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General discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi 4 battery powered?
For handheld builds, try TP4056 charger + MT3608 booster (our lab tests show 2.5A handles CM4 at full load). Key tip: use Li-ion protection boards with balancing - we fried a Pi using standard boards...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Computer benchmarks can be useless
I also found big gaps between benchmarks and real-world Pi5 performance! For example, FTP server throughput via PCIe3.0 NVMe was ~15% lower than specs (maybe limited by SD card controller). Did you...
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General discussion • Re: Programmable smartwatch
but I think enaon still makes cat toilets based on this watch I do this guide works fine for hacking the magic3, it is based on your work, I think it easy to follow....
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Best UPS
What is the best way of providing UPS functionality for a Pi? If money isn't a problem because you want a solution that will function for the next 10 years, buy an Ecoflow River 3 Plus like I did. See...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: Introduce yourself!
I'm Daniel, a 16-year-old from Argentina. I started programming in Visual Basic at 8, explored hacking out of curiosity, and later discovered electronics through magazines. Over the years, I’ve built...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Does it make sense to make a laptop with Raspberry...
The Argon One Up laptop, which is based on a CM5 lite has today appeared on Kickstarter. Very quickly met its goal and is over 200 backers as I write this. Argon have developed their own power...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi 4 battery powered?
I'm using PiSugar 3 Plus (3A) to power Raspberry Pi 4B with official Touch Display 2. I get at least 2 h 40 m runtime browsing Reddit in Firefox ESR.Statistics: Posted by mlepage — Tue Aug 05, 2025...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi Uptime - 10 years continuous
Have you tried supercapacitor HAT UPS? They make the power more reliable and help Pi to stay online.https://www.aqex.hu/qups-p-sc-raspberry ... capacitor/Statistics: Posted by kbhuinfo — Thu Aug 07,...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: Introduce yourself!
HI I am new raspberrypi anything elseStatistics: Posted by DavidFlare — Thu Aug 07, 2025 6:01 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Product pricing
Thanks.One challenge is it's not always easy to find Raspberry Pi posts saying what the USD pricing is, and hard to establish what those should be from the prices official US Resellers are selling...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi-5 Battery Setup
I'm using an ordinary phone charger, its very convenient and you can use it for other things as well.https://www.bestbuy.com/site/energizer- ... Id=6589869Statistics: Posted by Capstan — Fri Aug 08,...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Can you safely pull the microSD card out of a Pi 5...
Can you safely pull the microSD card out of a Pi 5 after shutdown without unplugging power? After selecting shutdown, I wait for the LED to blink a few times then settle to red then blink once more...
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I don't know what the official advice is; but anecdotally; I do that all the time and have never had any issues. Maybe, I've just been lucky. I would think that once the machine is shut down there...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Can you safely pull the microSD card out of a Pi 5...
Can you safely pull the microSD card out of a Pi 5 after shutdown without unplugging power? After selecting shutdown, I wait for the LED to blink a few times then settle to red then blink once more...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • what kind of thermal pads are on the offical Pi5 active...
Does anyone know what kind/size of thermal pads are on the official Pi5 Active cooler? I had to remove the active cooler for a project and I think I need to replace the pads. I know there are mainly...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: what kind of thermal pads are on the offical Pi5...
Three blue pads about 1.5mm thick applied to the metal base then a waxed/plastic sheet over that. The pads match three chips.The pad for the CPU chip is not shaped to go down the curve of the chip...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: 2 or 8 GB?
According to the revision code its a rev 1.1 2GB Pi5 made by Sony UK.Where "on the board you can see it as it is 8GB"?If you can identify the part number of the RAM IC you might be able to check its...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi5 8gb warranty
Hi, I bought a pi5 8gb at launch and honestly never used it much as it would freeze all the time. I assumed it was just software as it was new , i have loads of pi4's and never had any issues with...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Computer benchmarks can be useless
I also found big gaps between benchmarks and real-world Pi5 performance! For example, FTP server throughput via PCIe3.0 NVMe was ~15% lower than specs (maybe limited by SD card controller)NVMe and SD...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Programmable smartwatch
A programmable smartwatch lets you customize apps and features to suit your needs.Statistics: Posted by gramwilliam — Sat Aug 16, 2025 11:19 am
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