Troubleshooting • Pi Pico W: Another 'bricked' post (but I'm fairly convinced)
My pico w was running fine until I assigned the script below as main.py. Running Windows 11.Issue: Board is no longer recognised by Thonny, and it is showing in Device Manager as an unrecognised USB...
View ArticleCamera board • PiCamv2/Motion changing resolution crops the image.
Pi4PiCamV2Motionlatest OS Looking to replace a USB cam. PiCam2 is nice, looks great, but if I set the size to1920x1080 in Motion, I get a cropped image, definitely not what I want. If I set it to the...
View ArticleGeneral programming discussion • Trying to write a command to edit folder...
I need a command I can send through terminal or put into a Script File to rename all folders in a certain directory. All file names are of format File Name (####). I want a terminal command or command...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Pi5, New PoE hat , LED Code 4-long-5-short
New to pi. Have an RPi5 with a wavshare poe hat. Pi seems to get power but flashes 4-long-5-short (which is better than the 4-long-3short fatal error I've seen others get on the 5... hopefully). It...
View ArticleNetworking and servers • pi os and ipv6
HiGot a pi5 recently - using default pi os. ipv6 is enabled, I don't have it on my router and my ISP doesn't provide ipv6 native.I could setup ipv4 to ipv6 but I don't.Should I leave ipv6 enable or...
View ArticleBeginners • Can't list installed libraries
I need to list the installed libraries on Raspberry Pi5. I get the following error when I use pip list command.Code: user@raspberrypi:~ $ pip listERROR: Exception:Traceback (most recent call last):...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • build hat serial protocol pid
I am trying to figure out how to do pid speed control using the build hat serial protocol, using the built in pid on the build hat.there are a couple of things i am struggling with mode M1 is speed...
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Raspberry Pi OS • Install raspberry pi OS on pi 5 using phone or Mac
Good day to all of you,I only have access to my Android device's SD card reader to write the media OS for Raspberry Pi 5.Since my Mac doesn't have an SD card reader, can I use a USB drive to write the...
View ArticleBeginners • Ultimate Guide to Choosing and Managing SD Cards for Raspberry Pi
Introduction:Choosing the right SD card for your Raspberry Pi is crucial for optimal performance and longevity. This guide will help you select the best SD card, prepare it for use, and manage it...
View ArticleCamera board • Camera software update
Hi, just to let everyone know that there's been a camera software update. We recommend getting it with "sudo apt update" and "sudo apt full-upgrade".There are some short release notes for the updated...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Issues with serial communication between 2 Raspberry Pis
My main issue is i keep getting serial console data from the new bookworm pi on the old buster PiI have a set up between 2 raspberry pi model 3B+ that has been working for the last 4 years, one of the...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Flush Pi Pico PCB Design
Hello,For a PCB I'm working on I'm considering attaching a rp2040-zero from Waveshare flush with the PCB itself. This entails making a cutout the same size as the rp2040-zero in the PCB and soldering...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Drastic Framerate Drop and Memory Utilization Issues...
Hi everyone,I'm working on a project that involves accessing and processing video feeds from four cameras simultaneously on a Raspberry Pi using the Python OpenCV library. Here’s a quick overview of...
View ArticleCamera board • Camera stream/preview - best practice
HeyI'm installing my camera on a small car that I control over an ssh connection to my PC, and I just put together some code from different places that luckily worked. This is in the function...
View ArticleNetworking and servers • FTP account setup for user that is not pi
Hello All,The tutorials to setup ftp on rpi (that I found on Google) assume that I want to user user name pi for the ftp. What if I want another user name? I recall that I removed user pi from my rpis...
View ArticlePython • Does RPi.GPIO work in Bookworm??
I have a pi 4 and upgraded the OS to Bookworm 64 bit yesterday. I then ran the python program (which worked fine before I upgraded) which uses the RPi.GPIO event detect library amongst other things....
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Stacking multiple official HATs on Raspberry Pi
Can multiple official HATs be connected to the Raspberry Pi and stacked together at the same time?The current setup is:Raspberry Pi 5Official RPi 5 case (with top cover removed)Official RPi 5 active...
View ArticleNetworking and servers • Can't ssh into a pi 5 in gadget mode
Hello,I am using the raspberry pi 5, and attempting to ssh over usb. I have followed the information in https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=358573 and...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • curl Error 60: SSL peer certificate or SSH remote key was...
I have three Raspberry Pi 4s running Buster. Each one uploads an image to a web host (HostGator) every two minutes using curl. The code is simple:Code: curl -s -S -u myname: \ --connect-timeout 25 \...
View ArticleBeginners • new wayfire set default
hi, I have compiled a newer version of the wayfire composite manager by installing it in the opt directory. How can I switch my composer because XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP tells me it's LXDE-pi-wayfire. ls...
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