Beginners • MP4 video freezing after 1 minute
After many attempts I've managed to get a tiny 2 minute piece of video playing on startup from an rpi0 through a waveshare 2" display by using the disk image file from https://videolooper.de. On the...
View ArticleSDK • PIO "IN X 1" ERROR?
Hi,I want to read one input signal to populate a buffer through DMA.If I read directly this signal with the instruction in pins 1 all works fine, but I need to make a XOR with the status of the same...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Serial terminal software (PuTTY & minicom) not working...
I am running the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) on a Pi 4 with 8GB RAM. I have a need (go figure) to make use of serial terminal software to access some devices via serial ports.I have...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Is there an LED matrix compatible with Raspberry Pi 5?
I’ve been working with a WaveShare 96x48 LED matrix and the respective GitHub library to control the LED matrix via RPi5, but after figuring out that it only has compatibility up until RPi4 models, I...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • MIPI DSI port with custom panel -...
Been trying to interface a custom 4-lane MIPI DSI panel and spent some time learning the basics. I have written up a driver based on panel-jadard-jd9365da-h3.c.Done the TCON, comparability string,...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Problem with GPS USB Device
I have two GPS USB devices (Module,Vk-162) that I am having problems with. It seems that they don't really acquire satellite locks that often.I am using python on a Pi5.Pi5, Pi4Python GPS...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • UK ICO warning re: Google ad policies and fingerprinting...
"Yesterday, Google announced to organisations that use its advertising products, that from 16 February 2025, it will no longer prohibit them from employing fingerprinting techniques." See here for the...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • MiniPCie Hat with Wi-Fi card on Rpi5
Hi,I have a HAT with a Mini PCI Express slot. When I mount different MiniPCIe modules there make everything work. The problem occurs of all Wi-Fi MiniPCIe modules.For example RTL8125 (Ethernet RJ45...
View ArticleGeneral • RP2350, Cortex-M33 and PLD
Hi,I wonder if there is any way to preload a XIP cache line, the cortex m33 has a PLD instruction, but I doubt if it is functional in the RP2350?Does anyone know if there is a way?Statistics: Posted...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • PI5 NVME - No longer working, is the Pi5 or a recent update
I have a Pi5 that I've used with two different brands of PCIe/NVME boards that have worked OK until recently, this week the NVME is not working and the messages I'm seeing are 'PCI Timeout' &...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • samba question
Evening,Is there a limit on how many users can connect to a samba share hosted on a Pi 5?I know Windows has a limit of 20thanksJonStatistics: Posted by jondallimore — Wed Jan 15, 2025 4:53 pm —...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • CM5 Pi OS install error
Attempting to load Pi OS 64-bit on CM5 loaded on official Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 IO Board. sudo ./reboot -d mass-storage-gadget64 runs with success.Results in this message on the serial...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • RPi5 not booting: hardware issue
Hi everyone,I recently bought a Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB version) and have been struggling to get it running. Here’s a summary of what happened and what I’ve tried so far.Once I got the Pi it took me a few...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • When will we see CM5 with 64GB eMMC and 4GB or more RAM?
Looks like CM5 availability is still scarce with just the 32gb eMMC (max) and 2GB RAM (max) available right now (besides dev kit which is one off - I am looking for bulk purchase). from the past...
View ArticlePython • Reading/Writing to USB Drive
In Windows I have experience with making a GUI in Python in which I was taking data from a Microcontroller through UART and saving the data as text file after processing. This was all done in Python....
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Troubleshooting • Evidently need D0 silicon device trees for CM5
I just bought a 2 GB CM5 Lite and a CM5IO board. With my own customized kernel, and Ubuntu from a year ago (but not the latest Raspberry Pi OS Lite) I get thefollowing kernel panic at boot...
View ArticleBeginners • RPI5_Access point
RPI : Raspberry Pi 5 OS: Raspberry PI OS 64-bit Desktop Debian BookwormQuestion: How do I turn RPI 5 into a access point without Ethernet connection?Situation: I am trying to turn RPI-5 into an access...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Pi 5 with 8 USB camera
Dear all, Hardware : - Pi 5 with 8Gb- 8 USB camera (false chinese SQ11 that are delivering 640x480 in USB1.1 and mpeg format)Soft : Unbuntu installed and updated a week agoObjective : monitoring the 8...
View ArticleOther • Script to validate all sectors on SDcard for integrity test -...
I made a script to verify every sector on an sdcard as there are a lot of low quality ones in ciurculation.A lot of tools just surface read the drive. I wanted a tool to write to every sector and hash...
View ArticleBeginners • Raspberry Pi 500 & Bluetooth Speakers
I just got my Pi 500, and I have it hooked up to a monitor that has no speakers.I want to connect it to my Amazon Echo Dot 4th Gen. with Premium Sound.After Googling it and trying many different...
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