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Phat DAC with RCA and pre-amp

I just read on here that the signal is unamplified..............Does this suggest it could go to a pre-amp? Also, do the RCA ports disable the 3.5mm jack or is it still available?

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No browser

Hi there, my son has a pi2b He has managed to set it up and connect to the router wifi but can't get onto the Web as he can't seem to download a browser. He's a novice and I am very new to this! Any...

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My small but (I think) sensible mod

I was never happy with the way the HDMI cable of the 8" display pointed up and then snaked to the door where the Pi was located. Every time the door is opened it stresses the control board. So I have...

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No browser

There should already be a browser installed by default, likely visible in the panel at the top of the screen - it looks like a globe. If not, check under 'Internet' for 'Epiphany Web Browser' using...

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Does the pHAT DAC have a DC offset on the output?

Title says it all. Hoping to use the DAC with a custom amplifier stage but I need to know what I can expect in terms of DC output. Thanks!

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Piano Hat Midi on Raspberry Pi 3

I can't get the midi-piano.py example script to work on my new Raspberry Pi 3. It worked fine on a Raspberry Pi 2 and I followed the same procedure to install the midi library on the Pi 3 but it...

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Scroll phat Errno 2 smbus issues

Im having problems with the scroll phat and a pi zeroI've followed the instructions curl -sSL get.pimoroni.com/scrollphat | bash and I get pi@raspberrypi:~/Pimoroni/scrollphat $ sudo python...

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Scroll phat Errno 2 smbus issues

Did you reboot after installing? What do you see if, at terminal, you run: ls /dev/i2c* and sudo lsmod and uname -a cat /etc/os-*

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Piano Hat Midi on Raspberry Pi 3

no, this has nothing to do with compatibility with Raspberry Pi 3... I tried it on a clean Jessie install and at first got the same issue on a Pi 2. if you check the setup.py file in the python-midi...

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Piano Hat Midi on Raspberry Pi 3

The midi library must be compatible, there's no earthly reason why it wouldn't be. So I suspect it's something else afoot. On your Pi 2 setup, what happens if you type: pip freeze | grep midi Versus...

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Piano Hat Midi on Raspberry Pi 3

Thanks RogueM, the sudo pip uninstall midi followed by the re-install fixed it.

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Headless WiFi configuration brainstorming

Awesome. Thanks for pointing out Serial. I installed the trial and it Just Works™ with the Adafruit's serial cable. It's not perfect though: I haven't figured out how to send files to the Pi with it....

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My small but (I think) sensible mod

We like it! We may consider modifying the kit to work like this in future (at least with Pi based builds!).

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RPI3 shipping backlog

This probably deserves a bit of a fuller explanation as to how we deal with the volume of orders we receive on large launch days to cope with the extra demands on the packing and shop teams. For Pi 3...

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Flotilla "ShipShape" Update: Dip in and try the pre-release ( NEW: Updated...

It now loads in Epiphany, but mine (on pi2 and pi3 with newest jessie) doesn't display the modules in rockpool. Need to try python again with shipshape, but I don't think rockpool is working as...

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Flotilla "ShipShape" Update: Dip in and try the pre-release ( NEW: Updated...

yes, the latest (shipshape) rockpool broke Epiphany... @gadgetoid fixed it in the master repo but I don't think it has made it's way into 'pre' yet as there are a couple of other bugs being worked on....

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Flotilla "ShipShape" Update: Dip in and try the pre-release ( NEW: Updated...

btw, there is now a script to automate installation of the python API and firmware upgrade, just run: curl -SS get.pimoroni.com/flotilla | bash This is specifically for SHIPSHAPE users at this point,...

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Flotilla "ShipShape" Update: Dip in and try the pre-release ( NEW: Updated...

actually, the latest rockpool IS available in the 'pre' repo, so it should work again in Epiphany. Make sure you 'git pull' the latest or rebase your install so that it is fully up-to-date.

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Headless WiFi configuration brainstorming

yes, the need to access the GPIO limits practicality of the serial console some, unless you are willing to perform mods such as...

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ImportError: No module named scrollphat on a fresh jessie installation

Hello, guys, Really loving your service and products up until now! :) I just received the rPi zero with your scroll pHAT. Tried this on an existing raspbian (wheezy) and on a fresh one (jessie) both...

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