General discussion • Having issues with GPIO pins
When I run this code outside my virtual environment, it works. However, when I try to run it inside my virtual env I receive an error. I googled, and ChatGPT for hours. No success. Any thoughts?Code...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Raspberry Pi 6.1.0 OS Cron Job Configuration Issue: Running...
I'm facing an unexpected behavior with cron job configuration on my Raspberry Pi running OS version 6.1.0. When setting up a one-time cron job with specific parameters for both the day of the week and...
View ArticleCamera board • Camera can only focus at <1cm
I have bought a shutter camera for my raspberry pi 5. The full name is Raspberry pi global shutter camera CS. It says that it is compatible with all models of raspberry pi. The lens I use is CCTV...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • easiest path to automate, solar tracker,...
Watched numerous vids, but were isolated, and lengthy processes based on what was possible, not what was easier. I don't have a lot of time to tinker and test. Wiring and Programming hope to be easy...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • I want to make a cluster of raspberry pi as a server
i have 2 raspberry pi, one is a pi 4 8gb and another one is a pi3b+ both have a USB flashdrive of 64gb, i want to make the pi 4 as the main server and the pi 3B+ as another node, the thing is i make...
View ArticleSDK • Get Substrings using Delimiter
As efficiently as possible, and possibly leveraging the string.h library, I am trying to figure out how to extract substrings in a string using a delimiter to find the end of the substring.For...
View ArticleUbuntu • PI4 with 8 GB - running Ubuntu 22.04 - Samba doesn't start
Hope somebody can help me. I have a fresh installation with Ubuntu 64 bit. I installed samba with apt update samba. No errors during installation. However the daemon doesn't start. upon start I...
View ArticlePython • Alternatives to Thonny that support remote Python debugging
I am use to Thonny not supporting remote debugging MicroPython on PICO but just discovered the same is true for Python. I'm using Thonny on a P400 to develop code on a headless ZERO. My research...
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Advanced users • My Hotspot will not issue an IP4 to a client.
I have a Raspberry Pi4 Model B, Rev 1.2, 4 coresRunning Rasbian/Debian Linux 12Linux 6.1.77-v8+My mini development server connects to my mobile phones hotspot feature and it works fine connecting to...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • Inverting x on TransformationMatrix in config
Hi team,Hopefully this is the right place I can't really see a better forum for itI'm using an ILI9341/XPT2046(ADS7846) touchscreen on a pi4, rotated 90 degrees. Everything is now working really well...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Raspberry Pi400 booting on a rainbow screen
Hello everyone,I wanted to use my HyperPixel so much but the Raspberry Pi is not working.I flashed an SD card with the default os and it boots to a rainbow screen without proceeding further (but Kali...
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Troubleshooting • Raspberry Pi 5 - How to Change Keybindings X11
Some excellent information on this for the Wayland side of things here: viewtopic.php?t=367085However I do find myself switching to X11 for remote desktop support often enough that I need to transfer...
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Advanced users • Official kernel deb packaging scripts
I am maintaining a fleet of several PI machines and I need to change the kernel configuration. I'd like to make this process automatically to follow the official kernel versions (I'll try to follow...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Camera from python script more zoomed in than from terminal
Hello. I have a Pi 4 with a camera module v2, via SSH, and need to capture a image, but when I go to do so, the image is more zoomed in than the terminal, which I have been using as the basis for my...
View ArticleAdvanced users • lxterminal commands
I'm confused what the command "lxterminal" does from the command line.This code brings up a new active terminal.Code: lxterminalThe code below also brings up a new active terminal and prints "[1]" and...
View ArticleGeneral discussion • LED on RPI Without Breadboard?
I have a Rpi Zero W 2 and I wanted to attach a LED to it, but didn't want a big bulky breadboard. Is there any way to add a LED with the GPIO pins? If so how would I do it?I know the basic materials,...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Bullseye + picamera2 + RPi 3B+ IndexError: list index out...
Night vision camera.Code: from picamera2.encoders import H264Encoderfrom picamera2 import Picamera2import timeimport RPi.GPIO as GPIOpicam2 = Picamera2()video_config =...
View ArticleAdvanced users • rpi-clone now maintained in a new repository
rpi-clone is a nice tool to create clones of the running system on another device and uses rsync to minimize the update time.Unfortunately Bill Wilson doesn't maintain his tool any more and...
View ArticlePython • How Do I Use this Export Function?
I am making an audio recorder, and I need to have an export feature. I have the Audacity mod-script-pipe and I want when I run the code it exports the audio in Audacity to the date and time for the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Picamera2 video frame size recording
Bullseye, RPi 3B+I'm reading the https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/came ... manual.pdf at page 48picam2.start_recording(encoder, 'test.h264', quality=Quality.HIGH)That gives me this error ('Quality'...
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