General discussion • Software for copper isolation pcb routing
I'm not sure if this is quite the right place to ask this question, if so apologies!I've just bought a 500 and I'm exploring available tools to do the jobs I have been doing on my Windows machine. One...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: Is there a new revision of the PICO 2 which fixes issues?
I understand the first RP2350 had issues with the IO block. Has an updated run come out that fixes it?Yeshttps://www.raspberrypi.com/news/rp2350 ... challenge/Locking in favour of the general...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: No Display on Raspberry pi 5 on Acer Monitor VG240Y
Diagnosis display screenshot.Statistics: Posted by balram_rexwal — Tue Jul 29, 2025 4:58 pm
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Coral Dual Edge TPU install/config
Try adding `dtoverlay=pcie-32bit-dma` to your `/boot/config.txt` and reboot. That overlay helps with PCIe devices like the Coral TPU on the Pi 4. After reboot, check if it's detected with `lspci`. If...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Raspberry pi 4 stuck on black screen after the welcome screen
When booting up my pi I get the rainbow screen, followed by the "welcome to raspberry pi" screen... then it goes black, and stays black. Only a flashing white line at the top left of the screen.Can...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Failed To Add Edge Detection, GPIOZERO
Hello guys,So I have been trying to do some raspberry pi projects, and I use Raspberry Pi 4 with the latest version of bullseye installed. These days, for some reason, some of my GPIO pins say failed...
View ArticleOther • Re: RaspberryPi 4 buildroot Kivy package cross-compile errors
I've managed to get it working after some more tinkering. Not all of the select dependencies are required in the Config if you for example don't need X11. Here's the Config.in and .mk file I've ended...
View ArticleGeneral • Re: cygw34 driver with Raspberry Pi Radio Module 2
It isn't a good idea to share the WiFi SPI interface with another device.Hardware-wise the problem is that the SPI clock is set to a really high speed (around 50 MHz IIRC), which means the connections...
View ArticleSDK • Re: Pico SDK 2.2.0 documentation
Yes, not sure why the GiHub links point to a download of the pdf "the C/C++ SDK book", but hey-ho.(and the web site documentation does not have section mumbering but nevermind)Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleAdvanced users • Re: It has been almost two years since the release of the...
It is clear that RPL does not want to provide schematics.Obviously, RPL is not Adafruit Industries. I count at least 3 companies that provide schematics for Pi5 like computers (a bit more...
View ArticleCamera board • Re: Brightness measurement: Unexpected color behavior
Yes, it's definitely a good idea to use "raw" images for analysis. And remember that the screen itself (and perhaps the computer that drives it) will apply a transfer function ("gamma") to each...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Making QR Codes for Multiple Links
There's also the qrencode command-line tool that's part of Debian. This will make you a QR code with a WiFi SSID and password:Code: #!/bin/bash# $1=output file# $2=wifi network# $3=passwordqrencode -o...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: How do I find, set and maintain the screen's supported...
I've never had to do this but looks like the xrandr switch --newmode might do what you want.Statistics: Posted by bls — Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:38 pm
View ArticleSDK • Re: Floating point bugs on RP2040 and RP235X ?
pico_set_float_implementation(<TARGET> compiler)pico_set_double_implementation(<TARGET> compiler)Thanks. For both RP2040 and RP235X that's resolved the consistency issues between 32-bit...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: Bringup DSI display with EK79007 (again)
on CM4 the DSI is part of the SoC, on CM5 it's a block in RP1.Different clock structure.Statistics: Posted by aBUGSworstnightmare — Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:57 pm
View ArticleOther projects • Re: UK Telephone Caller ID Decoding Revisited
Well, yesterday I got upgraded to Full Fibre Broadband which includes Phone over IP (VoIP).Can you disclose your provider, and router model? I believe Openreach FTTP stopped providing Optical Network...
View ArticleSDK • Re: [SOLVED] Developing with both pico-sdk and pimoroni-pico
Thanks for that. It seems to be including '.cmake' files from the various Pimoroni bits which I imagine creates an 'include everything' compilation with the later library selection limiting what is...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Piface Control and Display 2
I have the Piface Control and Display 2, I've never used, I don't know what to do with it, so I thought I'd look at some projects.I found this https://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2014/ ... -on-board/...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: Auto‐restart CM after shutdown (Halt state)
Good. In our project we will be using CM4 and CM5 interchangeably, as the design allows for both.Additionally, we have an STM32 microcontroller connected to the CM via SPI and UART. The device will be...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: Pi5 no audio with steamlink
@ilporro doesCode: speaker-test -D sysdefault:CARD=vc4hdmi0 -c2produce audio?vc4hdmi0 didn't produce audio, but vc4hdmi1 did, which I suppose makes sense considering the hdmi cable is plugged in to...
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