BreakoutLTR559(i2c) does not raise an error when LTR559 is not present
Thanks hel, that’s great, I’ll update my program. And thanks for the I2C tip, I hadn’t realised that.
View ArticleBreakoutLTR559(i2c) does not raise an error when LTR559 is not present
Yeah, looks like that old example just prints “Found LTR559” either way, which is not ideal! Try this instead - you don’t need to specify the default I2C pins these days either, as they’re baked into...
View ArticleUse of threading module in micropython
Google Gemini the AI bot, asked for advice on how to implement and it suggested asyncio or pinning tasks to specific CPU cores. It recommended the former method though.
View ArticleBreakoutLTR559(i2c) does not raise an error when LTR559 is not present
When running the LTR559 breakout example program ( pimoroni-pico/micropython/examples/breakout_ltr559/demo.py at main · pimoroni/pimoroni-pico · GitHub ) using...
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Problems with plasma/examples /rgb-led-and-buttons.py
hel: user_sw = Button("USER_SW", repeat_time=0, invert=False) That sort of works. When I run the file, without pressing any buttons, I get. Pressed User SW - 14340473 And it’s only detected on release...
View ArticleKeeping old internet radios alive with a Raspberry Pi
This is a very useful project, since I use microcontrollers for playing internet radios and they work fine with mp3 but that’s about it. Another use-case could be the on-the-fly conversion of https...
View ArticleKeeping old internet radios alive with a Raspberry Pi
Hi everyone, I’ve been working on a small project that might be useful to anyone with an older internet radio. The problem is that more and more radio stations are switching to HLS (.m3u8) streams,...
View ArticleProblems with plasma/examples /rgb-led-and-buttons.py
Plasma 2350 (not a W) here. I’ve had it for a while so I’m pretty sure it’s an older A2. Running that example, pressing A works, but nothing happens when pressing the Boot / User Switch. Mine is...
View ArticleRunning Awtrix-ng on a Galactic Unicorn
Great post on your blog. I enjoyed reading it and it gives insights to developers independently of the topic. Only drawback: a new item (AWTRIX-NG) on my project todo-list 😂️
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Running Awtrix-ng on a Galactic Unicorn
I had a fun adventure porting Awtrix-ng from ESP32 to PicoW! So much so that I had to write a little page about it. If blinking LEDs on a matrix display is your thing, give it a read and tell me what...
View ArticleUse of threading module in micropython
Thank you for your help and advice, frasergj, just one question, who or what is “Gemini” from whom you got help?
View ArticleProblems with plasma/examples /rgb-led-and-buttons.py
Just checked my own Plasma 2350W and it’s an A2 stepping as well. Not tried the example to see if I’m getting the same issue, I did some things with the A button which was fine. Also checked my...
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Hyperpixel 4 Square - backlight inverted?
It took me hours to figure this out, but the solution was way simpler than expected: echo "0" >/sys/class/backlight/backlight/bl_power for some reason, debian seems to automatically turn on the...
View ArticleHyperpixel 4 Square - backlight inverted?
That smells like a devicetree polarity mismatch. The official Raspberry Pi kernel overlay for the HyperPixel 4 Square (vc4-kms-dpi-hyperpixel4sq-overlay, via the shared vc4-kms-dpi-hyperpixel dtsi)...
View Article[SOLVED] Pimoroni Skywriter (Breakout & HAT) not working on Raspberry Pi OS...
Hi everyone, sorry to start like this,::::ai fixed a bug for me!! - So my intention is to help another ai save yours or you save yours. however - I wanted to write it in git directly, but since the...
View ArticleRaspberry Robot
Hi! I know this might be an odd question, but were you ever a teacher? I’m trying to track down an old science teacher of mine, and your username is the same (I think) of a domain name he used to...
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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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