Beginners • Why is power consumption so high?
I'm not a hardware person, so there is probably a really good explanation, but why does Pi5 use so much more power than a much more powerful notebook computer?I can recharge a notebook or run it from...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: How to achieve this
it's the part you put after the command to make it do other things.Statistics: Posted by kerry_s — Mon Jan 20, 2025 1:55 am
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Pi Zero W WiFi woes
Good evening,I'm working on a fresh install of a Pi Zero W using the Imager and running into a couple problems with WiFi. I'm installing the 2024-11-19 Lite 32 bit image.1. After setting the SSID and...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Can I connect to my laptop screen to see the Pi's console...
Here's the URL to Amazon. The description says works with Linux. For Windows you need a display app, like Camera....RDKhttps://www.amazon.com/s?k=video+captur ... doa-p_1_26Statistics: Posted by RDK —...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Pi 505?
The fact a 500 does not have a jet engine makes it a no go for me.I thought we were looking for wheels and a sandwich.I'm still waiting for the first "It doesn't run Windows/MacOS and that's a deal...
View ArticleOfficial Display • Re: Rpi 15.6" monitor: Does it use PWM?
aluminium hats will help! I don't think making bad taste jokes about those with epilepsy is appropriate on this website.It's not necessarily epileptics. Some people are sensitive to fairly high...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Issues installing Pimoroni Inky Python libraries
Hello everyone,Today I got a new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, and a Pimoroni Inky pHAT. I established a connection to the Zero via SSH, and tried to install the libraries using this command: Code: curl...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: PT52-Lua The Modern Retro computer
I'm sorry I didn't answer and gave my thoughts sooner.I'il make a longer response this week-end.No problem I'm busy with other things too. I did find that VRAM Lua library is broken when changing the...
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General • FP/M release v0.1
Hello everybody out there using rp2040 -I'm doing a (free) operating system for microcontrollers (just a hobby, won't be big and professional), for starters for rp2040 based boards. It's been brewing...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Latest Raspbery pi OS breaks touch
Anyone else finding that the latest raspberry pi os with updates and upgrades breaks touch? I have two lcd screens I can now confirm this on. Raspberry pi 7inch lcd and 14inch bar lcd screen. Both no...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: How to config Raspberry Pi OS support touch screen...
I also have posted a couple threads on this. Ultimately, as far as I can tell, the latest raspberry pi is with apt updates and apt upgrades breaks touch functionality. I have two lcd screens that no...
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General • Re: Boost converter with pico.
I did some boost and buck circuit thingies with PICs a long time ago. These days there isn't much compelling reason to make your own DC-DC gizmo. Just get a suitable DC-DC board, boost boards in your...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Set cpu frequency
You can switch cpufreq governor at runtime, you don't need to rebuild kernel. e.g.Code: echo performance | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governorWe set ondemand governor in...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: Using eMMC as MSD after booting from NVME
Just so we're all on the same page, what do you mean by "deploying the CM5 into production"? A product for sale? A tool for use in your business processes? Something for use in a state funded school?...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: youtube
Sorry, I am not sureWell you seemed pretty confident. Any ideas?Statistics: Posted by ame — Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:14 am
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Re: Design an RP2040 board with KiCad book
Thanks. That isn't the same github repo that the book references but it is the one I'm looking for.MikeStatistics: Posted by mikemcg — Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:24 am
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Graphics, sound and multimedia • Re: alsa loopback setup
You need to give it the info on each audio device for it to run.I guess I could start with that. Would you explain how I can give it the info on each audio devices for it to run? Thanks in advance!...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: How to power raspbery pi 3b via powerbank?
I think you will need a car battery to last 4 hours.My ancient APC UPS can power a Pi3B plus 8 inch 400 × 1280 display for 4 hours. I mean we are looking at less than 20W for 4 hours? No need for a...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: Latest Raspbery pi OS breaks touch
Looking into more, it seems that Wayland/labwc has touch issues. I read about how mouse emulation is enabled by default. Looking in: /etc/xdg/labwc/rc.xml I see that at the bottom the touch properties...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 came with no SD card
Hi, everyone,I have returned the defective card reader to Amazon. However, I've decided to keep the NVMe card and the M.2 device to play with later.Following several people's suggestion, I will...
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