General discussion • Re: OS for both Kodi and Stremio
When you need more than one thing, it is usually easier to start with standard Raspberry Pi OS. In the future, when you need a third option, just add it.Do you have specific hardware in mind? That...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Mfg. #
Hello, I was looking for where the mfg. # for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is written but I can't find it in the product brief or the other documents related to Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+.In mouser and...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Use IR on Pi5 Bookworm
Hi,I have got 2 Portable Aircon Units and they are controlled by a simple remote control. I am looking for a way to make them smarter and would like a RPi to control them etc.First I will need a way...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • "Real Time" Wireless Transmission of IMU data
I am syncing the orientation of the IMU (wanting to transmit this wirelessly) to the intensity of a vibration of a coin motor. I'm using pico to pico set up. When working via Wifi the data frequency...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: dont work "backup" of sd card from a old...
Read https://pip.raspberrypi.com/categories/ ... -9-PCN.pdfStatistics: Posted by drgeoff — Mon Jun 03, 2024 10:08 pm
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Lecroy HDO6104 oscilloscope with pyvisa
Code: rm = pyvisa.ResourceManager('@py')On windows NI VISA is the backend, on linux it is pyvisa-py. You need '@py'Here's my Lecroy scope github page:https://github.com/charkster/lecroyStatistics:...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • qemu buildroot image for rpi4: serial console login and...
Hi All,I wanted to build a very minimal embedded linux image consisting of only busybox , bash , less, nano and vim.Enabled serial console option in boot/config.txt . Used buildroot to build a aarch64...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Beacon following Robot
Hello, I am trying to make a robot that can actively follow a beacon up to about 10 meters away with obstacles in place. I am having difficulty identifying a method for the robot locating both the...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Long-term use durability: high-grade USB drives vs...
Great idea! I think using a larger Samsung Fit USB drive for emergency desktop use can be a convenient solution. However, it's important to be aware that USB drives generally have slower read and...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Raspberry Pi PICO w getting stuck
Hi.. ThereRecently we had an issue, where the RPI Pico got stuckHowever, this time we closely trace the debug logs into the teraterm serial terminalIn our code, we are using the Arduino littlefs...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Beacon following Robot
I assume the beacon you refer to is an RF transmitter of some sort, in which case it is highly unlikely you'll find a technique that is accurate enough for guiding your robot. You'll need...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 discussion thread
I can only assume you argue from a position of complete ignorance.RP1 GPIOs are rated up to 50MHz toggle.I've no doubt the RP1 can drive its GPIO up to 50MHz. The question is, can the PI5 cause them...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Use IR on Pi5 Bookworm
I use the IR support from ESPeasy on an ESP8266 for my a/c. It basically sits on my network and sends whatever it's told to.https://espeasy.readthedocs.io/en/lates ... #p035-pageStatistics: Posted by...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi IPO
...There is a Factsheet and Pathfinder Prospectus linked there which are not on the Raspberry Pi IPO page.Interesting graph in the factsheet showing the growth of direct sales from 2019 onwards, at...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: STICKY: PINN - An enhanced version of NOOBS.
I'm still trying to figure out how to convert Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 to PINN recognized install format.I'm still trying to understand and create a USB key to install via PINN. I'm ready to create the...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Raspberry Pi 5 GPIO busy
Hi everyone, I just got a raspberry pi 5 and what I noticed right away was how to use the GPIO. With RPI4 it's a lot easier, and with this one I've had a lot of problems. The GPIO control library is...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: NVME drive. How much better performance would I...
The Pimoroni base is the one I was looking at the most, unfortunately for Raspberry Pi because while 2230 and 2242 NVME drives must be common in the UK they are not common at all here basically making...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 GPIO busy
Can you put you pieces of code in between [code][/code] tags?That makes the difference between:from gpiozero import Buttonfrom time import sleepbutton = Button(2)button.wait_for_press()print('Button...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Long-term use durability: high-grade USB drives vs...
USB flash memory sticks have the same design considerations as SD and microSD cards. Small and cheap USB sticks have the same stuff inside. Big and expensive USB sticks can use the same chips as SSDs....
View ArticleGeneral discussion • DietPi and Amiberry
I am using DietPi with Amiberry that I had installed some time ago. The problem is that now I do not remember how I managed to use the USB PenDrive with the roms, the .adf and .HDF filesIn practice,...
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