A slow turning motor
@Mark84 wrote: Hi, My dad wants to display a small piece of sculpture on a slowly turning table. He tried the usual little motor, which had no power under weight or turned at an insanely high rate....
View ArticleOn/off shim + Button shim or Pibrella
@LHT wrote: Quick question, Can the on/off shim be used with either the button shim or Pibrella, please? Loads of thanks! Posts: 2 Participants: 2 Read full topic
View ArticlePirate Python (not for radio)
@veryalien wrote: Did anything ever develop further from the Pirate Python Alpha version? I think it might have been used with the zero radio kit? Which I don’t have. But, I’ve been using it now and...
View ArticlePicade hat not installing
@Shredderbenjamin wrote: I’ve been having a few issues getting the Picade X HAT detected on my 2018 Picade, at the moment (after a lot of attempts to sort it) I can see one or two buttons can now be...
View ArticleScrollPhat HD query
@Richard238 wrote: This code prints the temp (from envirophat) to the terminal every second. ScrollPhatHD scrolls only very slowly. I’m not sure where the scrollphat.clear needs to go, or how to...
View ArticleNo power HDMI 8" IPS LCD
@Philipyarnell wrote: Hey there, I recently purchased the HDMI 8" IPS LCD, and all was working fine, running off a powered usb hub, for an arcade project I’m working on. Then all of a sudden, no power...
View ArticlePi B 3+ Touch Phat -> powers off raspberry
@Cody wrote: I just got the Touch Phat hat, soldered up and whenever I attach it to the raspberry pi, it shuts off. Having the hat attached to the raspberry and then plugging it in results in no power...
View ArticleEnvirophat light level on Scrollphat HD
@Richard238 wrote: Why does this say TypeError: ‘int’ object is not iterable? import time from envirophat import light import scrollphathd try: while True: lux = light.light() print light.light()...
View ArticleHow to power the Ubercorn and a PiZero
@nxd4n wrote: Hi, How do you power the Ubercorn to the two screw terminals? Do you cut a spare usb cable and connect GND and V in? And then, from there how to power the Raspi? From the product site:...
View ArticleHallowing, what did I burn
@mocm wrote: Hi, I got my Adafruit Hallowing and was playing around with it, when I decided to try the Neopixel JST plug with a non-Neopixel WS2812B ring that had the same plug, but obviously not the...
View ArticlePicade 2018 - No sound from Speaker
@Retrograde wrote: Built my Picade 2018 cabinet with a Raspberry Pi 3B+. RetroPie boots and I’ve installed the Picadehat drivers using curl https://get.pimoroni.com/picadehat | bash. Rebooted and can...
View ArticleSelect & start not bringing up Retroarch menu
@Shredderbenjamin wrote: Hi I’ve got the Picade up and running, configured retroarch as far as possible (screen issues etc)… But when im in an emulator I’m unable to use the hotkey shortcuts to get in...
View ArticlePicade Wi-Fi issue on Pi 3 B+ (can't connect to 5ghz)
@Shredderbenjamin wrote: Last topic today I promise! Basically after I installed the latest Retropie last night I’ve been unable to connect to the network I was previously on - I have a 2.4ghz and a...
View ArticleDrum sounds Issue
@FondsofFall wrote: Using a Piano Hat . On the .wav file of drums, there are eight different sounds. Once it plays, there are only five sounds that works. Perhaps, the software might be an issue....
View ArticleAdafruit ble sniffer problem
@EvilRobotDan wrote: I’ve just got a BLE Sniffer V2 Firmware from you. It can see BLE advertising packets ok, but never sees a connect request or subsequent exchange. I know multiple connections are...
View ArticlePiZero won't boot
@Avvy60 wrote: I have bought 2 Pizeros over that last couple of months and the first one just stopped working for some reason, so I bought another one. I tried the same micro sdcard in the new PiZero,...
View ArticleIs there a C or C++ version of bh1745 library
@gepatto wrote: Hi Pimoroni, and fellow Pirates. Short version of the question for those that do not read long posts ;) Is there a C version of bh1745 library? Question with context: I’m having a lot...
View ArticleLED Shim on Libreelec
@Morphy wrote: Is it possible to get this working on Libreeelec with an addon? It has GPIO support in the form of Raspberry Pi Tools addon Posts: 4 Participants: 2 Read full topic
View ArticleADC Common Ground
@notkevinjohn wrote: I am working with a sensor that requires a 10-30VDC source. I am not seeing the proper way to tie together the ground from my voltage source with the ground for the ADC on the...
View ArticleAutomation Hat crashes Pi
@jimbo wrote: Hi, I have just plugged an Automation hat onto a Pi 3 which has been freshly updated but I have not yet installed the python libraries. After a fresh reboot, if I connect an Aidafruit...
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