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Live UK train departure board for Presto
I’ve built a self-contained MicroPython departure board for the Pimoroni Presto. It connects directly to National Rail’s Darwin data through the Rail Data Marketplace REST/JSON API, so there’s no...
View ArticleHyperpixel 4 Square - backlight inverted?
I am trying to get the hyperpixel 4 square working with my raspberry pi 5. It worked immediately with debian. When I built a yocto image (meta-raspberrypi, latest wrynose; kernel 6.18.33), the display...
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Little Fake Formula 1 Game & Watch style game for badgeware tufty2350
joyrider3774: Hi my pimoroni rp2350 badges arrived and with some help from people on discord i managed to port a fake formula 1 game & watch style game in C/CPP to the tufty2350. I’m basically...
View ArticleUse of threading module in micropython
I would concur that asyncio is the way to go for this. I’ve got a script running on my Plasma which has one thread handling the update loop for the LEDs, and another one listening on port 80 for...
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Inky Impression 13.3" + Witty Pi + Raspberry Pi Zero W2 not working
bablokb: Sorry, not answering your question but offering a workaround. The core of your problem is that you are using a low-power e-ink with a device (Pi-xxx) that drains your battery. The Witty-Pi is...
View ArticleInky Impression 13.3" + Witty Pi + Raspberry Pi Zero W2 not working
Sorry, not answering your question but offering a workaround. The core of your problem is that you are using a low-power e-ink with a device (Pi-xxx) that drains your battery. The Witty-Pi is not a...
View ArticleInky Impression 13.3" + Witty Pi + Raspberry Pi Zero W2 not working
Hi guys, hope you are doing great. I recently bought the following set up and I can’t find the way to make it work with the witty pi: Setup: Pi Zero W (soldered 40-pin header) → Witty Pi 4 L3V7...
View ArticleProblems with plasma/examples /rgb-led-and-buttons.py
Sorry, yes, looking at wrong chip. Interesting…both Plasma 2350 W boards are A2… This suggests: problem with button on the previous board…need to investigate further the new board has the A2 stepping...
View ArticleProblems with plasma/examples /rgb-led-and-buttons.py
(Sorry, I missed the part in your post where USER_SW was misbehaving!) I’m not in the office today to test but if the first Plasma 2350 W has a RP2350 with A2 stepping I reckon that could explain why...
View ArticleGrow Herbs/Chillies Kits disappeared?
That’s correct, we’re not making the seed kits any more. Looks like that product description needs updating - I’ll get on that! You can still get a Grow Kit and add your own seeds though :) Grow -...
View ArticleGrow Herbs/Chillies Kits disappeared?
Are the Grow kits not for sale anymore? They were still shown (but out of stock) a week ago…
View ArticlePicade X - Turn LED off
You sometimes have to hover over the text to see that it’s a link. ;) It’s linked too from the product shop page,
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Problems with plasma/examples /rgb-led-and-buttons.py
kelvinr: Could this be the reason for the BOOTSEL button not being available as a user button? Acording to the schematic, it should be usable as a user switch? cdn.shopify.com...
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Problems with plasma/examples /rgb-led-and-buttons.py
kelvinr: The old Plasma RP2350 W is presumably A2 stepping - how can one tell? The stepping version from the marking on the top surface of the chip is hidden under the metal shield. I think you may be...
View ArticlePicade X - Turn LED off
Thanks very much. I was looking for a schematic but didn’t expect to find one so quickly.
View ArticleUse of threading module in micropython
Yes, don’t waste your time with threading, follow the advice of @SirFico. asyncio is the way to go. I have done LED animations, music playing, motors all at the “same time” with asyncio and once you...
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Aluminium Heatsink Case for Pi 5 + NVMe Base: compatibility question
If you do opt for a Pi5 cluster: I have a small rack for my Pi-devices and I am using one module from Labstack (GitHub - JaredC01/LabStack: Modular rackmount solutions for Raspberry Pi's and other...
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Use of threading module in micropython
Its import _thread I expect the _ is a due warning to be very careful with using a ‘highly experimental’ module :) docs.micropython.org _thread – multithreading support — MicroPython latest...
View ArticleProblems with plasma/examples /rgb-led-and-buttons.py
New Plasma RP2350 W arrived today…presumably A4 stepping? The already installed frmware and the example rgb-led-and-buttons.py worked - no problem with USER_SW. The old Plasma RP2350 W is presumably...
View ArticleUse of threading module in micropython
I would like to use the threading module in a micropython programme running on a Plasma 2350W controller to implement a simple, continuously running background task but Thoony simply reports" no...
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