Compatibility: RPi B (not plus) with new pibows (and unicorn hat)
@RogueM is right - HATs are not physically compatible with the original Raspberry Pi Model B I'm afraid! You can work around it in some cases with extended headers or jumper wires but it's never going...
View ArticlePiano Hat: light but no sound in a few keys
I'm pretty sure the hardware is fine if the LEDs are lighting up (they are tied directly to the touch events). I'm summoning @gadgetoid and his knowledge of the samples/product to step in and offer...
View ArticleFirst Impressions and Stuff
@Ian, thanks for sharing; I have learnt something totally NEW today > Sniff =>It's awesome! I feel empowered to find out more about Sniff now.
View ArticlePi Zero Conference Badge Help
Great - that helps me visualise it. I've only got one soldering Pi project under my belt, so this helps loads.
View ArticleAdafruit Feather Huzzah ESP8266
Will Pimoroni be stocking the Adafruit Feather Huzzah ESP8266 in the near future? Huzzah + USB to serial + battery socket sounds good. You should have at least 2 orders!!...
View ArticlePiano Hat: light but no sound in a few keys
This sounds like your Pi is having trouble communicating with one of the Cap1188 chips that drive the keys ( and lights ) on the Piano HAT. You can prod and poke it to see if it's responding to test....
View ArticleFlotilla without PI on Windows or QEMU Virtual Machine
General QA is definitely a problem. Linux remains ( fairly ) standard between distributions on the Pi, and for desktop Linux.. well that's an advanced use case, and the Daemon source code is freely...
View ArticleScroll phat - stop scrolling before it is finished?
You should be able to achieve this by calling clear() at any point and then printing out your new message.
View ArticleFlotilla without PI on Windows or QEMU Virtual Machine
So any hints on how to compile the daemon for other distros? Im trying to compile it for Fedora but got into a few issues (g++ 5.3 is more exigent I guess) Flotilla_Dock.cpp:144:21: error:...
View ArticleAdafruit Feather Huzzah ESP8266
That looks nice, I may get one just because. I have the Bluefruit feather and the inclusion of the charging circuit is a big win. One less thing to worry about.
View ArticleFlotilla without PI on Windows or QEMU Virtual Machine
Woops, that last error is becuase I had an old libserialport :D After updating my lib, I get like another hundred errors :/
View ArticleFlotilla without PI on Windows or QEMU Virtual Machine
I'm guessing those are linker errors, which Makefile are you using? I managed to get it building under Ubuntu 16.x but not without ( and for reasons I can't explain ) swapping the order of the object...
View ArticleFlotilla without PI on Windows or QEMU Virtual Machine
Thanks for the quick answer, actually It was (again ¬_¬) some libs not being well updated. After that it compiled perfectly, thought I was missing one lib for flotilla daemon to work, strange enough....
View ArticleFlotilla without PI on Windows or QEMU Virtual Machine
Note, the latest source wont work with your Dock, but if you want to install dfu-programmer and follow some instructions to update your firmware and use the latest version of Flotilla Rockpool then...
View ArticleTechnical Support
I am looking for some sample code run to an explorer hat pro from a web browser. Within the GUI python3.4, I have been able to run a script containing import...
View ArticleTechnical Support
You'll probably need to learn about Flask, which is in itself a web-server that would avoid the need for Apache, try this guide and substitute Explorer HAT code for the RPi.GPIO used:...
View ArticleFlotilla large starter kit short of blue cables
Hi, the package contains the following cables: 3 x 10cm blue3 x 50cm blue1 x red Regards
View ArticleSkywriter XL/Breakout Need for soldering?
Hi, this is probably a really daft question, but I'm about to order a skywriter breakout/xl and was just wondering if it is easy to just plug the right jumper cables into the pi and into the board, or...
View ArticleSkywriter XL/Breakout Need for soldering?
No, just plugging In jumper wires will not provide reliable contacts, soledring is a must.
View Article[SOLVED] Skywriter XL/Breakout Need for soldering?
Thank you so much for your quick and concise response :) Ok, so now I add a soldering iron and some solder to my order! Thanks again, such quick reliable support has convinced me this is the product...
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