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12.1" Screen / Pi power
BillyG: Hi all, this is my first post. I just put my picade together & I was wondering if a UK plug with dual USB slots would work & power both screen & Pi sufficiently It really depends...
View ArticleBuilt picade, but is my PCB faulty?
The PCB should appear as a USB HID Keyboard and an Arduino Leonardo if I remember correctly. It's possible you have a duff board if it's not registering button presses. We test them all, but they can...
View ArticleAdvice on Adafruit 2.8w Class D amplifiers
1) I'd test on a breadboard and then solder the whole thing together on either protoboard or directly with wires. Breadboards are generally terrible for any kind of permanent setup since they fall...
View ArticleAdvice on Adafruit 2.8w Class D amplifiers
Many thanks Gadgetoid, that's a really helpful response.David
View ArticleyouTube Show Suggestion: Show And Tell
I, also, would love to have a UK-run show and tell - because I can't do it in term time, otherwise! Also, as Adafruit's show has 600-odd people competing for eight slots or whatever, it can be hard...
View ArticleLaptop project
I've just seen this - if you're still interested: I have designed many, and built some, RPi-powered laptops. They can be great. Historically, the LCDs have been the issue, but as soon as HDMIPi came...
View ArticleNew Product Suggestions
It would be fantastic if you could stock some Adafruit starter kits - they would be a great Christmas gift considering the time of year. Specifically, the FLORA book pack...
View ArticleyouTube Show Suggestion: Show And Tell
Little tip. don't wait for the invite. Just refresh your G+ page and it'll popup when they open it. I've got in all of the three times I tried. :) I was tempted to do my own but as I have as about as...
View ArticleyouTube Show Suggestion: Show And Tell
We are totally up for trying this - mostly we need poking :-) I guess we need to work out the process for lining this stuff up (and also run some tests to ensure we're setup for it!)
View ArticleNew Product Suggestions
I'll take a look at those SKUs! We have the Particle Photon coming, just waiting for them to land. :-)
View ArticlePicade issues, button presses not found
Hey stx! Can you drop an e-mail to support@pimoroni.com so we can arrange a replacement for you? Let us know your order number and address. :-)
View ArticleSome suggestions
Hi RogueM, I didn't know that EU laws don't let to send good at "own risk", in that case I understand that is the best shippment method available and I will wait till I need things enough and buy all...
View ArticleyouTube Show Suggestion: Show And Tell
I would copy what Adafruit do, make a G+ circle and add people to it when they ask on your G+ stream. Then send the invites out. Google should handle the rest for us. I can make myself free any time...
View ArticleQuestions about Picade Console
I recently purchased the picade console kit and was able to assemble and it seems to be working fine. At this point I'm just playing things like Doom from the ports menu, but the joysticks and buttons...
View ArticleWidth and height of the area where the screen goes
What is the size of this area? The sizes quoted are the diagonal size and this is dependant on the aspect ratio. I have a laptop screen that I did use for a DIY RPi laptop. Got board of that project...
View ArticlePicade board documentation?
Where do I find documentation on the Picade board? I purchased a Picade board from Adafruit and it works but I need to reprogram the buttons as the defaults do not work with all games.
View ArticlePicade board documentation?
Documentation is admittedly a little thin on the ground at the moment, but the full source for the firmware Sketch is available here and the portions you'll need to edit are commented:...
View ArticleOfficial 7" Raspberry Pi Touch Screen FAQ
You'll need to start Terminal, which you can find in the Pi menu under Accessories. Once here, type "sudo nano /boot/config.txt" That's the location of the file we want to edit! You should see its...
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