Raspberry Pi Zero and Unicorn Hat
That's interesting. I think you took the long way around though, AFAIK this is handled at low-level by the ws281x lib, but something else is at play in recent version of Raspbian. I do know that...
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Hey Tamara, sorry for the delay! ;) you'll only need 2x Coin Cells for 5 sequins in a row, actually i think you can also try to get more in a row, you'll have to try a little bit which configuration...
View ArticleColor transfer with EnviroPHAT and UnicornPHAT
Very nice! I particularly like your error catch message!
View Article[Solved] Explorerphat + pi3 + archlinux -> Product ID -5 not supported!
Hi there! I have problems getting started with the explorerphat. This is what i get: import explorerhatTraceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File...
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TinkerBel: If the caps-lock button of the keyboard isn't activated, you get letters instead of numbers. I've managed to recreate this by changing my Keyboard to French. I'm not sure where the...
View ArticleColor transfer with EnviroPHAT and UnicornPHAT
For a more sophisticated implementation you may want TCPServer and StreamRequestHandler, but i had some issues with disconnected sockets and to keep it simple (i.e. almost no error handling) i just...
View Article[Solved] Explorerphat + pi3 + archlinux -> Product ID -5 not supported!
Python 3.5 is currently unsupported I'm afraid, mostly due to the fact that all our development occurs on the Pi. That said, if you have a minute, raise an issue in the github repo, I'm sure...
View Article[Solved] Explorerphat + pi3 + archlinux -> Product ID -5 not supported!
actually, looking more closely it seems to be a bus error. Can't see anything in the code that could produce that, regardless of what Python version is involved... very strange.
View Article[Solved] Explorerphat + pi3 + archlinux -> Product ID -5 not supported!
Hi, I created a pull request when a got it fixed I think this is a type problem. In python 3.3 IOError was merged into IOError, but the exception thrown by cap1xxx.py is not of that type. See line 275...
View Article[Solved] Explorerphat + pi3 + archlinux -> Product ID -5 not supported!
hum, yes, possibly... I just find it strange that product_id is getting populated with nothing on the bus. either way, we'll check into it, cheers for raising the issue!
View ArticleTrouble Installing Blinkt pHat
RogueM: sudo python setup.py install Thanks worked perfect!
View ArticleMicroDot phat LED Matrix Size
Ahoy. I've just ordered the MicroDot phat red LED version and I am wondering about the size of the LED matrix and spacing on the PCB. Are they compatible with standard 14-Pin IC sockets (amputation of...
View ArticleNo power to Picade screen - PLEASE HELP!
It could be that brown film strip is not in far enough. Make sure you pull the black part down all the way and then slide in the ribbon all the way in and then close the black part.
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