IoT door bell
Hi, Does anyone have the method for building a smart door bell which will text and send a photo to your phone etc. It's a project that attracts me. I'm new, completely! I would like to get into Pi 0,...
View ArticleUnicorn Hat not working ws2811_init not working
Im running raspbian 4.4.11-v7+ Im using a raspberry pi 3
View ArticleEnviroPhat "cannot import name light"
The problem is that you named your file 'envirophat.py'... when you ask thereafter one of the example to 'import envirophat' or 'from envirophat import', it will look into this file and will not be...
View ArticleSome buttons and joystick stopped working correctly
You know I had my Pi configured before my Picade came in. I had something similar happen. I went and reimaged the sd card and started over and it all worked fine.
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My Pitendo.....Please share your thoughts
Today I was able to add the usb extender. Here is what it looks like. The second usb controller works great so now I can play Gyromite and let down the pillars. Now I just need to figure out to get...
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WD PiDrive 314GB and Raspberry Pi 1TB of HDD storage
I heard about this a while back and was thinking of adding to my Picade. I know Micro SD cards are cheaper now but 314GB is 314GB and 1Tb is 1TB. That is alot of Dreamcast, PSX, and PSP games. Check...
View ArticleRemovable Control Panel
I just acquired a Picade after waiting for it to come back in stock at a third party provider. One of the things that I'm disappointed about is that there is not an easy way to remove the top of the...
View ArticleLaptop project
you do have a point.I have been looking at the LVDS boards. I am a bit hesitant on buying one for a LCD screen because I am not super familar which will work best for which screen I will use. One of...
View ArticleWD PiDrive 314GB and Raspberry Pi 1TB of HDD storage
I use one of these: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/sata-hard-drive-to-usb-adapter And an SSD for no particular reason. If you're using a Pi 3, it no longer requires an SD card, either. In theory...
View ArticleWD PiDrive 314GB and Raspberry Pi 1TB of HDD storage
So I see the adapter has to USB. Does both need to be plugged in for it tohave enough power?
View ArticleWD PiDrive 314GB and Raspberry Pi 1TB of HDD storage
If you mean the PiDrive cable, it's slightly different. It has 4 connectors on it: Micro-USB female - you plug the standard wall-wart power supply in here.Micro-USB male - connects to the Pi to power...
View ArticleWD PiDrive 314GB and Raspberry Pi 1TB of HDD storage
I think I am going to try o e of these pidrives. The 314gb one. You thinkretropie can be installed on it like we do with an SD card? That would beno more SD card.
View ArticleWD PiDrive 314GB and Raspberry Pi 1TB of HDD storage
It should work, although I can't say I've personally tried it cardless as mine's hooked up to a Pi2 at the moment. But it certainly works fairly well with BerryBoot (I helped beta-test the combination...
View ArticleCan Micro Dot pHats be cascaded?
Arrrrrrh! Well, the title said it all, really. Can I cascade/chain two (or more) Micro Dot pHats, to make a 12 (or more) character display? Oh - and what goes "Pieces of Seven; Pieces of Seven!"? - A...
View ArticleLaptop project
Yes... LCDs are mystical and strange beasts! If you can find the model number of the LCD and google that and 'LVDS' you might be able to get somewhere. You could always message eBay sellers (although...
View ArticleCan Micro Dot pHats be cascaded?
No, I'm afraid, the IC driving the matrices have fixed addresses, so 2 boards would conflict on the I2C bus.
View ArticleCan Micro Dot pHats be cascaded?
Oh thanks for letting me know. Guess I'm trying to push a neat, niche market product too far. Who needs more than six LEDs, anyway?!
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Removable Control Panel
I thought about the same thing but then I thought to myself what will I need to remove it for after I am satisfied with the setup and artwork. I guess you can put some king of hinge. See below....
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