General discussion • Re: Pi-5 Battery Setup
For my purpose this 52pi product was ideal:viewtopic.php?t=389322#p2324859Statistics: Posted by Pi5_User — Fri Jul 11, 2025 12:35 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Pi 5 WiFi
I've seen various posts here about WiFi issues with various Pi models, and suggestions for the ability to attach an external wifi antenna. I thought I would add my 2c-worth, based on my experience...I...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi 5 WiFi
Use the command iwconfig to check the signal strength for rx at the Pi, try it in situ with and without the Argon case. If you have a WiFi AP with the ability to give you signal information then this...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Sharing your Pi projects elsewhere?
Consider GITHUB https://docs.github.com/en/packages/lea ... -a-package. Also if you are using Python with a Virtual Environment you can include a Requirements text file.Second vote for github. Not...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 discussion thread
Except in UK, right?Probably including the UK. The UK Government hasn't completely abandoned UKCA but the Conservative government under Sunak's leadership stepped back from mandating it as a...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi @ London
Then again we've found fewer reasons to actually head into the city centre over the last few years with parking prices getting a little silly.Parking prices were silly when I moved out of Cambridge...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Product pricing
If Pi pricing in the UK was directly coupled to the £-$ exchange rate then it would be quite chaotic and difficult to manage for the retailer. To have a steady price then there would need to be a...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pull/Remove/1.9.4 version of Pi Imager of the website.
<rant>Pretty much a +1 from me.</rant>Other than to observe that v1.9.5 of Imager for Windows was released via GitHub on Friday 11th July and appears to fix the advanced configuration bug....
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: PINN - An enhanced version of NOOBS.
PINN has been updated to v3.9.7V3.9.716GB - Add 16GB Memory sizebaseurl - Added baseurl in json (for future use)V3.9.6Adjustsizes - Left an extra 1MB at the end of the diskPigz - bumped pigs to...
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General discussion • Re: Pull/Remove/1.9.4 version of Pi Imager off the website.
Seems it might have just made it into the downloads. Whether 'imager_latest.exe' matches that I can't tell, haven't checked - cross-posted with 'wildfire' Statistics: Posted by hippy — Mon Jul 21,...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: RISC-V (?)
The most famous quote I've seen is "RISC-V, the solution to a 1990s problem"."Lack of sovereignty" is very much a 2025 problem for some countries and industries.No end of repeating 'why RISC-V won't...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Official Raspberry Pi micro SD cards now available in...
A 256GB variant has appeared on Pimoroni. No announcement (yet?) and the datasheet still lists 128GB as the max capacity.Statistics: Posted by trejan — Thu Jul 24, 2025 7:13 pm
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General discussion • Re: Pi Uptime - 10 years continuous
I have a Pi4B running Pihole, Wireguard and OpenMediaVault for just over three years without a glitch. It's in the official case without a heatsink and using the official power supply. Nowhere near...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Official Raspberry Pi micro SD cards now available...
Hmmm... One might hope that would presage the addition of a 1TB NVMe drive as well.Statistics: Posted by W. H. Heydt — Fri Jul 25, 2025 1:39 am
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: Introduce yourself!
Hi my name is Giovanni, I work as a bank commercial specialist in Italy. I've been interested in home automation since I can remember, and I had my my first Raspberry pi in 2013 and it took 2 years to...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Best UPS
the hat UPSs are the far side of useless. they overcharge the battery making a fire hazard you can't see.Vague but serious allegation. Do you have any (non-anecdotal) evidence?the hot battery shaped...
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General discussion • Re: replace the USB 3 port
As someone who also studies electronics, I completely understand your frustration. The mechanical structure of the Pi 5 has indeed regressed, especially the fragile lock design of the USB ports - the...
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General discussion • Re: Does it make sense to make a laptop with Raspberry...
Pi 5's PCIe lanes are indeed a huge upgrade over Pi 4. For physiological signal analysis, Jupiter Lab works great (our lab just did an EEG project with Pi 5+ADS1299). But pay special attention to...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • the write mode and execution mode of the Raspberry Pi Pico
I'd like to know about the write mode and execution mode of the Raspberry Pi Pico.When I created a project in the following environment, downloaded it to the Pico via USB, and started debugging using...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: the write mode and execution mode of the Raspberry...
I'd like to know about the write mode and execution mode of the Raspberry Pi Pico.When I created a project in the following environment, downloaded it to the Pico via USB, and started debugging using...
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