40 pin Skywriter on 26 pin raspberry pi
http://pinout.xyz/pinout/skywriter_hat Seems like it only uses 4 pins (and I guess power?) so you shouldn't have a problem.
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Thank you so much for your reply. I am not sure how much power, should I connect to. Secondly, by looking at the diagram I am not sure which pins should I connect on skywriter.
View Article40 pin Skywriter on 26 pin raspberry pi
The HAT is designed to sit directly on top of the RPi, so it should just be a case of connecting the pins shown in the diagram to their equivalent locations on the HAT. For power you want to do the...
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How to make a Unicorn diffuser. You will require a plastic 2 pint milk bottle and a pair of sharp scissors (adult supervision may be required). The bit you want is the bit under the label, so cut...
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The ESP8266 supports external flash. How much flash is on this ESP8266 board?
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View ArticlePropeller hat download times out
I am trying to get my new Propeller Hat talking to my RPi2. I have so far:-installed PropIDE version 0.36.7 under the latest Raspbian Jessie (5-27-16). In fact twice.-disabled the serial port using...
View ArticleExplorer hat documentation needs work
seems something isn't working pi@raspberrypi:~ $ curl -sS get.pimoroni.com/explorerhat | bashbash: line 274: dt_check: command not found This script will install everything needed to useExplorer...
View ArticleAdafruit Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield for Arduino v2 - V3 anybody?
I'm new to the Arduino world, though lots of experience in other formats. Could someone tell me if the Adafruit Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield for Arduino v2 is compatible with the new Arduino V3 shield...
View ArticleExplorer hat documentation needs work
I wouldn't be surprised if the issue is that you need to use a lowercase 'y'... we'll look into it but in the meantime try it that way.
View ArticleAdafruit Motor/Stepper/Servo Shield for Arduino v2 - V3 anybody?
I'm not aware of changes in the shield specifications, nor can I find a V3 of the Adafruit shield. I suspect the only but possible important difference is the operating voltage since more recent...
View ArticleESP8266 flash specs
Neat, thanks. That's what the datasheet seemed to suggest was built in to the ESP-12, but the sheet also suggested there was a max. of 16Mb possible, and that external flash could be added, so i...
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ESP IoT pHAT solder pads
The SIL connector is for the prototyping area, should you need it. You'd solder it so as to bridge the two sub-areas and add a row of pins on either side to use jumper cables to route signals out to...
View ArticleExplorer hat documentation needs work
nope, tried Y,y,N,n....all aborted maybe bash: line 274: dt_check: command not foundis the issueI did all the stuff to manually install and i can now get the tutorial welcome.py to run without errors,...
View ArticleESP IoT pHAT solder pads
OK, thanks. I still think I'd probably just use female SIL connectors in the prototyping area - less permanent than soldering components directly. On an aside, I notice CH_PD and GPIO_0 arent exposed...
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Sense hat red led not working
Hi Iast week I bought a sense hat from Pimoroni and today I was playing with smiley faces when I realised that the red LED 6th row, 7th column is not working. I replaced with green and shows fine. I...
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