Official 7" Raspberry Pi Touch Screen FAQ
Leonick: Why hasn't this been updated? You can both turn backlight on/off completely and control brightness gradually by changing files in /sys/class/backlight/rpi_backlight/ I simply haven't had time...
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Hi, I'm RobinRetired Head of IT now with time to indulge in Rasberry Pi. My first computer was a Nascom II back in the 1970's Also used early Apples, Commodore Pet, TRS80, BBC Micro (a lot). Main...
View ArticleRaspberry pi zero phat dac
I would verify your soldering, a flaky joint might well be the root of your troubles.
View ArticleFlotilla "ShipShape" Update: Dip in and try the pre-release
This is running on a Pi 2, latest Jessie. The lag is quite severe - sometimes 5 seconds or longer. Sometimes a press of the joystick just doesn't lead to any motion at all (but lots of flashing on the...
View ArticleFullsized Skywriter library compiling issue
Hi, I wanted to test the fullsized skywriter panel with the code you posted on: http://forums.pimoroni.com/t/skywriter-with-arduino-getting-started-problems/887/3 and the library files from the git:...
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I verified the soldering last night. I went one by one. I also checked it with a tester. I also installed a new copy of raspbian, ran the script and it still does not work.
View ArticleFlotilla "ShipShape" Update: Dip in and try the pre-release
This sounds quite a lot like you've updated to ShipShape Daemon, and Rockpool but haven't updated the Dock firmware itself. It should cause pretty much exactly the problem you describe since updates...
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then maybe your unit is dead. shoot support@pimoroni.com an email and they'll sort you out.
View ArticleHELP: Not received my order
Not sure how your ticket slipped through the cracks, sorry about that. Someone from the shop team is sorting this out for you now.
View ArticleRaspberry pi zero phat dac
Just to be sure, can you check the following; in terminal run: lsmod And look for: snd_soc_hifiberry_dac snd_soc_bcm2835_i2s And also try; aplay -l And see what it says, And: alsamixer To see if that...
View ArticleHow much bilge can come from the Pirates!
I'm assuming that our forum provider (Discourse) had a bit of a hiccough, hopefully resolved now and back to normal service!
View ArticleRaspberry pi zero phat dac
This is it shows up: root@pizero:~# lsmod | grep hifibesnd_soc_hifiberry_dac 2911 0 snd_soc_core 168662 3 snd_soc_hifiberry_dac,snd_soc_pcm5102a,snd_soc_bcm2708_i2ssnd_pcm 92581 3...
View ArticleChange in git to line 71 in __init__.py
The change in git to line 71 (Fix to auto-scan) in library/flotilla/__init__.py, made 8 days ago, gives me this error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "landl.py", line 21, in `<module>`...
View ArticleFlotilla "ShipShape" Update: Dip in and try the pre-release
I'm afraid that I did already upgrade the dock firmware at the same time as updating the daemon - at least I ran the command and got back the message 'success "Update finished, enjoy!"' and the end....
View ArticleFlotilla "ShipShape" Update: Dip in and try the pre-release
It struck me ( or rather it struck @RogueM and he mentioned it to me ) that the Rockpool front-end should verify you're running 1.1 and shouldn't show older docks at all- so I may have been barking up...
View ArticleFlotilla "ShipShape" Update: Dip in and try the pre-release
how are you running the 'pre'? ... if you use the 'launch_flotilla' script, then the daemon will be running in debug mode. In this mode you should be able to see the dock version. It should be 1.1 at...
View ArticlePicade Board Firmware Update
gadgetoid: I plan to make the Picade firmware dynamically re-configurable as soon as I can so we can have a utility to change the key bindings without uploading a new firmware. Any luck implementing...
View ArticlePicade Board Firmware Update
You should use Picade.ino.hex, that's the correct file. I haven't had any time to look into improving the firmware yet. I'm still very much buried in Flotilla and various other duties, but I believe...
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