General discussion • Re: Cloned sdcard to SSD - doesn't work
Strong enough PSU for the Pi?Try again with the SD Card Copier that comes with RPiOS or with the tools generously provided by forum user ronr (hint: seach usb made easy).You say you changed...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Pi 5 Official Case with Active Cooler
I use the official Pi 5 Casehttps://www.raspberrypi.com/products/ra ... pi-5-case/but i was not lucky with the resulting temperature so i installed the active...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Urgent Project Question
If it's truely urgent find someone near you who can help and be prepared to pay them.That said...Assumptions and requirements:You're using RPiOS or another Linux system that boots to the desktop.X11...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Forum "503 Service Unavailable"
I've been seeing "strange things" for 2-3 weeks now. Maybe coincidental, but seems to be related to something called "CloudFlare" --- is that a virus of some sort? Anyway - I had been using 'curl' to...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi 5 Official Case with Active Cooler
Is this easy to do. Just got my first Pi and bought the case and the active cooler and haven’t set any of it up yetYes, it's very easy to unclip the plastic that holds the fan in the original case....
View ArticleGeneral discussion • GPIO Pin Extenders
Hi there,I need GPIO extenders so my students can use the new RPi5 with the red case on it. Would any extenders that worked with RPi3 work fine with RPi5? Just checking to make sure before I...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: PINN - An enhanced version of NOOBS.
Hello,...But I have an issue. With both version, if i reboot my pi 5 without a screen connected to HDMI, it stuck, no booting. ...Thank you very much.This is not specific to PINN. The RPi models do...
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General discussion • Re: GPIO Pin Extenders
They're all the same pins, so yes There are different heights and placement of the various components on each model of Raspberry Pi, so you would be advised to test attaching things to the Pi 5 to...
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General discussion • Lowest power usage for Pi 5 and Pi Zero 2 connected with...
A Pi 5 with RTC. What is the lowest power usage you can get to and still wake up the Pi 5 at 6 am? Is there a simple cheap device you can connect to wake up the Pi 5 (or 4)?Pi Zero 2s connect to the...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Lowest power usage for Pi 5 and Pi Zero 2...
Pretty easy. Set it all up as you need it to run and then use a current meter to measure/log the current consumption from the PSU.Statistics: Posted by memjr — Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:15 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • i2cset does not work for 16bits?
Hi all,I am using "i2cset -y 1 0x1a 0x1a 0x1f8 w" to write a 16bits to register(0x1a). Both i2c address and register address are correct, but it gives me error:"Error: Write failed"if I tried "i2cset...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: i2cset does not work for 16bits?
Hi all,I am using "i2cset -y 1 0x1a 0x1a 0x1f8 w" to write a 16bits to register(0x1a). Both i2c address and register address are correct, but it gives me error:"Error: Write failed"if I tried "i2cset...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: I want to make a cluster of raspberry pi as a server
the only trick i didn't use was storing the DB in ram and on the USB flash drive, The images where stored in a ramdisk, the website was very much constrained by disk, i have 300 symetric mbit, and the...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Having issues with GPIO pins
Off hand, I would say that the Python Packages in your Virtual Environment don't match those in your local or system package directories. It could also be a package version mismatch between VENV and...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Inverting x on TransformationMatrix in config
Hi team,Hopefully this is the right place I can't really see a better forum for itI'm using an ILI9341/XPT2046(ADS7846) touchscreen on a pi4, rotated 90 degrees. Everything is now working really well...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Battery for the raspberry pi 5
Drill batteries are the favourites and probably safest, you'll need a good 5A+ buck converter.Statistics: Posted by pidd — Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:18 am
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General discussion • Looking fpr a particular heat sink
At https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https% ... lhl931.jpg is a very interesting heat sink apparently made with copper wires as radiators. It seems quite efficient but I don't know if it's a prototype...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Looking fpr a particular heat sink
that seems like a DIY job to me.Statistics: Posted by kerry_s — Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:03 am
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Inverting x on TransformationMatrix in config
Turns out I needed this: Option "TransformationMatrix" "0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1"Statistics: Posted by Horsepants — Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:14 am
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: LED on RPI Without Breadboard?
I have a Rpi Zero W 2 and I wanted to attach a LED to it, but didn't want a big bulky breadboard.I assume you have headers on your Zero. I use this ZERODOCK https://www.pishop.ca/product/zerodock/...
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