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by 2600Sam
Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:47 am
Forum: CrowPi Software Issues
Topic: RetroPie installation
Replies: 2
Views: 3096

Re: RetroPie installation

If you're following that video when you write the RetroPi image to the SD card it erases everything on the card. This would get rid of everything related to the Crowpie2, (software, configurations, specific drivers ... everything) There should be some specific video configuration in the config.txt f...
by 2600Sam
Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: GRIZ Sextant (Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck)
Replies: 3
Views: 2568

Re: -

I downloaded the 64bit image for the Raspberry PI 400, newest 2020.04 mentioning RPI 400. After booting, wifi does not show up, ifconfig does not list it. How do I enable wifi? Thanks. try this I don't remember if this is required any more. In a terminal window type in sudo raspi-config then 'Local...
by 2600Sam
Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: GRIZ Sextant (Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck)
Replies: 3
Views: 2568

Re: GRIZ Sextant (Raspberry Pi Cyberdeck)

It looks a little clumsy and small and with the release of the Pi400 why bother!
by 2600Sam
Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:21 pm
Forum: CrowPi Hardware Issues
Topic: CrowPi2 - Random appearance of the letters A and I
Replies: 3
Views: 2455

Re: CrowPi2 - Random appearance of the letters A and I

Sound like a crap keyboard more than anything else!
I had a similar problem with a cheap Bluetooth keyboard mouse combo (it ended up in the E-waste bin)
by 2600Sam
Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:01 pm
Forum: CrowPi Hardware Issues
Topic: Faulty screen
Replies: 5
Views: 3079

Re: Faulty screen

sadly it is probably cheaper to replace the screen than to have it repaired even from some 3rd party company!
by 2600Sam
Thu Dec 10, 2020 3:16 am
Forum: CrowPi Hardware Issues
Topic: Faulty screen
Replies: 5
Views: 3079

Re: Faulty screen

Have you tried the video output of the PI on another source? If you do open it up, the plastic facing is wedged in there very tightly, so be careful removing it! The screen assemble is not connect to the face. I got mine out using and old credit card on the right-hand side to get it removed. To veri...
by 2600Sam
Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:34 am
Forum: CrowPi Hardware Issues
Topic: "Spare" pins on the GPIO connector
Replies: 10
Views: 5708

Re: "Spare" pins on the GPIO connector

They do have posted on their Github Why SDA0(pin 0 in BCM mode) pin can’t be used? Since this pin is used to detect the startup pin of the system in order to control the power on/off on the PCBA board. If this pin is used, it may cause the CrowPi2 to shut down. and an FYI from there as well Release ...
by 2600Sam
Tue Nov 17, 2020 12:54 am
Forum: CrowPi Hardware Issues
Topic: "Spare" pins on the GPIO connector
Replies: 10
Views: 5708

Re: "Spare" pins on the GPIO connector

On the CrowPi1 they use Physical pin numbers printed on the top but most of the python programs use BCM Here is my CrowPi1 Rpi3 gpio readall +-----+-----+---------+------+---+---Pi 3B+-+---+------+---------+-----+-----+ | BCM | wPi | Name | Mode | V | Physical | V | Mode | Name | wPi | BCM | +-----+...
by 2600Sam
Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:46 pm
Forum: CrowPi Hardware Issues
Topic: "Spare" pins on the GPIO connector
Replies: 10
Views: 5708

Re: "Spare" pins on the GPIO connector

The relay is on GPIO 29 - and I can hear it clicking if I connect wires to that pin. I have been using BCM numbering in my posts - which makes it Pin 21 - but I have been confusing the two numbering schemes myself. Do we prefer the wPi naming ? Pin21 = GPIO9 not GPIO29 I took a look at the pictures...
by 2600Sam
Mon Nov 16, 2020 2:41 am
Forum: CrowPi Hardware Issues
Topic: "Spare" pins on the GPIO connector
Replies: 10
Views: 5708

Re: "Spare" pins on the GPIO connector

You can create interrupts with python from RPi import GPIO from time import sleep clk = 17 dt = 18 GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM) GPIO.setup(clk, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_UP) GPIO.setup(dt, GPIO.IN, pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_UP) clkLastState = GPIO.input(clk) def my_callback(channel): global clkLastState ...