Skywriter Firmware Info error
Brand new Raspberry Pi 2 with the Skywriter Hat Linux rpihobby01 4.1.13-v7+ #826 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 13 20:19:03 GMT 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux curl -sSL get.pimoroni.com/skywriter | bash sudo apt-get...
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Hi folks, Got a pi zero and a scroll phat the other day and got round to soldering them together today. It works fine apart from the fact that there's a dead LED on the top row, second from the right....
View ArticleScroll phat - dead LED
It can't be due to your soldering... shoot Pimoroni support an email and they'll sort you out!
View ArticleScroll phat - dead LED
What's the address? I can't find it on the website. I took a closer look at the scroll phat and the LED appears to be white as opposed to the yellow of the rest of them, almost like it's been chipped...
View ArticleScroll phat - dead LED
Sounds like the lens of the LED has been broken off. Drop us an e-mail to support@pimoroni.com and we'll arrange a replacement!
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Ok, thanks both for your help
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View ArticleSkywriter Firmware Info error
I found this issue on githubgithub.com/pimoroni/skywriter-hat/issues/7 but its closed. How do I refresh the firmware on the skywriter HAT ?
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I think I misunderstood your reply. I will take a closer look at the RPi GPIO Flask example you provided and see if the explorer hat code will work with it.. Thanks.
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