Adafruit Feather Bluefruit LE. When?
Ace, I'll be checking next week. Really nice all in one solution. :)
View ArticlePiGlow causes crash - power supply trouble?
Hi, I recently bought a PiGlow and have been playing with it, trying to generate various colour-changing effects. It is connected to a Raspberry Pi 1 model B. I soon noticed that if more than about...
View ArticlePiGlow causes crash - power supply trouble?
the problem is almost certainly the PSU. I seem to recall figures around the 500 mA mark as a minimum for the Rpi B with typical 700-800 mA. Piglow all guns blazing I would have to guess around 400...
View ArticlePiGlow causes crash - power supply trouble?
Ah well. Thanks for confirming that! I will have to try with a better PSU, if I can find one with the right USB connector. In the meantime if I restrict it to less than 12 LEDs on I can still get good...
View ArticleBuilt picade, but is my PCB faulty?
The same issue here. No input signal. But after changing usb cable all wotking fine.
View ArticleCan a Pi-DAC+ coexist with Pi 7" touchscreen and pimoroni stand
Can I mount a Pi-DAC+ On the back of the latest Pi that is using the new Pi foundation 7" touchscreen mounted in a pimoroni stand?
View ArticlePi power switch that does an orderly shutdown?
Does pimoroni sell a pi power switch that will permit orderly shutdown of my pi running raspbian? Ideally I do not want to do any soldering!
View ArticleBuilt picade, but is my PCB faulty?
Thanks, that's interesting you've both seen a similar issue. I've tried a couple of different cables though.
View ArticleAdafruit 18 MB FX card
Having downloaded the trigger test files I find that I can't delete them together with other loaded sound files.Although the files don't appear in the directory they still play. Can someone help with...
View ArticleCan a Pi-DAC+ coexist with Pi 7" touchscreen and pimoroni stand
I can't see any problem with that, there is enough physical clearance and all the connectors will be pointing upwards, easily accessible. That said I haven't tried it (yet).
View ArticleWhere do i buy the correct batteries for my powerboost
Hi, Ive bought the adafruit powerboost 1000C and i need to buy a battery to use with it. i can see lots of batteries on the adafruit site, but i can't seem to see any links here. where would i get a...
View ArticleOfficial 7" Raspberry Pi Touch Screen FAQ
Hi,perhaps someone here can help me. I followed this webpage's instructions. Made sure I downloaded the Raspbian image from the official Raspberry Pi site. When I boot up my display, it works...
View ArticleWhere do i buy the correct batteries for my powerboost
Do you mean the LiPo? This is what I used with their Solar charger that uses the same type, you will have to add your own connector.
View ArticlePi power switch that does an orderly shutdown?
Here is one on eBay. Would need some software config.
View ArticleOfficial 7" Raspberry Pi Touch Screen FAQ
I'd definitely be suspicious of the capacity of a 1A PSU to guarantee stable operations... What you can do if you have a micro USB cable lying around that you can hook up to a computer is power up the...
View ArticleCan't find 'S1' on MoPi schematic
Hi all, new here. I bought a Mopi with hopes to use it to connect my Raspberry Pi 2 to my car battery. I came across this https://pi.gate.ac.uk/images/mopi/in-car.png which seems fairly...
View ArticleWhere do i buy the correct batteries for my powerboost
HI Richard, I assumed it might be best to get the adafruit ones, but they don't seem to be sold in the UKso, any 3.7v LiPo /lion would be ok? I noticed the ones on the adafruit site mention...
View ArticleWhere do i buy the correct batteries for my powerboost
I had the same issue when I was doing my solar panel, wanted to use what they do to be safe. But as it turns out the eBay ones are good. If you look closely the batteries they have a small circuit in...
View ArticleCan't find 'S1' on MoPi schematic
Looking at the in-car schematic and the MoPi description on pi.gate.ac.uk here is my take on how this works.S1 and S2 are Source 1 and Source 2 (the screw terminals).RP1 And RP2 the two jumper pins on...
View ArticleTouchscreen wall mount
Hi everyone! So, my touchscreen has arrived and is working perfectly with the pi2. We are going to use these outside of our meeting rooms to show the room availability, which is working great so far....
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