Graphics, sound and multimedia • Re: Duplicate Display through CLI
Yodeck is licensed per screen not per player, if you use two screens on one player it would still be two license fees. If you are dependent upon yodeck licenses then you could end up without any if...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Home Automation: Which size Pi 4?
I'd like to do home automation as my first project so I can get away from the Amazon/Google ecosystems. The instructions for the home automation project suggest Pi 4, but don't say which size. Is...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • pigpio serial_write unsigned char?
Hi, I was using the serial_write function of the pigpiod_if2.h to send commands to a slave device for control and feedback.It works very well as the slave device accepts signed char format, but as I...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: Custom CM4 board failed radiated EMI due to PCIE
Sorry for the radio silence. I re-designed the PCB for six layers. All the PCIE traces now run exclusively on the top layer with a 100 % solid GND underneath. I just received the results from the EMC...
View ArticleMedia centres • Re: Kodi PVR best backend on Pi 4 or 5?
I'd say tvheadend is the most widely used backend, and it works well for me.It's not the simplest thing to configure, although there is a wizard which helps if you don't need too unusual options.But...
View ArticleDevice Tree • Re: Display NOT WORKING - only works with Waveshare example...
"edt,edt-ft5x06" is not a compatible string advertised by the module, and you're relying on it dropping back to looking at the I2C id strings (with the vendor removed).Valid compatibles are listed at...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: PI CM5，SDA0/SCL0
Hardware naming doesn't always match software naming.Software i2c-0 is on GPIOs 0&1.The I2C block driving hardware lines SDA0/SCL0 on GPIOs 38&39 is sofware i2c-10."dtparam=i2c_csi_dsi0" will...
View ArticleCompute Module • CM5 IO Board dual-camera = NO
Added this to the boot/firmware folder, yet, on the IO board only 1 camera shows.• checked connector• tried multiple cables (new)• tried multiple cameras (new)-------# For more options and information...
View ArticleOfficial Display • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 Touch Display 7" V2 sometimes...
Black, or just nothing rendered to it?Do you have another display connected?Are you booting to a desktop environment or console?Pi5's DSI ports are a separate DRM driver to vc4 used for the HDMI...
View ArticleInterfacing (DSI, CSI, I2C, etc.) • Re: pigpio serial_write unsigned char?
I'm certain that the signedness of the characters/bytes is not the problem - it's just a stream of bytes except when it comes to the interpretation of the returned data. In what way is it not...
View ArticleCompute Module • Re: CM5 IO Board dual-camera = NO
Have you fitted the jumper on J6?Statistics: Posted by PhilE — Wed Apr 23, 2025 11:42 am
View ArticleSDK • Re: In code detect if running on Pico or PicoW
I had hoped there was some kind of SDK function I could use. I found it surprising that initialising the CYW43 does not yield an error return when there is no such device on the board. Not having a...
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