Raspberry Pi OS • A guide to pre configuring a static IP with Trixie and...
This must be done after writing your boot media but before first boot.The short version:Find your subnet (e.g. 10.0.0.0/24)Find your gateway (e.g. 10.0.0.1)Find your nameserver (e.g. 10.0.0.1)Find a...
View ArticleCompute Module • CM5 Has Power, No Status or Power Lights
I bought this unit over a year ago and it never worked. I'm out of warranty and I'm wondering if it's an IO board issue or a CM5 issue. When I first started It, I did get a solid red light on the...
View ArticlePython • DIY touchpad with RPi.GPIO and gpiozero
I am having problems using a DIY touch sensor with both RPi.GPIO and gpiozero on a Raspberry Pi 4B running Trixie and completely up-to-date.Code: pi@zenobia:~ $ uname -aLinux zenobia...
View ArticleMicroPython • asyncio and bluetooth on pico
Hi there,I have the following piece of code on a pico W, which is successfully sending button press values via bluetooth. The while loop in the send_data_task function cycles and every time a button...
View ArticleBeginners • video synchronization rpi4
I am making a synchronized six screen-video installation (three screens divided on two walls) with raspberry pi 4 model B.Each screen will play a different video, but the three screen-clusters will...
View ArticleBeginners • Black screen
Hello . I have a pi 400 and I make a sdcard with raspberry pi trixie 64 bit.When I boot from the Sd card I see only a black screen and nothing more. No error message , nothing .My sad cart is 32gb.A...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • Stepper Motor Control
I am trying to build a core xy system similar to a vending machine to retrieve boxes for an important project of mine. I am hooking up an arduino to a raspberry pi to use for extra GPIO pins and I am...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Raspberry Pi 5 unable to boot after a successful bootloader...
Hi,I have a Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB) that I bought in September 2024. It is installed in an Argon NEO NVMe case with a 512 GB SSD. I had Raspberry Pi OS installed, along with Home Assistant running...
View ArticlePython • Kivy (again sorry) on pi trixie without DeskTop Environment ?
More kivy woes...I'm trying to maintain and upgrade an existing Kivy based application (Pi3 + Buster, Kivy 2.1.0, python3.7) I've just added .pdf file export using fpdf2 (working great on desktop...
View ArticleBeginners • How should I properly setup my Raspberry Pi 5 headless?
Since this article would have many questions, I'll 'contain' my questions inside of quotes.I recently bought Raspberry Pi 5 and tried to use Raspberry Pi OS Lite, because it would contain many useful...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Issue Selecting Specific IP Address in a Multi-Homed Config
Hello everyone...I'm currently experimenting with Technitium DNS [as a replacement for my current PiHole machines] and although I have it working well, I have an issue where it is disregarding...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Fastvideo
Hello, everyone!I have published a small video application on https://www.github.com/mchalain/fastvideo.Its purpose is to apply filters https://shadertoy.com directly to the camera stream, then...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • CM5 w/ IO board bricked
I updated eeprom on the CM5 w/IO board after doing a full update from the GUI.I haven't been able to figure out what this actually puts in the EEprom;I assumed it's an OS with ramdisk, but at this...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Run PI3B+ image at PI4
Raspberry Pi3B+ has been working for me for a long time along with industrial equipment. Specific programs have been developed. Now we need to run this SD card with all the configured programs to...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Documentation of test points on underside of the Pi5
Hi!I have the Raspberry pi 5, and I've purchased a battery board (Geekworm X1202) which attaches to the bottom of the pi and supplies uninterrupted power. However, the board seems to interface with...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Broken Pi 4
Hello So I have a pi 4 for more than 3 years. I never had problems with it. A few days ago I connected it to a Xiaomi charger and it smelled like smoke. I visually inspected the board and it doesn't...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Webscrapping of sites with javascript
I would like to try to do some webscrapping on sites with some kind of javascript running in the background when scrolling. The rows are not readable before the javascript did the magic.Is the...
View ArticleOther projects • EasyPi – Self-Hosted Network Security & Management...
EasyPi v1.0 - Complete Raspberry Pi Management Platform What is EasyPi?EasyPi is an all-in-one web-based management platform for Raspberry Pi that brings enterprise-grade features to home users. Think...
View ArticleBeginners • One Pi for both JellyFinn and Pi Hole?
Hey all,I've finally decided to take the plunge and setup a Pi-hole, however, I'm also curious about running a Jellyfinn server on a Pi instead of keeping my desktop PC powered on. From what I...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Chromium relying on terminal window.
I have a raspberry pi 4 running bookworm.Recently, I has to fix a problem where chromium thought it was already open. After i fixed it, whenever I open chromium it relies on a terminal window. This...
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