Cakeboards - eek
Got some cakeboards, used one of them and it came apart. Good: Can be reassembled with care by dropping the connectors in the slots: Bad: Doesn't seem to be much locking the two plastic layers...
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I noticed this on one of mine and "fixed" it with 2.5mm some nylon bolts. I don't think they're supposed to be glued ( since involving glue in any sort of manufacturing process is asking for trouble )...
View ArticleCannot log into Pimoroni forums from a Raspberry PI
At least on my Raspberry Pi B+ with the latest Raspbian and using the default browser, I cannot log into the forums. Clicking on the "login" button does nothing at all. Iceweasel works though.
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CAP 1188 - no reaction to touch of C* pins. Expected behaviour?
I've soldered on the header pins and wired up my newly acquired CAP-1188 to my Raspberry PI using the I2C interface.I can see the device on address 0x29 and can change that address to 0x28 using the...
View ArticlePicade goes mobile
That is quite cool, is that a small keyboard attached to the inside of the door? Nice idea may copy that. :)
View ArticleCakeboards - eek
Gonna have to find me some 2.5mm nylon bolts methinkgs... The boards are lovely, but dismantling a project is a tad fraught :)
View ArticleCAP 1188 - no reaction to touch of C* pins. Expected behaviour?
According to the datasheet, the LED outputs are not linked to the Cap input by default. I don't have access to one of those unit so I can't tell you if there's a test routine you could use, short of...
View ArticleExplorer HAT Pro lights flicker constantly after second s/w install
All was well with my Explorer HAT Pro and my code but I noticed I had not kept the Explorer's software up to date. After updating the Explorer's s/w the red, green and yellow lights constantly flicker...
View ArticleExplorer HAT Pro lights flicker constantly after second s/w install
Fixed it..: sudo reboot sigh I'm assuming that until the reboot the latest modules installed during the upgrade couldn't be fully used and hence it all got a bit confused. Pimoroni folks, please can...
View ArticleExplorer HAT Pro lights flicker constantly after second s/w install
You had such detailed steps to reproduction and were so thorough and descriptive I was practically looking forward to sinking my teeth into this I wish all issues were reported this thoroughly, bravo!...
View ArticleCAP 1188 - no reaction to touch of C* pins. Expected behaviour?
@RogueM is correct. There's a fair bit of configuration that needs to happen before the Cap11xx chips will do anything sophisticated, but it's all pretty straight forward to understand and a good,...
View ArticleExplorer HAT Pro lights flicker constantly after second s/w install
That moment of "d'oh!" when I realised the solution is essentially to turn it off and on again ;)
View ArticleStarting from scratch with raspberry pi2
Thank You for your help!I have OSMS now up on the PI2.All I need to do now is get it to talk to my PC so I can start streaming stuff.
View ArticleExplorer HAT Pro lights flicker constantly after second s/w install
technically it seems like an odd glitch, I don't think there is anything that would call for a reboot, as long as i2c didn't need enabling as part of the process (which already flags a reboot message...
View ArticlePimoroni pHAT DAC pin use
Hi, I've setup a Raspberry Pi B with Shairport to AirPlay music to my speakers. Works a treat, however the audio quality is poor and volume is low. I'm therefore looking to add external sound to fix...
View ArticlePimoroni pHAT DAC pin use
It uses the pins detailed here: http://pinout.xyz/pinout/phat_dac Plus 5v power, and ground of course. pHAT DAC supplies a line-level output, so it likely wont help for your low volume problems-...
View ArticleRaspberry pi zero phat dac
I received my replacement device plugged it in and it worked like a charm...
View ArticlePimoroni pHAT DAC pin use
It uses the pins detailed here: http://pinout.xyz/pinout/phat_dac Plus 5v power, and ground of course. pHAT DAC supplies a line-level output, so it likely wont help for your low volume problems-...
View ArticleRaspberry pi zero phat dac
I received my replacement device plugged it in and it worked like a charm...
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