Retropie no longer visible after running picadehat
Hi, I have a Pi4, I ordered the 10" screen and the PicadeX hat for it (to update my old Retropie cabinet). I had everything working on the Pi, I received the display and the hat and connected them up...
View ArticleFAN Shim not making contact with pin 12
hello everyone, my fan shim isn’t making contact with pin 12, when I add pressure on it fan stops when it should. is there any other way to fix it than soldering? 2 posts - 2 participants Read full...
View ArticlePirate Audio 3W - buttons A and B not working
Hello, So I am reinventing a broken Roberts RIC2 radio with a raspberry pi zero W; paired with the on/off shim and the pirate audio 3W connected to the roberts’ old speaker which is still working...
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Unable to use nrf Bluetooth LE sniffer with Wireshark on macOS
I’ve recently bought one of these Bluetooth LE sniffers: shop.pimoroni.com Bluefruit LE Sniffer - Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE 4.0) - nRF51822 - Fir –... Interested in learning how Bluetooth Low Energy...
View ArticleNeed data pin for WS2812 with Hyperpixel 4 touch
Hi Guy’s I have a Hyperpixel 4 touch on a Pi4b8Gb and i want to utilize a GPIO pin for the data stream to some Neopixel WS2812 LEDS, i’m sure i ve read one of the GPIO pins can be hijacked. Is it...
View ArticleLocal server for Pirate Radio
Hi !! I wonder if somebody maybe did already try to stream from a local server to the Pirate Radio. I have a server with my music collection and on this server I installed two streamers : an old...
View ArticleEnviro+ with PMS3003
Anyone know if I can run the PMS3003 on the Enviro+? What do I need to do differently? I see the sensor at I2C address 0x12 but none of the example scripts are working for me. Thanks in advance! 3...
View ArticlePan Tilt Hat servos won't move
Using Pan Tilt Hat with two axis camera mount pre assembled. I’m using only the two servos and not the light bar. On RPi 3. Not your standard configuration in several ways. I already have items...
View ArticleKeybow freezing on boot of host PC
Hi! I have my keybow set up and running for quite some time now and can not figure out what is going on. My problem is: The keybow runs complete fine and stable when I just plug it in and leave my PC...
View ArticleRust lang support?
Currently I have following products I wish to use with Rust programming. Breakout Garden for Raspberry Pi (I2C) 1.12" Mono OLED (128x128, white/black) Breakout – I2C MLX90640 Thermal Camera Breakout...
View ArticleUSB host sheild DEAD?
Morning I hope you or well. I would like to ask how do you know if the USB host shield works? When I connect my mega to the pc and upload a scripted it loads up fine. But when I attach my USB sheild...
View ArticleGrowHAT sensor input not working
Hi there, I recently got a GrowHAT and managed to install everything as explained. Initially everything worked fine, but after playing around with the channel settings, the third channel no longer...
View ArticlePowering stepper motors
Hi! I recently bought two Nema 17 stepper motors from the shop along with the Adafruit DC & stepper motor HAT for a rpi-based project. I’m new to electronics and have no idea how to power this...
View ArticleInky phat yellow doesn't work, red is happy
g’day, I purchased two inky phat displays, one yellow, one red. The red one works just fine, I can run the examples successfully. The yellow one doesn’t update in any way. I’ve been testing them both...
View ArticleKeybow not recognised as keyboard by Mister FPGA
Hi, I use the very popular Mister FPGA for old systems such as the Atari ST I have succesfully set up my keybow mini and it works as it should on my PC. On the mister FPGA it doesn’t work as a...
View ArticlePMS5003 Raspberry Pi Failed to read start of frame byte
I’ve just attached the PMS5003 to my raspberry pi 3 and I think it’s defective. I’ve upgraded my pi did sudo pip install pms5003 disabled serial terminal in raspi-config enabled uart in...
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Trouble with a new blinkt setup
Hi everyone, I’m having trouble getting started with the Blinkt LED device. If I run the following: from blinkt import set_pixel, set_brightness, show, clear import time clear() set_pixel(1, 0, 255,...
View ArticleZero lipo pin
Hi all, Since I want to power my Pi with zero lipo module, I am wondering about whether the pinout of zero lipo will use up the GPIO pins of my Pi? I need to connect my Pi with other modules later....
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HDMI 8" LCD Screen Kit - LVDS Connection Issue
Hi everyone, I feel a bit of a n00b but for the life of me I can’t figure out how to connect the LVCD cable to the connector board. Typically there is a lever or other mechanism but not here it seems...
View ArticlePivumeter + Unicornt HAT HD
I wonder if we’ll ever see support for the Unicorn HAT HD for Pivumeter? I really want a little Spectrum Analyser using my Pi 3 and Unicorn HAT HD :( Has anybody ever created a Spectrum Analyser using...
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