Displayotron Hat stops displaying text after extended use
My Display-O-Tron HAT stops displaying text after several hours of being in use. It requires a reboot to get it going again. The backlights still does it's rainbow thing, as well as the bar graph...
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Our Flotilla joystick is behaving in an unexpected way: The X-axis (and the Left and Right parameters) work sensibly enough, going from 0 through 500 in the middle to 1000. The Y-axis on the other...
View ArticleDisplayotron Hat stops displaying text after extended use
It's possible a bad packet of data is confusing the LCD driver leaving it in a hung state or similar. Do you have some sample code that replicates the issue?
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Ah thank you! I started a specific thread for this here: forums.pimoroni.com Joystick problem? Our Flotilla joystick is behaving in an unexpected way: The X-axis (and the Left and Right parameters)...
View ArticleDisplayotron Hat stops displaying text after extended use
from pycgminer import CgminerAPI from multiprocessing import Process import dothat.backlight as backlight import dothat.lcd as lcd import time import math def miner(): while True: cgminer =...
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Displayotron Hat stops displaying text after extended use
haincha: lcd.set_cursor_position(0,0) Could you try adding lcd.clear() before this line? Also can the result of str(cgminer.devs()[u'DEVS'][0][u'Accepted']) ever be greater than 13 characters?
View ArticleJoystick problem?
Could you possibly post a picture of the underside of your joystick? I've seen exactly this problem in testing and I've got a suspicion I know what might be up!
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It'll generate an odd IO error with no ill effect. How frequently do you see them? The library is still a little rough around the edges, but we'll polish it up and squelch those messages soon!
View ArticleIs there a simple guide to test all devices?
Found it! Responded. It's fine. Handy to have a separate thread just in case someone else gets the same problem. Right now Flotilla is a little sluggish on the Pi, but we're working on a...
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Displayotron Hat stops displaying text after extended use
Interesting, even after a reboot today it's not working. Maybe I will check my power supply. EditScratch that, after running the demo.py script, it kicked it into working again. May look into my power...
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Yup, I figured as much. Look at the 3 solder joints above the Flotilla text on the left. Two of them are connected together- they shouldn't be. This happens sometimes when the solder wave isn't...
View ArticleDisplayotron Hat stops displaying text after extended use
Ok, was just a thought :-) Let us know how you get on!
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