Lipo Amigo pro is always powered on
On my Lipo Amigo Pro, as soon as I plug a lipo battery into the BAT jst socket, with no device attached, the ON led lights up. Pressing the PWR button makes no difference and I cannot turn it off....
View Article~WS2812 crashes: hw_is_claimed() failed
I’m using a Pico 2040W for testing - it’ll be ported to a Pimoroni Plasma 2350W - and my control web page allows the user to set how many LEDs in a string, and what GPIO to use for data. The first...
View ArticleAS7343 14-Channel Multi-Spectral Sensor Breakout
Hi, I’ve just ordered myself an AS7343 board and while I’m waiting for it to get delivered, thought I’d start cracking with designing a case to 3d print for it. I can only see some basic dimensions on...
View ArticleHyperPixel 4 - Speaker icon disapears
With a fresh install of Trixie there is a speaker icon on the menu bar to adjust the volume. I then add the line “dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dpi-hyperpixel4” to the end of /boot/firmware/config.txt When I...
View ArticleInky frame 7.3" - Update problem: nothing happens
Hi all, My inky frame has been sitting and doing its job for a over 1.5 years now: every few hours pick a random image + weather info + date and display it. Today I noticed the date was incorrect....
View ArticleTrilobot module error
I loaded a fresh copy of the raspberry pi OS onto a sd card. Following your install guide all went as expected up until trying example code. The problem is any example I try to run gives me this...
View ArticleISS Tracker on Tufty 2350?
I have just received my Tufty 2530. I was excited to try out the ISS Tracker - which is listed on https://badgewa.re/ as a pre-loaded app. But it is not present. Is there a way to download this app? 1...
View ArticleLooking for pirateaudio-lineout.dtbo
Hi all, I’ve been looking to no avail for this dtbo file, which I am requiring to get my screen working without mopidy. Anyone happen to know where I can get it? Have been fruitless thus far. 2 posts...
View ArticlePimoroni Explorer support
Hi there, We have a Pimoroni Explorer Kit, which is our first dabbling with programming other than using a raspberry pi light it up christmas calendar. We have been trying to install python onto the...
View ArticleFing prebuilt Raspberry Po
I bought one of the Pimoroni Raspberry Pi’s in December with the Fing Agent installed. I want to SSH to the device, but I can’t find any information about credentials in the documentation. How do I...
View ArticleTufty2340, losing file system?
This is the second time this has happened to my Tufty 2350. I just turned it on by pressing reset and got a blank screen. Pressing Home does nothing. Windows explorer shows it as USB Drive, and I get...
View ArticleTufty 2350 - no pre-installed apps
Just received my Tufty RP2350 - and it has NO pre-installed apps. On connecting it - all I see is an HTML and a TXT file. Wasn’t it supposed to have a bunch of apps? I guess I’ll go looking for the...
View ArticleBricked Enviro Urban
I configured a new Urban Enviro, but after not getting any logs etc , and several restarts for config. Eventually I ended up with the error light. So I went for the nuclear reflashing option a couple...
View ArticlePicowbell RTC and SD card libraries?
Hi, using the Picowbell RTC a nd SD card Adalogger on a Pimoroni Pico LiPo 2. Does anyone know a good library for the RTC and some example micropython please? Cheers, Steve 1 post - 1 participant Read...
View ArticleWeatherhat Anemometer
I have just attached my weather hat to a RPI Zero 2W but the anemometer does not read. Any help would be welcome thanks 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
View ArticleImportError: no module named 'board'
I have just purchased pico display hat. Loaded the Pimoroni uf2 file, but get ImportError: no module named ‘board’ when trying to run examples. Next followed Adafruit Blinka installation using virtual...
View ArticlePlasma 2350W circuitpython has no SWC, SWD, SWCLK
I am trying to use an external switch with a Plasma 2350W and a program written in circuitpython. I don;t know how to access the SWC or SWD in circuitpython. The schematic says SWC shares the SWCLK...
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Rpi5 nvme base duo troubleshooting
hi gang, i’m having trouble getting my nvme base duo to work on my rpi5 (running rpi os 64bit) i have set up the board and installed it according to the instructions, but, plugging the pi in, the...
View Article2025 inky impression 7.3 + zero 2w + pisugar2
Has anybody tried this setup ? Does it fit ? Does it work ? Thanks! Ecto 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
View Article24 V ADS1015 on Arduino
Has anyone had experience in getting the ‘ADS1015 +/-24V ADC breakout’ running on Arduino? On RPi, it behaves as I’d expect with the example code. No library for Arduino is recommended, and when using...
View ArticleQuestions about Plasma 2350
Hi I have some questions about the Plasma 2350 which I am hoping someone can answer. Can one board run two LED strips simultaneously, so they do the exact same thing? So let’s say you plug the...
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New Spectra Inky Frame7.3 launcher issues
Hello, I’ve bought this in December 2025 and just got around to play with it a bit. It just sat loaded with a static image until now. I am trying to play with the launcher but some scripts don’t load...
View ArticleStruggling to Access bme680 Python Libraries from a bash script
Hey everyone… I have a bit of a weird issue (more accurately: idiot user) in that I have a fully-working bme688 that I can interact with when using the sample python code and working interactively,...
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Tufty 2040 > code > Tufty 2350
On my Tufty2040 I run the following: It’s flashed with the new V2 with filesystem uf2 file. import time import machine import micropython import picographics from picographics import PicoGraphics,...
View ArticleRequesting Tips on BME 688 Calibration
I’m in the process of replacing some existing Raspberry Pi machines… and one of the things I need to do is switch a BME688 sensor from an “oldPi” to a “newPi”… However, in order to avoid any break in...
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