Beginners • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 came with no SD card
Alas, two new issues have arisen:1.) I purchased a SmartQ card reader from Amazon, as well as a SSD 256GB NVMe card from Pi Shop. However, when I inserted the card into the reader and the reader into...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 with Flirc - Idle Temperature?
You got some results meanwhile? What was your decision?Statistics: Posted by e-raser — Sun Jan 19, 2025 12:18 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Pi5 not booting
I have read the sticky. The status led blinks 4 long - 5 short (Fatal firmware error).I do not get any output when plugging an hdmi in, with or without an sd card.I tried wiring the uart in the gpio...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Pi 5 Fan socket
Raspberry pi 5 fan connector? - Page 2 - Raspberry Pi Forums https://search.app/4kU9NXqBSt7WTTmt7Thankyou, I managed to find that post after maybe an hours search (I did try and not just let someone...
View ArticlePython • remove jitter from servo?
I have some python code that works but the servo is way to jittery for my usecase, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong tho. can anywone helpCode: from gpiozero import AngularServofrom time import...
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MicroPython • Re: Pico and OLED Screen (OSError: [Errno 5] EIO)
The other possibility is that the interface mode need to be set. The boards have one of the two enabled. In the following link, a similar board need changes to jumpers:Thank you so much @katak255....
View ArticleAdvanced users • SSH fails on Pi5-8GB with USB -SSD Boot
Image created with latest Pi imager and SSH is enabled - Pi Connect works finebut SSH always says bad password regardless of what I reset it to manually.Am using a 47W power charger from Canakit with...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: SSH fails on Pi5-8GB with USB -SSD Boot
Image created with latest Pi imager and SSH is enabled - Pi Connect works finebut SSH always says bad password regardless of what I reset it to manually.What other computer are you using to SSH into...
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HATs and other add-ons • Re: "Active Cooler" thermal pad size
I tried again and got it!I have now cut the pads to the exact size and stacked them. The side with the PMIC is slightly higher but everything is in place! The temperatures are better now too!I hope...
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General • Re: Pico Cannot Handle Multiple Servos ?
Very interesting, here is another case. I'm guessing the DC-DC section gave up the magic smoke... See this thread from a few months ago:Pico W overheating/fried using servo driver...
View ArticleCamera board • shortest quality lens for use with GS camera?
Hi, the lens I have for my global shutter camera is this one. I'm attempting to stuff this camera into the body of a dead game camera, but it isn't short enough to close the front and back of the game...
View ArticleGeneral programming discussion • Re: 24 Minute Sun Simulation
Update: New Pico and logic converter have arrived.I plugged in the test strip of 30 LEDs and everyone of them lit up white. Never happened before and I don't know why they are now.Logic converter...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: Moving Linux Kernel to 6.12
With 6.6.x, on the CM5, PHY-level transmit hardware timestamps do not work, which means linuxptp (ptp4l) does not work. With 6.12.10, everything works fine.I spent some time investigating the problem...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: How to achieve this
But i still don’t know what does it mean to “Accept a command line argument write to the file with: the time tab“Statistics: Posted by ricky2777 — Mon Jan 20, 2025 2:21 am
View ArticlePython • Re: KeyboardInterrupt in While True statement
Sorry I didnt post all of my code. I should have thought that it might be other parts contributing as well. See below.You might see other attempts to stop this program, like an additional button that...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: No boot after filesystem expansion. Anyone else seeing...
I didn't think you had to explicitly (manually) expand the filesystem. It happens automatically on the first boot.Note that this can take a long time and the screen will be black - essentially, it is...
View ArticleCompute Module • Will the CM5's VBAT pin charge a battery in the same way a...
Per this section of the docs, if operation of the RTC on a Raspberry Pi 5 is desired it's recommended to use the official rechargeable RTC battery. To get it to charge the battery, it seems it is...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Canakit Pi 5 w/ SSD Kit and heat
The official Pi5 Active Cooler and official M.2 HAT+ happily co-exist. There's not a huge amount of space between them, but it's enough for the cooler's fan to work, and temperatures seem ok. It's an...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Why is power consumption so high?
The Pi5 doesn't sleep.Statistics: Posted by W. H. Heydt — Mon Jan 20, 2025 2:59 am
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Camera board • Re: Help! Trouble Synchronising Global Shutter Camera (IMX296)...
Camera seems to be synchronised now. Main thing was not soldering the wires in properly. So it seems I should have captured both images and then capture the metadata of both afterwards.Thank you...
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