General discussion • uptime on raspberry pi zero 2W
Can you share what is you uptime on Raspberry pi zero 2W ?Just to get some reference point.On mine it is about 3-4 weeks, maximum around 6 weeks.I am only running 2x apps on it, NextCloud and...
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General discussion • Pi5 - Damaged 0603 resistor - R value?
Hello members:I have damaged one end of a 0603 resistor on the bottom side of the PCB during assembly with an additional Geekworm PCB (see picture). Now only the fan is working and the red LED is lit,...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Rpi5 fastest NVME (random IOPS benchmarks)
Hello,I have a Rpi5 8GB early revision with a official M2 adapter and NVME 128GB 2230 Kingston @ default Gen2 PCIEX speed for stability reason. I was wondering if any problems were ever found using...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • RP1 PIO issues with FIFO or DMA underflow
I'm trying to use RP1 PIO to receive data from an IC with a non-standard interface, at a rate of approx. 750K words per second, translating to a bit more than 2MBytes/s of data.I have a PIO program...
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Camera board • IMX662 on RasPi 5
Has anyone had success in installing it? It is a Sinoseen SNS21852-V1.0 camera (sourced from Aliexpress) with a Sony IMX662 sensor.I have a Raspberry Pi 5 with 8 GB of RAM and a Geekworm X1001 SSD...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • imager on windows not properly working
Hey!So uh whenever i try to install stuff on my usb drive via the imager it gets stuck.sometimes its 6%, 15% or etc, and when you click Cancel it shows the real progress for a moment and then...
View ArticleBeginners • micro HDMI to HDMI cable for R Pi 4
I've got a Rasp Pi 4B and used it with the official touch display v1 before and it worked fine - but now needed a cable to join it to an HDMI monitor or HDMI tv. It worked alright for about a week but...
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General • Why did the DC/DC voltage converter blow?
The onboard Richtek RT6150 voltage converter on my Pico has blown. Does anyone have any idea how this could have happened? Is it possible that an overcurrent or overvoltage via USB could have caused...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Trixie OpenBox/X11 Oddities with VNC
I am using a fresh install of Trixie on a Pi 4. Because of problems with WayVNC (a post to follow), I have used raspi-config to select Wayland option W1 (Openbox window manager with X11 backend). I...
View ArticleWanted • R Pi software engineer wanted for short gig
Greetings Berry Brethren,We at PiCosm Ltd seeketh (ideally in West Sussex), an experience software engineer to develop a fairly complex boot up sequence for a multimedia application running on the web...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • The Raspberry Smart Aquarium
Just looking for ideas for making a fish tank smart and what sensors one could use with a fish tank… water leak alarm, temp of water, ammonia, nitrate levels, ph, underwater camera, lid security alarm...
View ArticleNetworking and servers • A simple tool to collect sensor logs - looking for...
Hi everyone,I’m working on a small side project called LogAPI (https://logapi.org), and I’m hoping to get some advice and feedback from people with more experience than me.The project started because...
View ArticleAdvanced users • PINN OS partition resize via GUI possible?
Hello,I have 8 project space partitions for potential OSes to install.However my Raspberry Pi 5 desktop OS now only has 200 GiB space, exactly like the 8 project spaces.My internal media is nvme m.2...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Using Raspberry Pi for live streaming
i m curios whether a Raspberry Pi can be used as part of a live streaming or restreaming workflow. The Pi would handle capture or ingest, with streaming managed by a media server. I noticed some...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Raspberry Pi 5 Replacement DSI Clip
HiDoes anyone know where iI can get somee replacement DSI clips for my Raspberry Pi 5. Ideally i'd like to get it from the UK and not have to wait for weeks.ThanksStatistics: Posted by bobster316 —...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Vulkan driver status?
Is the VideoCore VII Vulkan driver still in development? Or is it feature complete?I ask because if I try to run a current Blender version I get this error message:00:00.278 gpu.vulkan | WARNING...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Recording sound with opencv
HI, I'm trying to record the sound and the camera while having a feedback image. I'm using tkinter to make the interface to interact with the user to start the recording. I currently cannot record the...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Official Magazine • More Ink Needed
Guys,Been a bit busy and got behind with my printed copies of the Official Magazine. Having struggled through the Christmas edition (160) I move on to the January 2026 (161) edition and start reading...
View ArticleCamera board • Camera Module 3 replacing lead
Hi,How to replace a lead with a smaller lead (Mini). I don't see how to replace lead?BillStatistics: Posted by billnoble111 — Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:09 pm — Replies 6 — Views 59
View ArticleBeginners • Pi 5 fan plug incompatibly
My 5 board has the fan plug configured as four pins in two rows of two, not the JST type I have seen on some boards. The fan I am trying to use has a standard JST type 4 pin plug. Does someone make an...
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