Beginners • 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 ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • h264_v4l2m2m Encoder Video Quality Parameters
Hi,I am on Raspberry Pi 4 Model B successfully able to encode video with h264_v4l2m2m encoder with FFMPEG 5.1.6-0+deb12u1+rpt1.However, I am getting extremely low video quality and bit rate using the...
View ArticleAI Camera - IMX500 • imx500-tools
Hello, when i try to install the imx500-tools with the command sudo apt install imx500-tool i get the error unable to locate package imx500-tools. can anybody help me, please. Regards...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Persistent macvlan setup
Hi,I am creating a macvlan with this command:Code: sudo ip link add mymacvlan link eth0 address a2:a2:a2:a2:a2:a2 type macvlan mode bridgeDoes anyone know what is the most elegant way to make this...
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Raspberry Pi OS • Pi OS file manager difficulties compared to Nemo [Installed...
I use Nemo on an Intel laptop and started moving terabytes from one disk to another. Five hours. I could use my Pi 5! Using the file manager in the Raspberry Pi OS is difficult. For some reason, when...
View ArticleGeneral • Pico2 stuck in BOOTSEL
I recently purchased 5 PICO 2 to use them in various projects. Upon delivery, I immediately tried to test them by flashing a simple firmware that blinks the onboard led.However, once I connected them...
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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 ArticleTroubleshooting • RPI login not working
Hi! Newbie here.I am getting this message after rebooting my RPI4.Code: [Failed] Failed to start accounts-daemon.service - Accounts Service.The first thing I did was try to update the RPI using the...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Raspberry Pi 4 Fan DC 5V Brushless CPU RGB Cooling Fan...
Hi,I need to use this fan in a 3d printed case i'm making. I cannot find an dimensionally accurate mode of the fan which ican use to help create the appropriate holes in the case i'm designing. (need...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • ADV7280M disabling I2P
Hi,I'm using the ADV7280M, both the development board and a custom circuit and I'm trying to disable the I2P processing in order to get the half-height 50 or 60 fields per second to deinterlace...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Recovery tips for failed Raspberry Pi 5 SD card after...
Raspberry Pi 5B 8 GB, 128 GB SD card, official power supply. All was running fine up until a full-upgrade and a reboot, then it hung in a sad state:Code: [ 0.753428] Failed to execute /init (error...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • XDG_RUNTIME_DIR error on .py boot
I'm running into an error when trying to auto start a python script. I'm working with a Pi5 on wayland. Script works no problem in an IDE. The issue is when I try to run on start I get the...
View ArticlePython • Output to .csv file in Chinese? Characters
I have a Python3 program that outputs data daily to a .csv file. This data is just numbers, usually between 10000 and 30000.I don't read the data very often but having tried to read it today, instead...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Reading Registers greater than 16 Bit via...
Hello. Wondering if anyone familiar with Python and I2C can help me. I am attempting to read the contents of EEPROM registers of an I2C enabled Microcontroller (Allegro A89307 -...
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 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 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 • Pi5 OMV SSD RAID5 NAS degraded drive when moving data
HiI am currently playing with a set up to create a Pi5 based NAS with RAID 5 on the Open Media Vault platform. I'm currently testing with 4 cheap and small SSDs with the view to go big when I'm...
View ArticleC/C++ • Included cyw43 lib now it doesnt compile
So i wanted to turn on the led of my pico w board.It worked then i did put it to github and to my other pc it was without build folder.And now it doesnt compile with rpi pico vscode extension.so i...
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