General discussion • Re: RISC-V (?)
This caught my eye, open source but not currently in production -https://liliputing.com/icepi-zero-is-an-open-source-fpga-board-in-a-raspberry-pi-zero-sized-form-factor"The Icepi Zero features a...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: PINN - An enhanced version of NOOBS.
I've thought of another approach that might help me get around the problem.Would it be possible to use a micro SD card with e.g. Rasperry Pi OS on said Raspberry Pi 5 in parallel to the NVMe SSD, then...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: Introduce yourself!
Hello I'm Maestro, 28 years old i do really like to do fishing and playing online games like league of legends. i hope you liked to catch some big fish so we can become a best bud! Statistics: Posted...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • RASPBERRY PI 5 TURNED OFF AND WONT TURN BACK ON!!
Working on a project on my 2-month old RaspberryP i5, worked fine so far. Been connecting different devices to the GPIO pins for the first time today and BOOM it just goes dark. No warning, no red...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: RASPBERRY PI 5 TURNED OFF AND WONT TURN BACK ON!!
Disconnect everything. Remove the SD card. Connect a monitor (turned on), then connect the power. What do you get displayed, if anything?General rule, do not make GPIO connection changes while a Pi...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • cat /dev/ttyS0 failure
in theory cat/dev/ttyS0 should let me see what data stream is on /dev/ttS0. theory is apparently a very nice place where things behave as they should.in my reality entering cat/dev/ttyS0 in the...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Pi5 die I can't get me files off of there.
Hello, I woke up to a dead pi5. I have a pi5 8GB. Not sure what happen but it is dead. I pulled the SD card from the pi and put it in the pi4. It won't even start the desktop or anything. I keep see...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi5 die I can't get me files off of there.
Hello, I woke up to a dead pi5. I have a pi5 8GB. Not sure what happen but it is dead. I pulled the SD card from the pi and put it in the pi4. It won't even start the desktop or anything. I keep see...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: cat /dev/ttyS0 failure
what do I have to do to see what is on the various ports?Kill whatever process you're running that has exclusive access to /dev/ttyS0. Probably.Statistics: Posted by thagrol — Fri Jun 06, 2025 12:10 am
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi documentation - Pi5 filters?
... the existence of community maintained translation layers.tbf to Raspberry Pi, I don't think they can be expected to know about all of the forks made by the community. I mean, even in the A history...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry pi mentioned in Scalzi novel
When you consider how low powered the AGC was; I'd suggest that a current Raspberry Pi model wouldn't find it that much of a challenge either.There have in fact been several projects that have...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Raspberry Pi 5 poweroff behavior?
I got a Pi5 that I'm going to use as a small NAS. I got all working except the poweroff behavior.I have connected a LED to the 3v3 header pins and I have noticed that if I do a hard poweroff holding...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 poweroff behavior?
in my part of the world the Pi5 shuts down when pressing the Power button twice -> that's the same as when selecting shutdown from the menu.yes, pressing and Holding will also shutdown, but would...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • replace the USB 3 port
I have to say first that the hardware of the Pi 5 really disappoints me. The two locks that secure the display’s flat cable and the blue USB 3.0 port connectors have broken in less than a year, and...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: replace the USB 3 port
The latches have a very low duty cycle. They are intended to be installed once and sealed up inside a product.The USB ports will suffer from wear and tear. Excessive or harsh use is extremely...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: 16Gb version of Pi500?
Make your own with a pi5 16GB...https://youtu.be/2WphP4qpaM8?si=uI4irHEBbJEKb83SStatistics: Posted by gordon77 — Sun Jun 08, 2025 11:30 am
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Best UPS
What is the best way of providing UPS functionality for a Pi? I need to do this for a Pi 4B and a Pi 5. I need it to smoothly and without hesitation switch to battery power if the mains fails, to...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Best UPS
To give a full answer requires more data than you've supplied. Is this a fixed position or will it be moved around? How reliable is your local power? How long do outages usually last? Is there...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • PCB Design with Pico W, 4x I2C inputs & 5x PWM outputs
I am after a PCB designed and am wondering the best place for me to have this done?I am after a PCB with the following:A Pico W embedded (or so that I can use the same code set up I have)4x...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: Introduce yourself!
Hi folks - I'm a retired guy living in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in (western) Montana. I would like to learn programming in Python on my Raspberry Pi. Physical computing, home automation,...
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