Unicorn Hat -> Magic Smoke -< Oh NOES!
@mralexgray wrote: Have a brand new R.Pi + Unicorn hat. If I connect the Pi to power with the Unicorn hat "atop"... the green light comes on, and then not much else except foul smells, and eventually...
View ArticleHDMI 8" LCD Screen Kit (800x600) Issue
@giblet87 wrote: Hi, My HDMI 8" LCD Screen Kit arrived today. I have followed all the instructions correctly as far as connecting the wires but once connected to my Raspberry pi and powered up not a...
View ArticleHELP! I bought something by accident!
@peterjolone wrote: I bought the Pi Kippah LCD TFT hat thing but I thought it came with the LCD... Obviously i had had a brain fart. Please accept my apologies. I would really like a full refund...
View ArticleSenseHat Joystick
@miltonio wrote: Hey guys, I bought i senseHat of you guys earlier this week and it arrived fine and all. However I started playing with it and the example code and all that. I got to the joystick...
View ArticleDisplay-O-Tron HAT - Handling Touch Events(?)
@DowdJosh wrote: Hi there! I'm having a little trouble handling touch events with the Display-O-Tron HAT. Specifically, since getting mine last week, I've been trying to get some code to recognize...
View ArticleTrying to connect a servo to explorer hat
@rdmueller wrote: can you help? http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/q/37877/1083 LOL - since I am a new user, I am only allowed to use two links in my post - but the toll autoconverts my one linkt...
View ArticleAccount question
@Richard wrote: Is our forum account separate from an account on the store? Posts: 2 Participants: 2 Read full topic
View ArticleFona 808 SIM in UK? I can't make any of them work
@tomjhill wrote: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/adafruit-fona-808-mini-cellular-gsm-gps-breakout I've tried O2 SIMs, Vodafone SIMs, Old SIMs from Ebay. Has anybody had any luck?I'm all out of...
View ArticleNeed advice re battery-powered Pi2
@Esme wrote: Hello! I'm trying to make a portable Rpi2-based computer, powered from batteries. After a brief experiment with my old RPiB and a rechargable phone charger (which seemed to work quite...
View ArticleUnicorn Hat on Raspbian Jessie
@Richard238 wrote: This might help someone: I formatted a spare SD card and loaded NOOBS. Installed Raspbian Jessie, and ran the : sudo pip install unicornhat --upgrade command Failed. Searched on...
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Do you sell these?
@drokkeh wrote: Good Morning. Just wondering if you sell something similar to the the wires in this pic. I need them to connect a 3pin rotary encoder to GPIO pins. No idea what these are called :)...
View ArticleShop.pimoroni.de - being redirected to shop.pimoroni.com
@DarkMatter wrote: Hi, I was "wondering around" shop.pimoroni.de and when I was on the 7" touchscreen page (https://shop.pimoroni.de/products/raspberry-pi-7-touchscreen-display-with-frame) I clicked...
View ArticleAdvice on Adafruit 2.8w Class D amplifiers
@limitus26 wrote: Hi, I'm working on an art project for which I need 6 independent channels of audio amplification. Adafruit TS2012 looks like what I need but even after visiting the Adafruit website...
View ArticlePicade issues, button presses not found
@stx wrote: (I had put this in the picade section, but it's gone uncommented over there) I seem to have an issue with the Picade PCB, none of my buttons are detected by the picade and if I connect it...
View ArticlePicade board documentation?
@qwertinsky wrote: Where do I find documentation on the Picade board? I purchased a Picade board from Adafruit and it works but I need to reprogram the buttons as the defaults do not work with all...
View ArticleUnicornhat install stops with: python-pip already installed
@walkerm88 wrote: After following the initial instructions at link to learn.pimoroni.com/tutorial/raspberry-pi/keeping-your-raspberry-pi-updated I attempt the instructions at link to...
View ArticleExplorer hat pro with Adafruit OLED
@roboste wrote: Hello all,I hit a bit of a wall getting the Explorer Hat pro and the 0.96" Adafruit OLED playing together. The OLED works fine when attached to the Pi itself and The Raspberry Pi Guys...
View ArticleWhere do i buy the correct batteries for my powerboost
@rushl wrote: Hi, Ive bought the adafruit powerboost 1000C and i need to buy a battery to use with it. i can see lots of batteries on the adafruit site, but i can't seem to see any links here. where...
View ArticleCan't find 'S1' on MoPi schematic
@james wrote: Hi all, new here. I bought a Mopi with hopes to use it to connect my Raspberry Pi 2 to my car battery. I came across this https://pi.gate.ac.uk/images/mopi/in-car.png which seems fairly...
View ArticlePiglow - Error Messages
@geffers wrote: Folks, many moons ago I have programmed in Basic and Assembler but Python is new to me and I am stumbling over your instructions to get the piglow working. Installing the library and...
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