Indoor Station - First project - question
@shadowpuck wrote: Hi all - this will be first foray into anything involving Pi. I’m quite comfortable with Linux, computers, networking, etc. What I’m wanting to do is build a small monitoring...
View ArticleOnOff Shim keeps causing reboot
@Liam_O_Neill wrote: My OnOff shim is working strangely. It powers the PI 3 just fine and when I hold the button for a second it starts a shutdown as expected but after the shutdown the Pi reboots...
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Hyperpixel 4 unusable display
@descoward wrote: Ive just got around to install my HYPERPIXEL 4 display on my raspeberry pi3 b+ and have not been able to achieve a satisfactory display. I am wanting to use it to display data from...
View ArticleInkyPHAT vs inkyphat
@Andyroo wrote: Just be aware the new version of the inkyphat module (the one that supports the InkyWHAT screen) has lots of functionality missing! Module details: New version print(dir(InkyPHAT))...
View ArticleDigital Counter Speed Limit Using Automation PHAT
@palmerpi wrote: Hello. First post so be gentle. Using Automation Phat, I would like to capture all pushes on a mechanical switch, and log event and time to time series database. I have a simple setup...
View ArticleMysql data on Scroll PhatHD
@Richard238 wrote: Followining on from my previous thread, I’m trying another idea to achiebe the same result. Pi 1 hosts Enviro Phat and writes its readings to a database also on Pi 1 Pi 2 hosts...
View ArticlePython WHILE loop query
@Richard238 wrote: Having eventually got envirphat database data scrolling across scrollphat on a different pi, I now need it to refresh itself every X minutes. #!/usr/bin/env python import signal...
View ArticleButton Shim
@arianne wrote: Hi all Please forgive my newness! I bought a Button Shim to use un-soldered on my Pi with some of my HATs. From what I understood on the website this is ok to do? I’ve downloaded the...
View ArticleRechargeable battery pack
@ascsunday wrote: I have a WAOKS Model 3.65V 10A battery charger and a Powerizer 3.2V 100Ah (320Wh) LiFeMnPO4 Rechargeable battery pack. There does not seem to be a way to connect the battery to the...
View ArticleBreakout Garden Weather.py
@Roy_D_Moore wrote: Hello, I have installed some breakouts but when I run the Weather.py example I get the following error Traceback (most recent call last): File...
View ArticleAdafruit 5" LCD No image
@Lanca wrote: Hi. I bought an Adafruit 5" LCD from you and so far have been having troubles in getting an image. I got it to work once but it seems that even if i fiddle about with the cable plugging...
View ArticlePianoHat Not Working
@Timbow wrote: Connected new Pianohat to Pi 3. Ran the commands detailed on Pimoroni web site with no errors. Rebooted the Pi. Entered the example script to use moo.wav having downloaded the wav file....
View ArticleMPD and Button Shim
@kit2 wrote: Hi all, I’m having trouble with my MPD script, what I’m trying to do is whenever I press a button, it should perform an action in MPD. What I’m finding is that all of my MPD codes are...
View ArticlepHat Beat LED VU meter level
@hpb wrote: Hi all, is there any setting, which I can increase the VU level in relation to the audio level? If yo want to see VU working the audio level starts getting a bit inconvenient. Thanks...
View ArticleVL53L1X Time of Flight (ToF) sensor
@alphanumeric wrote: I followed the install instructions and ran sudo pip install smbus2 sudo pip install vl53l1x When I run the trigger.py file from Idle (Python 3) I get VL53L1X no such module...
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Inky wHAT ghosting and lighter red than expected
@chicagoedist wrote: Hi everybody…long time listener, first time caller. I’ve been playing around with our fancy new red Inky wHAT and am having some disappointing results. I wanted to use the wHAT to...
View ArticleONOFF Shim
@orchard71 wrote: Help please. When I download: curl https://pimoroni.com//onoffshim | bash as described on the site, it responds with: “could not resolve host”. The pc is connected to the internet...
View ArticleHyperPixel4 install script hangs
@shearl wrote: The script at https://get.pimoroni.com/hyperpixel4 hangs during the finalising stage. Posts: 2 Participants: 1 Read full topic
View ArticleInkyphat python install
@robpl wrote: HI All, I’m spotting fails in trying a full install of what’s needed for Python and InkypHat. I’m using the latest Raspbian, fully updated to the date of posting. But have spotted, for...
View ArticlePi zero male header soldered upside-down
@Juanchi wrote: Hello! I’ve just bought a raspberry zero starter kit together with the envirophat. I was following the tutorial on how to assemble the envirophat when I realized that I had soldered...
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