Beginners • RealVNC resolution is weird and fps is low
so im using realvnc lite and it looks like this. why are the icons so small and the resolution weirdim not show how to fix this. im new to raspberry pi and any feedback is accepted.Statistics: Posted...
View ArticleBeginners • Thermal padding size for active cooler?
Hello, as a beginner, I threw out the thermal padding as i didn't know what the 3 tiny squares were for.?I need to order some Thermal Padding to stick onto the base of the Active Cooler.The sizes I'm...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Best way to allow user to set up the device?
A common approach is to open an access point on initial boot and to provide a web server which allows to enter the connection details to a local wifi access point.Then, on next boot, connect to local...
View ArticleAssistive technology and accessibility • Re: Is a raspberry pi 4b w 2gb ram...
How can the speed of the virtual RAMLots of things have timeouts. If paging is sloowwwwww, some things time out at 30 seconds or less. Software is confused. Lockups, Crashes. On one project with a...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Max Power Draw from Face Pins
I am doing a custom build that utilizes a raspberry pi 5 to control a small autonomous vehicle. Motor has its own esc and battery and the pi is on a separate power bank. I still need to power the...
View ArticleGaming • Re: Racing Game Steering Wheel
I just thought of using a gyroscope so that was what I bought.Statistics: Posted by vaved — Sun Oct 13, 2024 2:17 am
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Suggestions for an infrared LED HAT
I want to control my air conditioner and blinds using IR, but I'm terrible with hardware so I want an out-of-the-box solution. The best thing I've found is the Anavi Infrared pHAT which seems to suit...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR error on .py boot
I've thumbed through that tome you wrote earlier in the day looking for a solution to my error. Good to know what was causing it.I took your answer to mean I should try section 6.1, so I did, and it...
View ArticleNetworking and servers • Re: Need help with wireless image transmission in...
Something to consider when looking at specialist longer range WiFi is that you tend to need to use a directional antenna. That could prove difficult if the antenna is mounted on a floating buoy that...
View ArticleSDK • Problem with OUT pins PIO command
When I use the below command, I can assert 5 of my set pins high:Code: set pins 31Ideally, I would like to assert more than 5 pins high so I was looking into using OUT instead of SET. However, I can't...
View ArticleSDK • Re: Problem with OUT pins PIO command
My bad - I forgot the sm_config_set_out_pins() call.. I don't know if out and set pins can overlap though:Code: sm_config_set_out_pins( &c, pinOut, 8 ); sm_config_set_set_pins( &c, pinOut, 5...
View ArticleSDK • Re: Less code compiles larger
I am including loop unrolling here.I'm not really a programmer, I consider myself a lamegrammer but somewhere on Stackoverflow, they said at least GCC is bad at loops unrolling and it doesn't do it...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • SSH does timeout on Raspberry Pi Zero 2W
Hello everyone, I recently bought a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W for earnapp. In part of the process I needed to connect via ssh because my setup is headless. When im trying to ping the Zero, with ssh...
View ArticleNetworking and servers • Re: Using RealVNC for Remote Access with Multiple...
Not simultaneously, but we can switch users. I had hoped if I could have managed to use to my advantage .Statistics: Posted by Hola_g — Sun Oct 13, 2024 4:56 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Raspberry PI 5 Solid Red Light, No Boot
Hi, I’m experiencing the same issue with my Raspberry Pi 5. It powers on with a solid red LED, but doesn’t boot, and I get no video output on any HDMI ports. I’ve tried re-writing the bootloader both...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Recovery tips for failed Raspberry Pi 5 SD card after...
Thanks!I'm not running a custom kernel. I'm also running the recommended firmware/eeprom.So that is also my advice, use BTRFS for rootfs. It requires some tweaks here and there. You have to create the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Pi5 won't resolve Umbrel.local
IP addresses don't need to be resolved so I suspect that isn't the problem there.Does it resolve if you don't use the .local suffix? With and without use very different methods to perform name...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: ADV7280M disabling I2P
What do you mean when you say that the unicam driver in kernel 6.12 has dropped controlling those devices via /dev/videoN?off-topic question, I tried to use rpicam-vid to preview video from ADV7180...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: h264_v4l2m2m Encoder Video Quality...
that makes sense thenso recomposing the puzzle and without looking at ffmpeg code, I would swear then that -qmin and -qmax options directly map to those V4L2 parameters in /dev/video13, used by...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Pi Audio Box, but I can hear the pi's...
Greetings! I hope this is the correct place to post this. I've also attached a visual diagram.I have a 5V/10a power source. The Pi 4 is powered by USB-C wired directly into the power source (cut...
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