Fan shim light not working
I installed the software for the fan shim today and a green light appeared on the fan. I have now updated my firmware to take advantage of the USB boot capability and now the green light isn’t there...
View ArticlePhat Inky (yellow) - Weather in Fahrenheit
I would love the weather in the default weather display to show Fahrenheit instead of Celsius. Not sure what to change to make this work. 6 posts - 2 participants Read full topic
View ArticleBananapi Zero Hyperpixel4
Hello I am trying to get the Hyperpixel 4 running on a Bananapi zero with Raspian Strech as OS. But it shows nothing. I tryed it with an Raspberry pi Zero w and this works fine. I installed a fresh...
View ArticleMicrobit v2
I want to buy a Microbit v2 for my grandson. If I buy the accessories kit: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/micro-bit-accessories-kit will the sound etc., work from 2xAAA batteries or will I need...
View ArticleAudio DAC SHIM & HyperPixel 4.0 Touch Square on Pi Zero?
hello dear Support, do you see any hardware or software issue or caveat for plugging together: a Pi Zero a HyperPixel 4.0 Square - Hi-Res Display Touch an Audio DAC SHIM (Line-Out) many thanks, -v 5...
View ArticleAccessing the terminal in MotionEye?
Hi, I’m very new at this. I set up my Octocam with MotionEye, following the beginner tutorial. Now I want to follow the tutorial for making a timelapse with Octocam. Where the tutorial says “If you’re...
View ArticleVL53L1X SPAD Matrix
Is there a way to access the raw data from the 16x16 SPAD matrix with the VL53L1X using python? As far as I can see you can only set one ROI with a minimum size of 4x4 and this only returns one value....
View ArticleEnviro+Air Mqtt-all.py - connects to broker, but data is not shown in...
Hi All, This one has got me stumped. I’ve got an Enviro+Air with attached PMS5003 sensor and I’m running the Mqtt-all.py script to push data into Mosquitto broker running on Home Assistant. If I...
View ArticleFramebuffer support for Pirate Audio
Hello, I have a Pirate Audio working on a RPi 0W. I was also able to run Mopidy succesfully with up to date Raspberry OS Buster. So the connector soldering on the Pi is good. For my purposes, I need...
View ArticleOn/off Shim
I was trying to get my pi to turn on and off safely with the on/off shim using a relay controller that detects voltage from a second power supply. the problem is that it then makes the shim button on...
View ArticleCan not change .lua file on my keybow
hi, my default.lue file which i need to change to map out keys on my keybow is not able to be edited.How can i make it so that i can change the keys? thanks 4 posts - 2 participants Read full topic
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Picade display suddenly broken
My 8" Picade has worked fine for nearly 2 years, but switching it on today gives me a very stripey (and unusable) display: IMG_02512448×3264 2.28 MB I can see things moving around in the image. I’ve...
View ArticleUnable to control fan on fan shim
I recently upgraded my Pi with a Pibow case and a Pimoroni fan shim. I have installed the software for the fan shim and I’ve tested it out but all I seem to be able to do is to control the LED while...
View ArticleInkybit image to raw help needed
Hi, I’m trying out the new inkybit with a microbit (v2). I can use it fine with the makecode blocks, but I want to make some pixel images for it like the one it ships with and as far as I can tell...
View ArticleMotioneye fails on boot
Hi, We are trying to set up the octocam but can seem to get it working. We have loaded the latest build of motionEye onto the sd card, making sure that it is the one for the pi zero. We have then...
View ArticlePMS5003 sensor appears to be sending truncated messages
Hello there I recently purchased a pms5003 particulate sensor I have it hooked up to an esp2866 with micropython (forgive my laziness, I don’t want to C++ today…) First things first: The PMS5003 is...
View ArticleHyperPixel 4.0 Screen Won't Rotate
I’m trying to rotate my HyperPixel 4.0 Screen to be in landscape mode with the power on the Raspberry Pi 4 on the bottom of the screen. Currently it is stuck in the default portrait mode and won’t...
View ArticleProblems with Hammer Header
Hi All, I’m having real problems with the hammer header and the associated jig. I think it’s more the jig than the header… I’ve watched the instructional video and given it a go, but my header is very...
View ArticlePIR motion sensor always high
I have bought the PIR motion sensor: PIR motion sensor – Pimoroni I have wired it up according to this tutorial: How to Interface a PIR Motion Sensor With Raspberry Pi GPIO | Raspberry Pi | Maker Pro...
View ArticleEnviro+ One-line install script is broken
It worked fine only yesterday, but today on a newly set up RPi, it no longer works. There’s been an update to the Raspbian OS, so that is probably the underlying cause, which seems to be absence of...
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