General discussion • Re: Adding HDMI or VGA monitors using USB
There is opportunity for maximising profit in having a modular system; a basic USB to HDMI module with button interface modules and whatever which can be stacked on top. Maybe a Wi-Fi or Ethernet...
View ArticleMedia centres • Bluetooth speaker x Pi Zero retrofit
Hi forum. I'm looking to do a small project adding WiFi music player capabilities to a basic, small (but nice looking!) bluetooth speaker.The speaker is very simple: one knob to turn it on and control...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Official Pi 5 PoE+(+?) HAT product still to come?
OK, so the POE+ HAT I was using is now slightly borked - the fan is rubbish, and suddenly got rather noisy - I think some dirt blew in the window and contaminated the bearings. For anyone following...
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General • Re: State machine pio question.
I have tried reading the datasheet RP2350, and found the limit is 32 instructions, but am unsure if that's 32 per PIO block, or 32 per state machine?Per PIO block, SMs inside a PIO block can execute...
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SDK • Re: PICO 2 + HDMI Ext board
I've imported the project with VSCode, it builds for Pimoroni Pico Plus 2 with the latest SDK 2.2.0 without a hiss.Moreover, it generates valid DVI/HDMI signals, should work. :Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: ran sudo apt update and got this any help would be great
This tells me that some configuration file *somewhere*That "somewhere" is going to be in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ where there will be files ending in .list or .sourcesEh... not my quoteI'm not sure...
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SDK • Re: Setting up a new project – my approach is probably not the intended...
You can live without it, for now ... I didn't find from where to download the new .vsix either, so I'm stuck with the older v0.18.1 until they sign, undersign, countersign, and stamp the new release....
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Odd problem with Wayland
There is something that changed with the volume control widget in the last month or so, youtube on firefox now pauses when the widget is displayed but this is on Pi5-bookworm-X11.I don't know if...
View ArticleGeneral • Explore the Stratosphere With a DIY Pico balloon
I have absolutely no connection with this project, but I think it’s so amazing. see here“ Explore the Stratosphere With a DIY Pico balloon: A tiny ham-radio transmitter lets you track a balloon...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Raspberry Pi Pico serial behaviour with CTS/RTS
Thanks for your responses everybodygmx re "the Pico does not 'wait' rather it delivers each bit as whole message" What I meant was the Pico (low level deep driver code) did not wait for the NL at the...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • Re: Remote battery parameters measurement...
Yes, but it's insufficient. It gives me the total. It's necessary to measure the parameters of each battery individually because occasionally one or more batteries experience thermal runaway or...
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General discussion • Re: Fullsize keyboard kit?
I need a full size keyboard, for my big meaty man handsKey size:There are special keyboards for very young children where the keycaps are "50%" bigger. Limited range of keys. The pictures look like...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: hat for sandisc X400 SATA Drives
IME pi4 and pi5 can cope with a 2.5 inch SATA HDD without extra power, I presume the same would be true of a M.2 SATA SSD.Statistics: Posted by plugwash — Thu Feb 05, 2026 11:58 pm
View ArticleNetworking and servers • 2 IP addresses, but WLAN disabled
Running RPiOS Lite (Trixie/13) on an RPi4B. I have attempted to fix the RPi adress, using nmtui. The RPi is connected by ethernet only - WLAN disabled using nmtui.I can connect through SSH to...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: rpi4 camera module surveillance
Not motioneyeos but this Python/Picamera2 script, based on some of the Picamera2 examples, provides a minimal surveillance system.Statistics: Posted by sandyol — Fri Feb 06, 2026 12:06 am
View ArticleUbuntu • Re: Login incorrect
(or using NOOBS/PINN, which is also nice - but now "deprecated").NOOBS is deprecated, but PINN is still active.I know that - and you know that.But the attitude of most of the help-givers on these...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: VLC and RTSP incompatibility
Thanks for the replies. Buta. The service won't start if called from the command line.b. I haven't got any mpegs on the rpi to try running themc. Where would I find rtsp sources on the webd. The rtsp...
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Interfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: USB LED light
It sounds like I won't be able to turn USB power off on the Raspberry Pi Zero. I found this https://thepihut.com/products/usb-power-switch-module, which if also connected to a GPIO pin, could control...
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Networking and servers • Re: Advice for creating server/repository for...
What is your experience with application development? That could influence the choices. Home Assistant is written in the yucky Python language plus uses the unreliable Javascript language for the...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Remote Control I/O
Yes, can be use any Zero, Pico, Pico 2, Nano etc...as long use Ethernet not WIFI.Does Remote IO not work on a zero 2 that is using WiFi?Of course it does.Statistics: Posted by ame — Fri Feb 06, 2026...
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