General discussion • Re: Performance option: usb_max_current_enable
The risk is that with all the power going to the USB the SoC may not get enough when under heavy load and brown out. Depends on how good your PS is. You might want to consider a 5A supply.Statistics:...
View ArticleOff topic discussion • Re: A bit of Raspberry with 144C/288T
I could not resists to prepare for a CPU upgrade for the 8-socket system. I bought 8× 24C/48T Intel Xeon 8890v4 CPUs for only 178€ in total (including shipping and customs) on ebay. They should be 33%...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Connect stuff in the sd card slot
i suspect the new SD controller on the pi4/pi5 is SDIO capable, the one hard-wired to the uSD slotStatistics: Posted by cleverca22 — Mon Sep 15, 2025 9:33 pm
View ArticleOther • Re: XLibre
Thanks for maintaing an X server on Pi OS, especially for Java apps, because Swing is not Wayland ready and slow via XWayland.Statistics: Posted by turiot — Mon Sep 15, 2025 9:38 pm
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: JavaScript errors with SurfShark
What method is used for the "loading at startup" - might be the wrong user/ directory / dependency not met etc.The excellent guide to all things startup is here (thanks to thagrol)...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Active Cooler Not working
Hey folks, I'm getting started with the raspberry pi 5 with active cooler, AI hat, and camera. I noticed after getting the ai hat setup running some hailo example scripts that the active cooler wasn't...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS • Re: strange VLC autostart problem after last upgrade
This is the .desktop file:Code: [Desktop Entry]Name=bloombergExec=/home/raspitv/tv.shTerminal=trueType=Applicationand this is the script tv.sh:Code: vlc --fullscreen --loop...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • Re: Problems with MCP3008
This board unfortunately does not provide detailed specs or a schema.The assumption is that the ADC is powered by 3.3V and hence input voltages above 3.3V will damage the chip or cause...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • RPi 5 + L298N + encoder — how to build a...
Hi, I’m building an overhead crane driven by Raspberry Pi 5 (Bookworm, Python 3.11). I’m a beginner with controllers and RPi5 GPIO.Drives: L298N + Pololu 37Dx65L 24 V 1000 RPM DC motor with encoder...
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General • Re: GPIO pin 15 is located at pin 19 not 20
The only RP2 boards I am aware of which notionally have GPIO15 on Pin 19 and 0V on Pin 20 are the Olimex XL and XXL - That partially fits with "Pin 18 is still a ground and pin 17 is still GPIO13 and...
View ArticleSDK • Re: How to extend stdio usb descriptors?
Thanks for the reply and the link to your PR! This certainly goes into the right direction and reduces the duplicate code / custom usb_descriptor (e.g. the TUD_RPI_RESET_DESCRIPTOR gets removed). I've...
View ArticleBeginners • Re: RP5 Headless Setup on MacOS - How do I make it visible on...
I got it Apple Time Machine working using this very useful articlehttps://ovechkin.xyz/blog/2021-12-13-us ... me-machineThere's a few things in that article that are poor practice, that aren't really...
View ArticlePython • Re: Why must we use --break-system-packages?
Why must we use --break-system-packages?"We" shouldn't.Option 1:Look for a package in apt, install that and use the system python environment.Option 2:Use a venv possibly with the...
View ArticleTroubleshooting • Re: kms video settings only apply during boot
So I tried reflect_x and reflect_y(seperately) at the end of the video= part, and tried moving video= to the end of cmdline.txt to make sure the reflect parameters would be parsed last. If I remove...
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Raspberry Pi Connect • rpi-connect icon is spinning
Just updated a pi5(00) from bookworm to trixie and after rebooting the rpi-connect icon has "started" spinning continiously in the screen sharing session which it never did before (afaicr)is this...
View ArticleBeta testing • Re: Updating to trixie
Since we switched from dhcpcd to NetworkManager, people have been pointing out that they lost link-local address...
View ArticleGraphics, sound and multimedia • Re: How to add or use additional video modes...
Raspberry Pi 5 VEC lets you add a custom mode using the non-standard cmode parameter. Try appending this to "cmdline.txt":Code: drm_rp1_vec.cmode=13500,640/56/64/98,480/6/6/33,iWarnings:1....
View ArticleBeginners • Re: Adding a new Wi-Fi network using sudo raspi-config
From my experience, raspi-config just edits the same network configs, so old Wi-Fi details aren’t lost.On newer OS versions, it’s handled through systemd instead of plain wpa_supplicant.conf, but...
View ArticleOff topic discussion • Re: A bit of Raspberry with 144C/288T
With this commit option "-F" got added, forcing ruined cities to be among those from initial radial ruin:https://github.com/Hermann-SW/RR/commit ... 351de28624Initial ruin of 1,000 cities around city...
View ArticleAutomation, sensing and robotics • Re: Implementing A Sensor that Requires...
Which circuit were you planning to use?https://www.elstar.com/images/Mechanica ... RevG_0.pdfStatistics: Posted by ame — Wed Sep 17, 2025 8:40 pm
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