V and guarantees that the Neopixel string will detect it properly. So, it is necessary? Maybe, maybe not. You will see many examples without it and I would guess most applications don't use it, but if you get flaky results or want to be more confident in your setup, then it is a good idea to add it. Another not, many time you will also see Neopixels being run at 3V. In this case the level-shifter is not needed, but not all neopixels will work well at 3V. In your case with 120 LEDS and using an external power supply, I would suggest being cautious and adding the level-shifter, resistor and capacitor as described in the guide. They won't hurt and may help. Thats my recommendation. I'd be interested in hearing others. I am not an expert by any means.

foggy nova
ruby night
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You're welcome -- Good luck!

raw solar
faint sparrow
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The basic thing is: Adafruit already puts out the Circuit Playground Express, which has 10 NeoPixels, and those are only 3.3V operated - no level shifter.

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Everything else derives from that one fact - that it's possible, at least on a small controlled environment such as a target board.

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Every NeoPixel 'conditions' the signal, so that it doesn't degrade from one unit to its neighbor (there is no fan-out to worry about).

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OTOH the run length of a strip of them does matter, since neither Ground nor Vcc will be absolutely the same throughout the run.

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You could probably run five miles of them, if you used local bonded grounds, and I don't know what between sections where the data signalling takes place. ;)

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The Telephone Company has experience with long runs of analog cable. ;)

tulip barn
ruby night
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As I noted, there are many examples using 3.3V for neopixels, especially for "just a few". For longer runs, I think 5 V is more common and recommended. At 3.3V a level shifter is not needed -- nothing to shift....

gentle briar
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The length doesn't matter a lot (due to the aforementioned signal regeneration which will be done with the local voltages), but total load can if the ground reference for the driving circuitry doesn't match the ground reference for the first pixel (voltage drop on ground conductors can be significant with high current arrays)

ruby night
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@tulip barn That is beyond my "comfort zone"

gentle briar
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That's basically an "emitter follower" configuration, I don't think it would provide the voltage gain needed (once the emitter is pulled up to 3.3V minus the base-emitter drop, there wouldn't be voltage to keep the transistor on).

faint sparrow
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The theme is 'if you use significantly long runs, some electrical engineering skills may be required to do well.'

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I think a lot of people who do succeed, succeed in stages.

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"I got this working, but not that."

gentle briar
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My usual advice is to make separate connections for the ground to the power supply (the wires where the current draw will produce voltage drop) and the ground for the data signal. It can be trickier when your LED power supply is also powering whatever is controlling them.

faint sparrow
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I also like the simple solution: use 12V or higher, and local voltage regulators, some distance from the source, to knock 'em down to 5V.

gentle briar
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Especially if they're switching regulators, which will reduce the current draw.

faint sparrow
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That was the thing that was bothering me, and I just put my finger on it a moment ago.

Running 5V at <n> Amperes never sounded correct to me; and I just couldn't figure out why, until the suggestion of 12V in combination with local regulators was made. ;)

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4A makes me nervous, at 5V ;)

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let's do some welding

gentle briar
faint sparrow
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Incandescent table fork!

gentle briar
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Now that would be a good band name.

raw solar
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I wonder if you could run a PC off of a lot of USB power bricks...

gentle briar
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Possibly, although modern units mostly use 3.3V and 12V supplies, and point of use regulation.

raw solar
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USB-PD compliant bricks can do 15-20V, which could then be regulated, so you just need to coax the USB-PD brick to give a higher voltage that can be regulated to what you need, lol

gentle briar
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I suspect paralleling USB-PD bricks would be fraught with peril.

raw solar
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Possibly... but that's part of the fun, right? XD

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Just don't try it with your shiny new workstation

lilac obsidian
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Turns out my Macbook Pro takes multiple power sources just fine, as I'd forgotten that one of the monitors I use it with also delivers at least 70W via the USB-C connector, and it also has the brick plugged in as well. Doesn't seem to care.

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Never dug into it more than that, I know there's utils that will tell you what the mac is using for power.

gentle briar
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I have this nice Apple monitor with built in USB and Firewire hubs, but when I plug them into my Mac, the screen goes blank. 😦

raw solar
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Oof

hearty path
raw solar
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lol

faint sparrow
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I have at least four LCD displays; one from 12+ years ago. Another at a hamfest, for $80 including a PC, speaker, mouse. ;)

raw solar
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LCD as in monitors, or like 16x2 character displays? I have a lot of both XD

faint sparrow
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flat panel display

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1024x768 or above.

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VGA, HDMI inputs (usually)

raw solar
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Ah. I have... counts on fingers 20... 30 monitors? I've lost track XD

faint sparrow
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One has the yellow connector like old video games (composite maybe)

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(plus DVI-D and VGA on that display, which will do picture-in-picture on two inputs, but not as flexible as one might guess)

raw solar
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You can never have too many inputs

narrow wave
raw solar
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20x4 gewd

gentle briar
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Then there's this interesting 80x6 vacuum fluorescent one

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raw solar
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Want!

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I have a bunch of VFDs from phones I haven't figured out how to use, lol

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These are… counts 40x2

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gentle briar
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I have a fondness for VFDs

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raw solar
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I think these just need power and data without any external components?

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gentle briar
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Yes, those Noritake ones have onboard drivers and are normally configurable for serial or parallel interface. They have downloadable documents for many of them, even the older ones.

narrow wave
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The fun thing about 20x4 LCDs is that technically, internally, they're 40x2

raw solar
gentle briar
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These are only 1x1 and 2x1 but they're BIG

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raw solar
raw solar
narrow wave
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yeah it's really annoying

gentle briar
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The 2x1 sixteen segment ones I got as a gift from the people updating the elevators in our building. They let me have the smaller 16x1 scrolling info displays, and those large floor displays.

raw solar
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Thank you! God, I spent like a month and for some reason never found that page

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I need to make friends with elevator repair folks, lol

gentle briar
raw solar
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mmm

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I want amber VFD monitors with HDMI or DisplayPort inputs

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That'd be perfect for writing a retrofuturistic novel

raw solar
gentle briar
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The difference between -U2A and -U1J isn't large. The last character is the font (A is international, J is Japanese). The digit is a product code number, I'm unsure what the difference between 1 and 2 is

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Whoops, that's a different module 😕

raw solar
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Finding data is hard XD

echo hare
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hello everyone, i want to send the data i received from the sensor or a text to mit app inventor. Can you help me ?

raw solar
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I’ll have to try with that sheet — worst case I blow one or 3 up, lol

mystic wharf
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Hi everyone, Ive recently been playing around with the Raspberry Pi Pico and using CircuitPython on it on my macOS and im going insane here with an issue ive been having (not sure if this should go here or in circuitpython). For watever reason, my pico keeps turning itself into readonly mode, and it won't let me copy new code files over. I can't seem to find anywhere on the internet with the same issues. Does anybody have any idea? thanks!

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OH I think I found my issue.... somehow I was copying over .mypy_cache

echo hare
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hello everyone, i want to send the data i received from the sensor or a text to mit app inventor. Can you help me ?

echo hare
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Help me ?

gentle briar
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I don't even know what MIT inventor is, or what the interface is (TTL serial? Wireless? Internet? Something else?)

uncut lagoon
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it seems to be some visual programming interface

echo hare
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mobil application interface basic for example blyink

cold monolith
jagged flax
echo hare
cold monolith
echo hare
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class RequestHandler_httpd(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
global request
messagetosend = bytes('Hello World!',"utf")
self.send_response(200)
self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
self.send_header('Content-Length', len(messagetosend))
self.end_headers()
self.wfile.write(messagetosend)
request = self.requestline
request = request[5 : int(len(request)-9)]
print(request)
return

server_address_httpd = ('192.168.43.150',8080)
httpd = HTTPServer(server_address_httpd, RequestHandler_httpd)
print('Starting Server')
httpd.serve_forever()

while True:

flame1= GPIO.input(40)  #kapalı ateş yok
if request == 'led1open':        
  GPIO.output(10,True)
if request == 'led1close':
  GPIO.output(10,False)
if request == 'led2open':
  GPIO.output(13,True)
if request == 'led2close':
  GPIO.output(13,False)
if request == 'led3open':
  GPIO.output(8,True)
if request == 'led3close':
  GPIO.output(8,False)    
if request == 'led4open':
  GPIO.output(16,True)
if request == 'led4close':
  GPIO.output(16,False)
if(flame1):
    GPIO.output(5,GPIO.LOW)
    GPIO.output(37, GPIO.LOW)
    #time.sleep(3)
else:
           
    GPIO.output(5,GPIO.HIGH)
    GPIO.output(37, GPIO.HIGH)
    server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.gmail.com:587')
    server.starttls()
    server.login(GMAIL_USER_FROM,PASS)
    header = 'To: ' + GMAIL_USER_TO + '\n' + 'From: ' + GMAIL_USER_FROM
    header = header + '\n' + 'Subject: ' + SUBJECT + '\n'
    #print( header)
    msg = header + '\n' + TEXT + '\n\n'
    server.sendmail(GMAIL_USER_FROM,GMAIL_USER_TO,msg)
    server.quit()

GPIO.cleanup()

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here , ı tahe the request but ı dont controll it

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also start http server but flame start not working

narrow wave
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I'm using a LCD that slips on the Pi 4, and it covers the GPIO pins, and I'd like to use them

gentle briar
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I wonder if there's an interposer board available that you could put between the Pi and the LCD that breaks them out on the side or something. It seems like something that might exit.

hidden pebble
tender nymph
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Hi, I am using the stemma soil sensor with the metro microcontroller and going into my laptop. Next I plan to purchase the Raspberry Pi 4. The Pi will need to be buried in soil together with sensors --- is there waterproof housing that I can get? Also, do I have worry about overheating it if it runs for 6-7 hours?

opaque wagon
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As long as the Pi isn't doing something intensive for an extreme amount of time (like running a machine learning model) it should be fine. The Pis will automatically throttle if it gets too hot to reduce the risk of overheating and melting itself, although that only kicks in at 85C.* If you are concerned, you can get a stick-on heatsink which can help although I prefer using a small fan that is powered directly to the GPIO pins of the Pi and is mounted to a case designed for the fan as then I can take it apart if needed. My Pi is always on 24/7 (with the occasional downtime because of power loss) and all 4 cores are running at 100% (very resource heavy program on purpose) but with a fan I never go above 60C 🙂

*I think it's 85C

faint sparrow
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When you get well below Earth's surface, the temperature is relatively constant.

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Above that, would be affected by insolation, weather and such.

echo hare
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hello everyone! While rc522 is reading with rfid in the while loop, while does not continue. So I cannot control another sensor independent of the rfid reader. What can I do?

potent rose
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Need a bit of help please. I just installed the 2.8: pitft with a cyberdeck on my pi400. I have it mirroring at the moment, but the screen on it is too small. Is there a way to have a different resolution on the pitft than what is on my 27" monitor?

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The resolution on my monitor is: resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz s-dpi: 96

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I am running Pi OS if that helps.

raw solar
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So obviously this would make the 27" look bad, but set a lower resolution?

potent rose
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Tried that it has to be a super low resolution. Like 320*240

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Which makes the monitor unreadable

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looks like my best bet would be to : PiTFT as Raw Framebuffer Device

raw solar
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Godspeed... Hopefully someone who knows what to do will come along XD

potent rose
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they always do. np. 🙂

raw solar
echo hare
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help me

opaque wagon
#

could you post your code? make sure to use backticks like so:
```python <--- the python keyword will tell discord its python code so we can get the colorful text in :)

my code here

```
results in:

# my code here

if it's very long post to something like textuploader or github gist

echo hare
# 
reader = SimpleMFRC522()
while True:
      
     blynk.run()
     flame1= GPIO.input(21)
     flame2= GPIO.input(2)
     flame3= GPIO.input(7)
     flame4= GPIO.input(5)
     sensor_distance=sensor.distance*100
     
     id, text= reader.read()
     print(id)
     if id==865259862404:
         print("yes")
     else:
         print("no")       
     
     if pir.motion_detected:
         sendmail_for_motion()

 
     if(flame1):
         
        GPIO.output(3,GPIO.LOW)
        GPIO.output(26, GPIO.LOW)
        #time.sleep(3)
     else:
#

thank you , my problem is here . rader.read() reading continuous. Therefore flame1 and pir.motion_detected not working. Only rv522 RFID

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why?

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only

id, text= reader.read()
     print(id)
     if id==865259862404:
         print("yes")
     else:
         print("no")

working this code only.

umbral sable
#

Looks like you want to use reader.read_no_block() instead to avoid waiting indefinitely on a successful read.

echo hare
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yes, how can i do ?

umbral sable
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Just call the other function in your code instead.

echo hare
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okey one minute

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Thank you very much. It works. Thank you very much

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thank you

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really thankk you very much

hardy plaza
# potent rose Tried that it has to be a super low resolution. Like 320*240

If the TFT shows up as a monitor on your desktop you can possibly configure it and your HDMI to be two separate displays, with different resolutions. Pairing them will result in the kinds of things you've seen, very much a Goldilocks problem. This would only work if both can be configured as separate monitors, something I've not tried on a Pi 4.

potent rose
coral valve
#

Hello everyone! Where can I find a guide on how to make a TOR proxy server based on Raspberry Pi with worldwide access? For example, how can I make my Raspberry Pi with TOR proxy connected to the router work with ability to access the proxy in another city or country?

restive echo
#

I've got a UUGear Zero2Go that I'm looking to power with an Adafruit lithium ion battery, but the inputs don't seem to match up. Does anyone know if there's something that would go from a XH2.54-2P (male) to JST-PH (female) connector?

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Trying to make a UPS for my raspi

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looks like JST-PH is 2mm and JST-XH is 2.5mm in spacing, so need some kind of adapter to go between the two

gentle briar
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It may be easiest to get one of each cable and splice them

foggy nova
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Do I need a levelshifter? And what is the Led in the top right?

restive echo
gentle briar
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I usually use stranded wire for such things, especially if it's going to be moving

restive echo
#

this is fairly static since it's small gauge short run for a battery pack

lilac obsidian
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You likely won't get a good crimp on solid wire

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Okay, I take that somewhat back, it's more that the design of crimp pins that small usually assumes stranded wire to grab from the middle.

raw solar
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I like solid for not moving things and strained for moving things, generally

restive echo
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this will be my first foray into making JST connectors so I'm sure I will end up trying both types before too long

brave nebula
#

I'm running rpi4b blinka and I'm trying to import board.
I get

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "code.py", line 4, in <module>
    import board
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/board.py", line 47, in <module>
    elif board_id == ap_board.RASPBERRY_PI_PICO:
AttributeError: module 'adafruit_platformdetect.constants.boards' has no attribute 'RASPBERRY_PI_PICO'

I can modify /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist.packages/board.py and eliminate the lines, but end up having to fix additional files.

Any comments?

echo hare
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I am using raspberry pi 4. When I want to run VLC player, privacy and network policy appears. But raspbbery pi resets. What is the reason ? How Can I Solve?

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hello everyone

brave nebula
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@echo hare Are you using ssh to get into the device or is this from the desktop terminal or VLC presents a popup?

echo hare
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ı use vnc viewer

brave nebula
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IS the RPI definitely rebooting or VNC connection drops?

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I could probably help by asking you to do stuff and telling me what happens. If you like.

echo hare
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yes

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of course

echo hare
brave nebula
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have you done sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

echo hare
#

yes ı upgrade my pi

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and update

brave nebula
#

can you do sudo raspi-config

echo hare
#

yes i do

brave nebula
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under performance options, gpu what is the value?

echo hare
#

129

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128*

brave nebula
#

ha

echo hare
#

but ı have a raspbbery pi 4 2 gb ram

brave nebula
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Right... It's fine... dmesg... do you see any "red" errors

echo hare
#

yes

brave nebula
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are you familiar ith dmesg?

echo hare
#

no ı dont know dmesg

brave nebula
#

dmesg | more lets you space through the debug messages

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dmesg > /tmp/junkfile creates a file you can edit

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start about 1/3 the way from the top and list some of the "errors" you see.

echo hare
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ı dont understand :/

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ı can write dmesg | more

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later ?

brave nebula
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sure

echo hare
brave nebula
#

in a vnc terminl window.

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when you have an open terminal, type the command dmesg | more

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use the space bar to go to the next page

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This is a lot of what the system reports during startup.

echo hare
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yes, I've gone through a lot of pages. I couldn't see anything red

brave nebula
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or the words "error"

echo hare
#

ı can see again one minute

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ı dont see error

brave nebula
#

type journalctl

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look for "red" lines. This is the strtup sequence of your computer services

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Perhaps you should REPOST your original request for help as I'm not very helpful unless the computer is in my hands!

echo hare
#

This appears when I click on vlc player. Then the pi resets.

111.JPG
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do you wanna connect my computer anydesk or teamwiever

brave nebula
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no... It's in German?

echo hare
#

no turkish

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this is a privacy and network policy

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ı dont click accept because it is a huge page

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when ı clicked , later pi resets

brave nebula
#

It might be because VLC is starting up without knowing a screenname for vnc...

echo hare
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Shall I delete VNC and open it with my hdmi?

brave nebula
#

You don't need to delete VNC to open it via hdmi

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you just plug in the cable, leyboard and mouse

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keyboard

echo hare
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yes but now , it is open

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both hdmi connected and vnc at the same time

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now

brave nebula
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tht isn't a problem

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each time you start vlc it gives the error?

echo hare
#

yes unfortunately 😦

brave nebula
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ok, vlc has a streaming server which tries to output or at least open and test your network.

echo hare
#

oh my god , ı solved this problem

brave nebula
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Your

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wow.

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Great!

echo hare
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really

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thank you very very much

brave nebula
#

what was it?

echo hare
#

It was causing an incompatibility problem because the screen to which I connected HDMI is large. What you say is true. The screen sizes are different 😦

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I apologize for wasting your time

brave nebula
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you did not wste my tuime... Great to hear it i reolved

echo hare
#

again , thank you very very much

brave nebula
#

no problem

faint sparrow
#

So it sounds to me like your install was not the same as expected.

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'it should have worked; it did not - installation was erroneous' that kind of thing.

brave nebula
#

I kinda guessed how to do the pip3 stuff, but I got the complete list of all the devices... That answered all questions!

faint sparrow
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If you hit the TAB key in the REPL good things happen.

brave nebula
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That was the guide I was going through...

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Really?

faint sparrow
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Do you ever use the TAB key in the bash shell environment?

brave nebula
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I got it al working on another portal matri m4, then moved it to rpi4

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yup, it shows all expansions

faint sparrow
#

REPL works the same (or in an analogous) way.

brave nebula
#

there isnt a REPL environment on an RPI4 is there?

faint sparrow
#

I think you just type python3 and press ENTER.

brave nebula
#

right... thats hat I was doing... Oh and tab works there!

faint sparrow
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Yeah.

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That's what I meant. ;)

brave nebula
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Thanks

faint sparrow
#

Why learn a thing when you can just press TAB a lot? ;)

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they're all tabbed-out, over there

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There was a day before the first time MS-DOS offered a scrollback buffer for the command line.

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The jaws that did drop, on the next day.

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THIS is what I was missing! said many

modern dome
#

Tabs are the best

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Much better than spaces

gentle briar
#

But spaces are the final frontier...

foggy nova
limpid blade
#

Has anyone gotten a HSD088IPW1 to work with the raspi? I'm trying to get mine configured, but I'm having a hard time.

limpid blade
#

I seem to have figured it out.

twilit quiver
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hi pls could someone help me

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im trying to install a 3.5" resistive touch screen to my raspberry pi and am unsure of what to do at this stage

#

the pi is only displaying on the touchscreen but it is in the terminal-y bit instead of the normal raspberry pi bit

valid crag
#

So it's coming up with just the command line interface?

twilit quiver
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i think so

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like the pi@raspberrypi: ~ $ thing

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also is there any way to use a fan while also using the screen bc it takes up all of the electrical pins on my raspberrypi board

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@valid crag

valid crag
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Hi so I haven't done any fan work with mine.

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It looks like you are at the command line interface. Let me look something up

twilit quiver
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thanks

valid crag
twilit quiver
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yeah

valid crag
#

and said No to console, Yes to HDMI Mirror

twilit quiver
#

wait

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this was the command that i ran before i restarted and went onto the mini screen and was stuck at commmand line

valid crag
#

so console means the text interface you are seeing

twilit quiver
#

okay so do i do that line of code you sent previously?

valid crag
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you want type=fbcp or run the interactive one that I sent above and answer the questions

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You can just re-run the one you did before and put fbcp instead of console

twilit quiver
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it says command not found

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whats fbcp mean

valid crag
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frame buffer copy

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so if you had an hdmi display attached you'd see the same thing on the tft and the hdmi

twilit quiver
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wait nvm i just misspelt sudo

valid crag
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🙂

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Happens all.the.time

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Let me know if it works!

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I will try to watch, am over in livestream

twilit quiver
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it doesnt work it says no such file or directory

valid crag
#

do a 'cd ~' then try again

twilit quiver
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a cd?

valid crag
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<cd ~> (cd tilde) in case you changed directories at some point after installing adafruit-pitft

twilit quiver
#

what does the cd tilde in brackets mean sorry

valid crag
twilit quiver
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i think so

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i pasted them all at once

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like all five lines

valid crag
#

Oh, so. Start by doing them one line at a time

twilit quiver
#

in the screen im in now?

valid crag
#

yep

twilit quiver
#

okay so it was doing stuff until i tried entering line three

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the it says that Raspberry-Pi_Installer-Scripts already exists and is not an empty directory

valid crag
#

oh cool so do step 5

twilit quiver
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done

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now its in blu

#

e

hardy plaza
#

Here's a list of the top 10 necessary Linux commands for beginners, plus another 13 nice-to-know:

https://maker.pro/linux/tutorial/basic-linux-commands-for-beginners

There's also a tutorial of the Linux command line from Ubuntu, takes less than an hour to complete:

https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/command-line-for-beginners#1-overview

If you're going to be working on a Raspberry Pi, which is a Linux computer, less than an hour investment is a good start.

twilit quiver
#

like the command just repeated but in a blue font

twilit quiver
hardy plaza
#

Being able to navigate around, create, move and delete files. All good skills.

twilit quiver
valid crag
twilit quiver
#

theres a syntax error somewhere in there apparently

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oh wait

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it was on my half

valid crag
#

@twilit quiver by 'blue' do you mean the console has a line that starts in green "pi@ras.... and ends in blue "~/Raspberry-Pi-Installer-Scripts $"

twilit quiver
#

ye

valid crag
#

That is just telling you (green) who you are logged in as, and (blue) what directory you are sitting in. It is waiting for your command. Hence command line interface. 🙂 You are doing fine. All the spaces and capitals matter

#

You can cut and paste that line from the tutorial

twilit quiver
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cant bc can only access the terminal

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but ive typed it out now

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and seems to be doing stuff

valid crag
#

Ah, ok. true. FOrgot that. HA. Yes! That's a good sign

twilit quiver
#

hopefully stuff means working well see

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its rebooting now

valid crag
#

Definitely get familiar with the links sent by @hardy plaza

twilit quiver
#

nice its working

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TYSM

valid crag
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yay!

#

I had to do that tutorial many times to get mine set up, and I am not new to linux... Just take your time and type carefully. 🙂

twilit quiver
#

by any chance would you know if i want to use my pi for octoprint can i do that from here

valid crag
#

I like the TFT interactive Installation as I didn't have to type as many things.

twilit quiver
#

yeah didnt have an micro sd card reader at the time so couldnt

valid crag
#

So if you are going to do octoprint you will want to go to their installation page and follow those instructions. I set up octoprint, but I do not have a TFT installed.

#

which will be different if you can't put an image on the card. As that is how octoprint installs as far as I know.

twilit quiver
#

i can now

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i found an sd card reader

hardy plaza
valid crag
#

Same @hardy plaza I do the same thing. (and for just as long!)

twilit quiver
#

do you know any versions that are

hardy plaza
#

Linux comes from Unix, which was designed as a secure server. So security is baked in, you have to open it up to provide access. Windows was never designed as a secure system, so you have to add security and virus checkers, etc. Which is why the vast majority of viruses are on Windows. Mac OS is nowadays a Unix (variant of BSD) so it's basically like Linux in terms of security.

Past security is how one uses it. It can be headless (a server) or have a desktop environment. Then there's the availability of user applications. These are all factors in what makes a computer better or worse for a particular task.

I don't think there's a single answer to your question, as a summary.

#

If you're talking desktop environments, Linux (e.g., a Raspberry Pi) can run any of dozens of different desktop environments, from very minimal, plain ones to ones that look like a Mac to others that have animated windows, shading, etc. and look as nice as Windows or much better, and are highly customisable.

#

But there's still the question of what your use case is. If you need MS Word and LibreOffice Write (a "copy" of Word) won't do, then you can (on a powerful desktop computer, not a Pi) run Windows in a virtual machine but do your daily stuff in Linux.

valid crag
#

Comparing os/environments is subject to individual preference. I prefer a command line interface personally and get frustrated with a windows experience when coding, but in some use cases prefer the windows experience.

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So it is very use case dependent

hardy plaza
# valid crag Comparing os/environments is subject to individual preference. I prefer a comman...

The one thing I think everyone in the world should literally kick Bill Gates in the groin for was his decision to deliberately use the backslash rather than the forward slash for a directory delimiter when he ripped off CPM to create MSDOS. That deliberate, bull-headedly stupid decision has screwed up millions of computer systems. The backslash is a character delimiter.

But I agree, arguing over what is essentially a matter of aesthetics is a slippery slope and gets one nowhere.

valid crag
#

Indeed!

calm widget
#

Hi noob question but

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I just got a 3.5” raspberry pi display

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When I plug it in, all I see is white

hardy plaza
calm widget
hardy plaza
# calm widget Oh ok thank you ❤️

If we're talking Adafruit products, they AFAIK always on the product page include links to either software libraries to be installed, or actual multi-page tutorials to get you going. I've used quite a few of their TFT displays (from the tiny 1.14" one to one like yours) and there's a single library for most of them that you download, then run a program that asks you questions about which model you have, then the orientation (portrait or landscape, rotation of 0, 90, 180 or 270), then if you want it to run as a command line interface. Then it does its thang and you reboot. Voila!

calm widget
hardy plaza
#

If you mean your home computer, no. You'll need to have the Raspberry Pi connected to the internet, via WiFi or an Ethernet cable. It downloads the software as per your commands and stores that software on the Pi, configuring whatever it does behind the scenes. You need to run it on the Pi itself.

#

This will be described in the tutorial.

#

Which model do you have? Touchscreen or no?

calm widget
#

@hardy plaza touchscreen I believe

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Well i’ll have to plug it into a monitor first so I can see what im doing and install the driver

hardy plaza
#

They make I think at least four models: https://www.adafruit.com/?q=3.5"+touch&sort=BestMatch
Every product from Adafruit has a part number (e.g., 2441). Find your invoice and then find the page, on it will be a link to a tutorial.

Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits : - Tools Gift Certificates Arduino Cables Sensors LEDs Books Breakout Boards Power EL Wire/Tape/Panel Components & Parts LCDs & Displays Wearables Prototyping Raspberry Pi Wireless Young Engineers 3D printing NeoPixels Kits & Projects Robotics & CNC Accessories Cosplay/Costuming Hallow...

calm widget
#

I am following it

hardy plaza
calm widget
#

I’ve already got my pi connected to the touchscreen so it’s really hard to unsnap

hardy plaza
#

You don't need to disconnect it. Your monitor will connect to the HDMI port.

twilit quiver
#

hi the screen uses up all my gpio ports is there a way to plug in the fan

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(the fan im referring to uses gpio ports as power idk if that wus obvious or no)

hardy plaza
hardy plaza
# twilit quiver hi the screen uses up all my gpio ports is there a way to plug in the fan

There may be other ways but on my robots I have bought one of the Pico HAT Hacker bare PC boards and soldered headers onto them so they can plug onto the Pi and also bring an extra set of pins out where I can get to them. The ones pre-soldered have the headers in the wrong place for my use, YMMV. There's also a variety of GPIO extender board of many designs from many manufacturers including Adafruit.

twilit quiver
#

the screen i have seems to have some sort of gpio extender

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could that be true or is it for sumn else

hardy plaza
twilit quiver
#

my pi seems to be getting pretty hot whenever im usimg it even if its just on the homepage

#

if i send a picture of the screen or give you the specs of screen wud you be able to tell or is it not really ur area of expertise

hardy plaza
twilit quiver
#

thanks

opaque bone
#

total noob here. got this active buzzer in a raspberry pi starter kit.
Am I supposed to "Wash" the part?

IMG_5101.jpg
hidden pebble
#

No just take the sticker off :-)

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Or leave it on for a slightly muffled sound

opaque bone
#

@hidden pebble thanks. I did some googling too about it. I guess its washed at the factory and the seal is there just to protect the inner speaker during washing? but as an end user im not going to die of lead poisoning if i touch it

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and wash my hands after

hidden pebble
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It's pretty safe. The top is covered with a small hole.

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:-)

#

Gave me pause for thought when I first saw one too

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I was like "after washing?!?!"

umbral sable
#

In a lot of cases, a part will get soldered down first, then the whole board gets washed to remove soldering residue, and you'd want to remove the sticker after all that was finished.

raw solar
#

I hope it's RoHS compliant

steep nest
#

On the subject of buzzers, does anyone know the max/min for a passive buzzer? That's very broad, uh, would I need a datasheet for that?

#

^ Piezoelectric passive buzzer

umbral sable
jagged dawn
# hardy plaza The one thing I think everyone in the world should literally kick Bill Gates in ...

I agree, when Windows came out, it was based on DOS, and didn't include any networking. So essentially all Windows computers were standalone, until you added hardware and software (Novell). UNIX on the other hand was designed with networking and security in mind. Another feature is that some versions of UNIX allow you to re-compile the kernel. This allows you to target performance specific areas of the applications you are running. When I started working on Windows (1994), I almost start cutting myself 😧

hearty path
narrow wave
#

With the Pico, it refers to a SPI RX and SPI TX, and I know they probably equate to MOSI and MISO, but I'm not sure in what order they do

cold monolith
narrow wave
#

on the datasheet

cold monolith
#

Page just for me to jump to?

narrow wave
#

4

cold monolith
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Thanks I hate it

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That is... really strange to me.

narrow wave
#

it's not my fault it's like that

cold monolith
#

I know 😆

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MOSI - TX, MISO - RX

narrow wave
#

ty

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And what is CDn and do I need it

cold monolith
narrow wave
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yes i do mean that

#

do i need to use the specific one on the SPI bus, or can I use any digital pin for it?

cold monolith
narrow wave
#

Oh! Sorry

cold monolith
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No problem, common mix up

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You should be able to use any GPIO for if your pico is acting as a master

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You can have multiple CS lines per SPI bus in order to support multiple devices

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Ahh now the RX/TX is making sense! still better ways to do that

narrow wave
#

?

cold monolith
#

Which part of what I was saying is the ? directed towards?

narrow wave
#

I'm just curious how it's now making more sense to you

cold monolith
#

Because they expect the pico to be used as an SPI slave and master a lot, and the way this specific chip works there is an RX and TX register inside the spi peripheral (which is common), if you are a slave then your RX/TX is MOSI/MISO where if you were a master RX/TX is MISO/MOSI.

calm widget
#

I was following this

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And when I tried to do
sudo mv /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-fbturbo.conf ~
It said directory not found

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So I rebooted it

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And now I have to reinstall Raspbian

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Is this normal

hidden pebble
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That's VERY old. 2014. Probably out of date.

calm widget
#

@hidden pebble yeah but the adafruit websites tutorial gives me this

image0.jpg
hidden pebble
#

How old is your Raspbian?

calm widget
#

I only used it for the first time about 2 years ago

uncut lagoon
#

those tutorials usually tell you to update your system first

raw solar
#

Oof, that'sa lotta updates

echo hare
#

hello everyone I want to send the snapshot from the raspberry pi camera to the web. How can I do it? I can also run the VLC player, but I cannot play it on the web

hidden pebble
#

I would say start from scratch with a new install of Raspbian. Otherwise you'll be chasing your tail

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Sorry that was to @calm widget

lilac shore
#

hi there ! Anyone can help me sort an issue with video output on Ubuntu desktop ?

uncut lagoon
echo hare
uncut lagoon
#

that's on you then

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you need to open a port on your router

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actually

echo hare
#

how ?

uncut lagoon
#

this shows a way to do it

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don't know how updated it is

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but i would never do this

cold monolith
echo hare
cold monolith
#

Because in that link the pi is the server, which means you need to open ports on your local network, if you are sending to web use the pi as a client not a server

uncut lagoon
#

... send the snapshot from the raspberry pi camera to the web.
^ this is what was asked

cold monolith
#

Okay, where in the web? You didnt ask

echo hare
#

only*

cold monolith
#

What are you trying to do? send the video to a server or another computer on another network directly?

echo hare
uncut lagoon
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it seems to work, i never tried

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just don't do the "access from outside"

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you can ignore that part, and be done

echo hare
uncut lagoon
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when you say "on the web"

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some people (me) may interpret as "outside my network", which is "the internet"

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like, you're in a coffee shop and want to see the webcam, and you access it from there

echo hare
uncut lagoon
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im sorry if that caused confusion, but it really wasn't my intention

cold monolith
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Also, for future reference you can get around port forwarding by using ngrok as long as you trust the video streaming server

echo hare
uncut lagoon
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someone commented on april of this year

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saying it works

uncut lagoon
echo hare
echo hare
uncut lagoon
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i was thinking about no-ip or similar instead of ngrok

cold monolith
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I find ngrok so handy I pay for it so I can have reserved DNS

cold monolith
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There are quite a few, ngrok is just too easy to setup on a pi

uncut lagoon
#

yes

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no-ip is usually setup on the router

cold monolith
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Ah, then not really the same thing

uncut lagoon
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it is, it's a dynamic ip service

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you get an url, and it points to you ever-changing ip

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but on the router, you don't need to setup anything on any device

cold monolith
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Ah alright, ngrok doesnt support a lot of devices, you'd need to be really tricky. This is just I want to access this one port on my pi from a domain remotely

uncut lagoon
#

the alternative could be a vpn with a mikrotik device

cold monolith
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Sure, just then you need to add external clients to said VPN, which may be desirable if one wishes for decent auth

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You are the only person I have ever heard mention mikrotik 😆 I just got a new lorawan gateway from them

uncut lagoon
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my friend works with their stuff

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and from what he said, mikrotik has a free dynamic dns service

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and their switches are good enough to make a vpn

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so, why not?

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besides, making a vpn will give access to everything inside

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and it isn't that hard to add users, with some googling

cold monolith
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No, but if I want to view my webcam from anywhere and nothing else, running one command on one pi can be nice. Sometimes a VPN is overkill, but I agree its a better solution

uncut lagoon
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seems like that AtesliPanda is a tinkerer, so, a vpn may be a better/worse idea (depending on how secure it is)

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for this exact project, it doesn't seem necessary and the guide covers everything

echo hare
uncut lagoon
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why?

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what do you get?

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what happens?

echo hare
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it works

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update problem 🙂

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thank you very much

uncut lagoon
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you're welcome

ionic stag
#

So, what would be a reason for a Raspberry Pi Zero not loading even with a known good sd card with Raspian? I tested the 5v and 3v3 pins and they're stable. I also get the Boot thingy when I plug it into my computer without an sd card in it

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The ACT light blinks once or twice then remains on constantly

paper compass
strange mulch
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Am I able to use a raspberry pi 3b with the bluefruit connect app?

ionic stag
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@paper compass What is considered sufficient time? I waited about 10 minutes before replugging it the first time. Should I've waited longer?

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Also, I planned to run it headlessly and don't have a way to check video because I don't have a microhdmi to hdmi

paper compass
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I normally use the raspberry pi headless. So how do you know it's not working then? Have you added an empty file on the SD card called ssh to enable SSH? and used a wpa_supplicant.conf file to configure wifi?

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And yes, 10 minutes should be enough

ionic stag
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Yup

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I had the ssh file and the wpa_supplicant in

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Is it possible to have the Pi zero log to the boot part of the sd card?

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the ssh and wpa_supplicant files seem to be consumed, they aren't on the sd card boot partition anymore

ionic stag
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I tried using my Pico as a Serial bridge since I lack one and it was going normally then just went crazy from earlycon https://prnt.sc/12z0mms

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paper compass
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Ya that sounds about right, I think the ssh and wpa files are consumed if parsed. Have you tried SSH to raspberrypi.local?

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That's pretty much my standard approach. Flash fresh SD with Raspberry Pi Imager, unmount / remount SD card, run my script that adds ssh and wpa_supplicant.conf files, wait for it to reboot twice, then run ssh pi@raspberrypi.local with password raspberry.

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As for your serial console output, I can't help you there. I've never used the Pico as a serial bridge.

hardy plaza
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You can also use nmap to scan your local network for IP addresses to see which devices are online. I've got a Python script that does that for me.

paper compass
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Yup, and logging into your router and looking at connected wifi clients works too.

hardy plaza
paper compass
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You didn't grab an older Pi Zero by mistake did you? I once spent hours trying to figure out why the wifi wouldn't work, and it ended up being the older version of the Pi without WiFi. I'll only made that mistake once.

hardy plaza
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My script is fairly long and has YAML config, etc. but the guts of it is two lines:

command = 'nmap -sn 192.168.1.0/24' proc = subprocess.Popen([command], stdout=subprocess.PIPE,universal_newlines=True, shell=True)

Then you read the lines returned:

for line in proc.stdout: _line = str(line).strip() ...

ionic stag
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I'm pretty sure its a pi zero wireless, its the only one I have and adafruit says I ordered the wireless version

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And raspberrypi.local does service not found on ubuntu on WSL and nothing either from Windows 10 with Bonjour

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And it wasn't on the router's list of connected clients

paper compass
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If that's what you purchased I'm sure it's a Zero W then, maybe I'm the only one with random raspberry pi's laying all over the place ...
That is odd. Without including your password, can you show the contents of your wpa_supplicant.conf file?

proper bobcat
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^ Sounds like wpa_supplicant.conf is malformed or missing information.

ionic stag
# 
country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
    ssid="kevinsnetwork"
    psk="<password>"
}
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The network is wpa2-psk if thats relavent

ionic stag
#

Could an issue be that my wifi broadcasts 2.4ghz and 5ghz on the same ssid? Its not an issue for Pi3 B+ but idk about the zero

paper compass
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well, it shouldn't see the 5ghz, are you sure your 2.4ghz network is on?

ionic stag
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It is, my gateway says its broadcasting 5 and 2.4

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My phone uses 2.4 and is working as well

paper compass
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I asked because I think the raspberry pi 3 b+ has 5ghz

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ahh well that confirms that's working, ok.

ionic stag
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Does walmart sell mini hdmi to hdmi? I may bite the bullet and buy a cable

paper compass
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Best Buy would be a better bet, but walmart might

raw solar
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Micro Center best bet, if you have one local

paper compass
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If I had a Micro Center ... I'm jealous.

ionic stag
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I wish rural Indiana had a Microcenter lol

raw solar
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Micro Center best toy store

ionic stag
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^

narrow wave
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We don't even have Micro Centre here

raw solar
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404 - Micro Centre

proper bobcat
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LOL, I don't think there are many Micro Center's around these days. Are there?

ionic stag
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I don't think so

raw solar
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There are 28 locations across the US!

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Which is the most there have ever been to my knowledge

ionic stag
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Oh kek

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28

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Is HDMI output on any of the gpio pins?

hardy plaza
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No, it's a standard HDMI signal, an international standard.

ionic stag
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I was asking because if there was I have a breakout board for hdmi source

hardy plaza
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Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is that the Pi is using a specific chip to generate the HDMI signals, and I would doubt there's any breakout that would have access to the information inside that chip. AFAIK, it's basically a standard Unix X windows output from the Pi's CPU, funneled to that chip, which provides the HDMI (EIA/CEA-861, I looked it up) output.

ionic stag
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Unfortunate

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Thanks for telling me

raw solar
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As far as I understand, no, there's no way to get HDMI from GPIO pins without some sort of a chip to generate HDMI signals

ionic stag
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Double unfortunate

raw solar
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GPIO displays use SPI or I2C as far as I know

narrow wave
raw solar
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Lol

ionic stag
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hehe

hasty jackal
#

Having trouble with raspberry pi zero w connecting to wifi on raspbian lite

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Any solutions?

ionic stag
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Same issue

hasty jackal
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Rip

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It works fine on regular raspbian

ionic stag
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I even tried using a good install from a pi 3 b+ and it didnt work

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So must be a firmware thing

hasty jackal
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Probably

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For now im just using regular raspbian

ionic stag
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Wait can you configure that headlessly?

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Like with the ssh file in boot area and such?

hasty jackal
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Not sure

paper compass
hasty jackal
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Repost, its broken

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Lol

paper compass
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whoops, wrong link

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That's pretty much my standard approach. Flash fresh SD with Raspberry Pi Imager, unmount / remount SD card, run my script that adds ssh and wpa_supplicant.conf files, wait for it to reboot twice, then run ssh pi@raspberrypi.local with password raspberry.

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I use raspberry pi 4, 3, and Zero headless almost exclusively.

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I only ever hook up HDMI when I need some "output" but not to use the PI or program it, I always log in over SSH

hasty jackal
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My pi zero is operating headless rn its just on regular raspbian

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I just gave up on raspbian lite but i might try that later

paper compass
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huh, I'm not sure the difference I guess.

hasty jackal
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Maybe use less resources i guess im not sure if it would though anyways because its only being powered and running a program

paper compass
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Oh, I always use the lite version

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no-gui, didn't realize that was 'lite'

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it's like guiness, you don't realize it's actually a light beer

hasty jackal
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Lol

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Thats how i thought of it

ionic stag
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So apparently Ubuntu doesn't have anything for RPI0

primal turtle
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does anyone have knowledge as to how I can boot a pi zero into terminal mode then display full screen programs without the overhead of starting the desktop environment?

ionic stag
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Uh

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remote x server?

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Would that work, anyone who knows stuff?

hardy plaza
# ionic stag Uh

But not on a Pi Zero. I don't think it'd have enough horsepower for that.

ionic stag
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Unforunate

hardy plaza
# ionic stag Unforunate

You're asking a lot of your little Pi Zero. You can just connect it to an HDMI display and it'll be fine, but that extra layer of processing is probably more than it can handle.

ionic stag
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Although I misinterpreted him now, in hindsight

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@primal turtle Get a light window manager

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Otherwise I don't know

hardy plaza
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But we aim to please...

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I do think the idea of a very light window manager is a good one. It might shock the younger folks to see what they used to look like, maybe OpenBox, or something even more minimal.

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No menus, windows with single pixel frames, no shading, etc. But they run FAST.

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...and anyone can install and use one on a Pi, they're all available.

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Very retro.

tired marsh
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ok so I just tried and there is no issue with running pygame on a hdmi screen from a pi without a window manager

hardy plaza
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I apparently don't know what pygame is then, but congratulations on finding a suitable solution!

tired marsh
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it's classically used to do both games and general user interfaces

hardy plaza
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Is it X?

tired marsh
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it talks directly to the screen if not run in a desktop environment

hardy plaza
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So no X, it's an API.

waxen valve
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there is also this protocol, which turns a pi0 into a usb<->hdmi(out) converter

tired marsh
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you can try it, run a pi with a hdmi screen with no desktop, it will show the the text login prompt, install SDL2 from there (or from ssh) sudo apt-get install libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-image-2.0-0 libsdl2-mixer-2.0-0 libsdl2-net-2.0-0 libsdl2-ttf-2.0-0 libsdl2-gfx-1.0-0 that installs all of it, and pygame pip3 install pygame and then test a demo python3 -m pygame.examples.aliens

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it will be small in a corner because of default values, but it will display

waxen valve
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ive also used the DRM api to render images to the screen without SDL

tired marsh
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ah python3 -m pygame.examples.chimp is full screen

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now I don't think I installed anything additional on that pi to make it work like that but I can't be fully sure

waxen valve
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so there is no chance of it randomly working because you forgot something that was already installed

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it will just fail until you clearly list it

tired marsh
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I'm 85% sure I installed it from scratch to use for Circuitpython development though

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ah there's sudo apt-get install python3-pygame that might install more needed support libraries too

raw solar
hot oar
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Hi I was wondering, does anyone know how to connect an iphone to the Raspberry Pi via Bluetooth in order to control the pi's GPIO pins from a self-made iOS app?

cold monolith
# hot oar Hi I was wondering, does anyone know how to connect an iphone to the Raspberry P...

Normally if you made your own app you interact with other bluetooth devices over GATT, you should be able to write code on the pi to act as a bluetooth peripheral and expose custom GATT services. From there you could have a single 32-bit value with each bit representing a pin on the pi you'd like to use. You can then read that state, be notified of a change from the pi, or write a new state. Could also have another value for setting each pin as an input or output

hot oar
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@cold monolith do you happen to have/ know any documentation on that approach? I'm fairly new to it.

cold monolith
hot oar
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Okay awesome! Thank you! I'll check it out.

twilit quiver
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hi i think ive messed up my raspberry pi when trying to set up octoprint because now all my small touchscreen show is just white

uneven tusk
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hey i have a problem with my code

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everytime I run it, i get disconnected from vnc so i have to restart my pi... if anyone has any ideas...

import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
import time
import board
import busio
import adafruit_adxl34x

# define the pins connected to L293D pour les moteurs
motoRPin1 = 23 #gpio23
motoRPin2 = 24 #gpio24

enablePin = 25 #gpio25

motoPin3 = 17 #gpio17
motoPin4 = 27 #gpio27
enablePin2 = 22 #gpio22

#les pins pour les deux LEDs
led1 = 19 #gpio
led2 = 26 #gpio

#Pins pour le sonar
trigPin = 8
echoPin = 7
MAX_DISTANCE = 220          # define the maximum measuring distance, unit: cm
timeOut = MAX_DISTANCE*60   # calculate timeout according to the maximum measuring distance

def setup():
    #moteur 1
    global p2
    GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)   
    GPIO.setup(motoRPin1,GPIO.OUT)   # set pins to OUTPUT mode
    GPIO.setup(motoRPin2,GPIO.OUT)
    GPIO.setup(enablePin,GPIO.OUT)
#

(the code is long, the issue is in this part)

uneven tusk
#

ok works now lmao

ionic stag
#

In the case of the Pi Zero W having a stroke, there is news! I tried using a usb data cable to SSH into it through the peripheral port and it STILL ISN'T WOKRINGGGGGGGGGGG. Starting to think my Pi died somehow, but I don't know why as I could get some earlycon through the Serial GPIOs

uncut lagoon
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have you tried the basic stuff, like, a new card with a clear os?

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my pi zero w stopped working once too, it looked completely dead

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i found it was the 2gb card i was using

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the card is fine and works on the pc, but the pi zero w is totally dead with it

ionic stag
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I tried using something with a good install from a Pi 3 B+, should I wipe that card and try or would the Raspbian on that work on the Pi Zero as well?

uncut lagoon
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i would assume it should work, but i dont know

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have you tried powering it without a card, and see if it does something?

ionic stag
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The light stays off and Windows 10 shows the BCMxxxx Boot device

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If you mean not connected to a computer the light just stays off and the pi sits there doing... whatever

uncut lagoon
#

do you have any other card you can use? one you can start from fresh?

ionic stag
#

I have just two, one in a Pi 3B+ that works and the one in the Pi Zero that's having a stroke

uncut lagoon
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can you get a new one? those are usually cheap

ionic stag
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I'm not old enough to drive yet so I can get a new one but it'd be one to two weeks

uncut lagoon
#

alright, can you check the one that's having a stroke on your pi 3?

ionic stag
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Sure, one minute

uncut lagoon
#

btw, have you checked that the power supply is providing enough power for it to boot?

steady rose
#

but I don't know why as I could get some earlycon through the Serial GPIOs
you're attached to the serial output here? like with a USB serial cable?

ionic stag
uncut lagoon
#

🤔

steady rose
#

ok. suggestions above are good /easy things to try. does suspect card boot ok in another pi? and could be power related - do you know current rating for your power supply?

ionic stag
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I'm using a Micro-Usb power supply from canakit for the raspberry pi, it outputs at 5v 2.5a

steady rose
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should be plenty

uncut lagoon
#

yeah, the pi zero w needs 1.5 amps max, as far as i know

ionic stag
#

I'm trying the card rn but I'm having trouble getting the card out of the Pi 3B+ because I can't find my tweezers and it's embedded in something

uncut lagoon
#

O.o

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yeah, don't do it?

ionic stag
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Do what?

uncut lagoon
#

pull the card with tweezers :x

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it sounds sketchy af

ionic stag
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Well then I'll grab my hex screwdriver. Disassembly time!

uncut lagoon
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O.O

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tweezers seem fine now

ionic stag
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Works perfectly

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As expected of this emotional rollercoaster

uncut lagoon
#

yeah, the probability of your pi zero being zero-ed is non-zero :x

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sorry, had to do it :/

ionic stag
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xd

uncut lagoon
#

but seriously, you probably might be looking into a new pi zero :/

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considering how cheap they are, might be worth thinking about it

ionic stag
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Yeah, I'm still confused as to how I was getting earlycon though

uncut lagoon
#

probably it died during the time it was being used

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why it died?

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i dont know, and you might want to check it

ionic stag
#

What would I be checking for?

uncut lagoon
#

question 1: how was it all connected?

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question 2: what else was connected? and how?

ionic stag
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1: Jumper Wires to Pi Pico, Micro USB to USB A to Windows 10 Desktop

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2: Pi Pico, Desktop

uncut lagoon
#

did you connected the power on the serial port?

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and to the gpio pin?

ionic stag
#

Nope, just Rx, Tx, and gnd

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they were both powered through usb

uncut lagoon
#

what did you had connected to the pi and the pico?

ionic stag
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Nothing else it was just them and my Desktop

uncut lagoon
#

did you overclocked your pi?

ionic stag
#

Nope, everything was factory defaults oc wise

paper compass
#

oh man, still having issues @ionic stag ? make any progress?

uncut lagoon
#

seems like no progress was made, since it doesnt work, but things were rulled out

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which may be progress?

paper compass
#

in my book, failure is always progress ... I should know, that's my specialty.

ionic stag
#

We ruled out the sd card being bad

steady rose
ionic stag
#

Ill try that in a bit

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Its showing up in device manager

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BCM2708 Boot

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So it has some semblance of life

uncut lagoon
#

yeah, and now the 2nd step

ionic stag
#

Second step? Like on the adafruit page? The install os one?

uncut lagoon
#

yes

ionic stag
#

writing now using rpi imager

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Written

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Now what? I cant check display output on the zero because I dont have a micro hdmi to hdmi

uncut lagoon
#

you can use ssh as in the guide

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you can configure all this from the imager

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it's stupid as it can be, but, you have to press a set of combination keys to use the imager to set it all up

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or follow the guide to get ssh working

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and then you have to find the ip of the pi

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angry ip scanner, for example, may help you

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or similar tools

ionic stag
#

Kk I'll try that

uncut lagoon
#

good luck

little nest
#

Good evening

ionic stag
# uncut lagoon good luck

Tried doing it myself, didn't work. Tried using the advanced menu from pi imager, also didn't work. Is it possible the wireless chip is dead?

uncut lagoon
#

possible? yes

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likely? not exactly

ionic stag
#

This gets odder by the minute

uncut lagoon
#

do you have any serial output from your pi?

ionic stag
#

I can get earlycon but I can't get a full shell using my Pico

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although that may just be a limitation Pico side

uncut lagoon
#

yeah, it may be

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use a real uart converter

ionic stag
#

Do they sell those at walmart/best buy or do I have to order one from Amazon?

uncut lagoon
#

possibly, but they may be old outdated ones that only work with windows xp

ionic stag
#

Unforunate

uncut lagoon
#

you can try looking for it

ionic stag
#

Yeah I'll add it to the list. Thanks for your effort in assisting me!

uncut lagoon
#

you're welcome

lucid crest
#

I was wondering if anyone knows of a single board computer that is in the Raspberry Pi B form factor, but is more powerful that the Raspberry Pi 4? Ideally one with a dedicated/better GPU.

hardy plaza
lucid crest
#

Mostly compatible?
GPIO matching would be great, but could be worked around.
USB ports are optional. Ethernet is also optional.
Display port is not needed.
Camera port is definitely needed.

hardy plaza
#

Well, I’ve tried a number of the alternative fruit and vege Pis and you will sacrifice both hardware compatibility and any semblance of support, but NanoPi and Orange Pi make good boards, some with a B form factor. Little to no support but if you’re okay with that they are an alternative. Probably recommend Armbian for the OS. I have no experience with Pine.

lucid crest
#

Hmm, ok. Good to know. Thank you.

uncut lagoon
#

you can try the latte panda

#

it isn't the same size as a pi, but is a lot more powerful

#

and has arduino-compatible pins

#

so, may be usable

#

you may try an asus tinker board

lucid crest
#

Do you know if the Latte Panda can run Linux? I'm only seeing Win10 being mentioned

uncut lagoon
#

yes, it says on the website

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it is A LOT more expensive than a raspberry pi

#

btw, it is an x86 pc, so, remember that too

lucid crest
#

I'm ok with the arm->x86 change. It's just the form factor that I was hoping to keep the same.

uncut lagoon
#

the asus tinker board

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same form factor

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the difference is the io on the left side

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the display, audio and power

raw solar
#

Unless things have changed since I last looked into it, Tinker Board also has... lackluster support

uncut lagoon
#

possibly

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i am not sure

#

i just remember hearing about those 2

raw solar
#

I kinda want a Latte Panda

lucid crest
#

And at this point, I'm used to lackluster support 😦

uncut lagoon
#

i mean, they are products that didn't had that much success in sales

raw solar
#

One might argue that sales were lackluster because support was lackluster XD a lack of info is why I didn't snap up the Tinker Board despite the competitive price to performance vs. Pi at the time

uncut lagoon
#

that's an interesting point of view

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i remember nvidia had some pi-like thingy with ai

#

i remember watching a video about it being quite powerful for emulation, but don't remember much more

raw solar
#

I think the Jetson had great support, I just never found time for that one

#

And/or money

lucid crest
#

So, I have a Jetson, and they've actually been really good about documentation and support

raw solar
#

The Jetson gets more into a niche than any of the other Pi competitors as far as I'm concerned because of the "extreme" GPU power and Tensor cores

lucid crest
#

Especially when they moved from the prelim versions to the official versions, they really added a TON of info for how to use it.

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Yeah, that's fair.

#

However, because of the heavy-duty GPU, the gui is nice and snappy when using it for general purpose stuff

#

The only "problem" with the Jetson Nano is that they really don't want you to use the dev kit for anything product-related. And not using the dev kit is surprisingly hard to justify.

raw solar
#

I feel like there were more makers who scooped up the Jetson than Nvidia may have expected, lol

lucid crest
#

Lol, probably true

raw solar
#

I was thinking about grabbing one...

uncut lagoon
#

i mean, it did sound interesting

#

the ui on a pi is kinda eh

#

on a pi zero, it's HORRIBLE

#

even with ssh, it's a disgrace

#

but if the jetson was around the price of a pi, i would like one

lucid crest
#

So, honestly, I think that kinda goes with the "You get what you pay for" mentality.

raw solar
#

I keep waiting for my Pi Zero to explode

uncut lagoon
#

i was expecting it to be better over ssh

#

but for what i use, it's amazing

#

i bought a pitft for it, and wrote a gui for the console, in python

#

it's a huge mess, but it works

raw solar
#

lol

#

I'm [impatiently] awaiting some PiTFTs

uncut lagoon
#

i have the 240x240 one

#

i've actually been trying to find ways to reduce the import times, as it can take over 5 seconds to import a bunch of libraries that i need for it

raw solar
#

I ordered... uhh... checks notes 135x240 and 240x240

uncut lagoon
#

will you use it with pigame (or whatever the library is) or kernel mode for the console?

raw solar
#

Probs kernel mode

#

I wanna make a pocket dynamically generated text adventure game

uncut lagoon
#

nice

lucid crest
raw solar
#

Hopefully it will be XD

lucid crest
#

And that too! (Sorry, clarified my message with an edit)

raw solar
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Hehe

uncut lagoon
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will you do it all on the console?

raw solar
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Yeah, I think I can do it without leaving the console :D

uncut lagoon
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that will be a challenge, but can be done

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btw, word of advice

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set the console text to a smaller size, to get readable text but more chars on screen

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i've used a 5x8 font or something

raw solar
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Yeah, gotta have enough room to get a paragraph description XD

uncut lagoon
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on debian, it flops between whatever size it decides

raw solar
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oof

uncut lagoon
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yeah, not fun

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oh, and the utf8 support on those is okay

raw solar
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Probs gonna be Raspbian without the GUI

uncut lagoon
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yeah, it's what i use

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raspbian/debian

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same difference to me

raw solar
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shrug

uncut lagoon
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but it's fun working on those

raw solar
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I wonder if you can do 2 TFTs at once...

uncut lagoon
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you cant

raw solar
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phooey

uncut lagoon
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it will cause issues with the framebuffer, as far as i know

raw solar
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hmmmmmmmmmm

uncut lagoon
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besides, i dont think you have enough power and gpio for both

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and dont even think that the driver can support both

raw solar
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They don't use much power or that many GPIO pins

uncut lagoon
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yeah, but the software side is very tricky

raw solar
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software hard

uncut lagoon
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very

raw solar
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Hardware harder

uncut lagoon
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eh, hardware will do what the software tells it to

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i think you might be able to control the 2nd display with python

hardy plaza
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I believe the Pi TFTs are SPI devices, so if you’re not plugging directly into the GPIO pins it might be possible to set up two on separate SPI buses and deal separately in software. Otherwise there’d be both hardware and software contention

raw solar
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Hmm... I'mma have to research

uncut lagoon
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i think the kernel driver can only handle one

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but with python, you might be able to use both

raw solar
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Probs python then

uncut lagoon
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the question is: how will you connect both?

raw solar
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Solder and wire?

uncut lagoon
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yeah, you will have to connect both outside the pi

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also, if you use 2 240x240, you really have to put the 2nd outside, somehow

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and the header is actually really thin

raw solar
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Hmm

uncut lagoon
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you see the back of a gpio pin header?

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that's roughly the height of the connector on the display

raw solar
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Yeah

uncut lagoon
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the 240x120 (or something) has through-hole pin connectors

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or whatever the actual name is

raw solar
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Yeah, 240x135

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I have a not Pi TFT in the order too, maybe I'll use that for the second one

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Oh hey they have buttons XD