General • Re: Request for critique: is my SPI connection of Pico and Pi4 sane?
Is this on a breadboard? I have found SPI to be flaky on breadboards. You could try different clock frequencies. Adding grounds might help. For the signal lines, try adding ~33Ω series resistors as...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Discount on multiple pi4 order?
Done the RPi way, where everything is sold at a "volume" price, its good for smaller users, compared to the normal quantity price break arrangement (we have large amounts of stock bought because the...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Memory access time Pi5
thank you for your fast reply.If I understand well your answer, you are not surprised at the results I have. And the reason is using Python because it is an interpreted programming language.In which...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: CM4, DSI data append one pixel every...
Where is the source for the original JDI driver?Statistics: Posted by PhilE — Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:30 pm
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Other RP2040 boards • Re: Integrated RP2040 silicon
Seems bizarre to me that a company selling products doesn't want people directly linking to product pages.Are you not old enough to have realised that the world has no shortage of bizarre things,...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: owntone server (iTunes server)
The reason for not being able to connect was due to owntone downI check systemctl status owntone and was not running then I changed some configuration and it went back running.Afterwards, I was able...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: Interfacing a 8-bit Serial RGB Display
The same display also has an SPI mode, which would be easier to use since Pis have hardware SPI support.Statistics: Posted by PhilE — Sat Jul 27, 2024 4:48 pm
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: USB Drives Problems after upgrading
Ok, I believe the last update I posted here was not all true, again, it is failing when I plug and unplug some devices.When I posted my previous message I plug and unpluged 2 different usb drives (one...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Changing Hostname after completing OS and app development
sudo hostnamectl set-hostname myhostnameStatistics: Posted by memjr — Sat Jul 27, 2024 5:09 pm
View ArticleOff topic discussion • Re: Has the Crowdstrike global outage affected any key...
What media does one use for offline backups?I think historical archivists are still trying to figure that out. For recovering from something like a CrowdStrike disaster it probably doesn't matter much...
View ArticleBeginners • Advises on PI OS UART sofiware and LibraOffice
New to Pi OS. Please advise an UART terminal software that links to (via USB to UART dongle or UART on the 40 pins header) MCU UART for debugging. We used Imager to download and installed PI OS on SD...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Wood cases for Pi plus
Haven't tried building wood cases for Pis, but if I did, I'd probably be looking at Maple or Ash for the material. Though if you wanted something really durable, there is always Lignum Vitae.I'd avoid...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: Help with logarithmic potentiometer
So i unsold all the signal and GND. Swapped them, (link annd the old signal together and split the GNDs) and did a test with only 4 pots connected and i still have the same issue. If one pot is in...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Old image no longer boots?
Is there any way to update the firmware on an OS from 2015? Hypothetically, if I could find a pi of that era and boot it, could I upgrade the OS somehow?The firmware is on the SD card, so copying the...
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Troubleshooting • Re: No network connection after OS upgrade
Thanks, I'm going to try another method, i.e., install System Internals Linux Reader on my PC, and use a MicroSD-to-SD adapter to plug my Rpi card in. It's a 32 GB microSD so would like to reuse it...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Which one to download deb or rpm?
minor differenc in items count for download between sudo apt install libreoffice-pi (as reply and i used this one and works) sudo apt install libreoffice (as one web search)Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Powerbutton on Pi5 not powering up
There are two holes in the Pi 5 board near the USB power socket that are connected to the power button and can be used to connect an external power button.Statistics: Posted by rpdom — Sun Jul 28,...
View ArticleBeginners • How to build a reliable fast RPi 5 system
Any casing kit that can do for RPi 5:1. use PCi and 'memory module'. This is better than USB3 palm-sized SSD, right???? From web, some look long stick and some more square shape. Which is (first)...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Extending ADC gate time on RP2040
Does anyone know if there is a way to extend the time the gate is open for charging the 1pf internal cap for the ADC on RP2040?I believe that the 1pF capacitor is connected to the selected pin by...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: USB boot requires a high current (5V 5A) power supply....
I moved property and I'm now getting the same issue again. I made sure not to plug it into any extensions... driving me a bit nuts. Perhaps time to buy another official power supply?I'm curious about...
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