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by BMS Doug
Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:41 am
Forum: HATs and other add-ons
Topic: Yet another LCD question!!
Replies: 11
Views: 1932

Re: Yet another LCD question!!

Hopefully the generic FBTFT drivers will work, so you just need to add the relevent device tree overlay settings.
by BMS Doug
Thu Oct 13, 2016 11:37 pm
Forum: Advanced users
Topic: Auto start a script
Replies: 38
Views: 98155

Re: Auto start a script

for a script that requires keyboard input / display we have a slightly different service setup , let us say that we want to output info and receive keyboard control on a terminal say tty9 [alt-f9] using the same procedure as https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=7192&p=828947#p828...
by BMS Doug
Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:51 pm
Forum: Compute Module
Topic: CM3 Release Date
Replies: 32
Views: 9028

Re: CM3 Release Date

The NEC video was pretty specific, customised cm3 module with 16GB eMMC on-board.
by BMS Doug
Thu Oct 13, 2016 2:34 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Raspberry Pi Capability
Replies: 19
Views: 2596

Re: Raspberry Pi Capability

That looks like a cool way of controlling the temperature of the rig, I will have to definitely look into doing that because it looks like a interesting way of controlling the temperature. Could you please send me a but more information of how you did that? Thank you You have probably noticed that ...
by BMS Doug
Thu Oct 13, 2016 11:02 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Raspberry Pi Capability
Replies: 19
Views: 2596

Re: Raspberry Pi Capability

Thank you, I am currently looking at the website now. I cant seem to find out how many fans the Raspberry Pi can support, I am looking at running 10 fans for my build, the main reason for this large amount fans is that they will be placed all around a the desk. What do you mean by make the fans set...
by BMS Doug
Thu Oct 13, 2016 10:38 am
Forum: Automation, sensing and robotics
Topic: Digital Potentiometer code
Replies: 1
Views: 2296

Re: Digital Potentiometer code

Hello everyone! so I am working with a Digital Potentiometer using this website's code http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/94479/digital-potentiometer-mcp4131-with-raspberry-pi and it all works I just need help understanding and altering the code.[/code] I've added some comments for you....
by BMS Doug
Thu Oct 13, 2016 10:25 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: RPI Model 1 not working after lightening strike
Replies: 2
Views: 450

Re: RPI Model 1 not working after lightening strike

If the polyfuse protected the pi then it would have reset after a few days, otherwise you could replace all the power supply components and still have no guarantee of the pi working afterwards.
by BMS Doug
Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:52 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Raspberry Pi Capability
Replies: 19
Views: 2596

Re: Raspberry Pi Capability

I was thinking of using Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Weatherproof Strip 60 LED. If this is not a viable option for a LED strip please could you link me one that is as I am not to sure on which ones are suitable for my build. I have looked at both the links you have sent me and I believe I have...
by BMS Doug
Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:35 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: I simply will not have HDMI TV, but LCD display and hotspot
Replies: 13
Views: 1903

Re: I simply will not have HDMI TV, but LCD display and hots

!!! They all are the same! They may all look the same but there are important differences between them. go to amazon and sign in. Go to "your account". Select "your orders". Find the lcd display that you bought in your order history. Click on it and copy the link to the item. Post the link so that ...
by BMS Doug
Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:17 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: R-Pi Repairs? Some Things Are Not Possible?
Replies: 8
Views: 4440

Re: R-Pi Repairs? Some Things Are Not Possible?

I have an RPi B+ not anymore booting after I did an update. I know it is the pi because I already replaced with working sd card and working power supplies. When turned on, the red and green LEDs turned on forever as if there is no bootable sd detected. So far, this is the only post in google that m...
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:18 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Strange stripes on official 7" Touch screen
Replies: 2
Views: 911

Re: Strange stripes on official 7" Touch screen

This has been observed elsewhere as well. The stripes were replicable by following the same process. My setup is I'm powering the touchscreen display board (v1.1 with official power supply) and then powering the rpi 3 from that using the jumper wires. If you shutdown the pi and unplug it the screen ...
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:11 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Neopixel ring with Raspberry pi 3B flashing weirdly
Replies: 10
Views: 4034

Re: Neopixel ring with Raspberry pi 3B flashing weirdly

Just curious, I have the parts on order, but... Why would it work for about 4 continuous hours and then not again if that was the issue? Wouldn't it be more likely that it would work a bit and you'd wouldn't see such a consistent error? Also, why are they so steady with Arduino vs RPi? Arduino has ...
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:55 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Run BrightSign Pres through a Raspberry Pi to test Touch???
Replies: 2
Views: 979

Re: Run BrightSign Pres through a Raspberry Pi to test Touch

I know this seems a bit of a loopy question, but I'm looking for a way to test touch capabilities of a BrightSign presentation on a touch screen. Is this even possible :?: The 2 touch screens I have currently are a Toshiba Satellite touch screen lap top and a 7" Raspberry Pi touch screen. It doesn'...
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:40 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Can the Pi zero become even slimmer?
Replies: 7
Views: 1472

Re: Can the Pi zero become even slimmer?

But if it was that small where would we attach the kitchen sink camera module?
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:30 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Neopixel ring with Raspberry pi 3B flashing weirdly
Replies: 10
Views: 4034

Re: Neopixel ring with Raspberry pi 3B flashing weirdly

The ws281x really needs a 5v signal, a logic level shifter should help.

https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:29 pm
Forum: Automation, sensing and robotics
Topic: Stepper Motor and L298n Hbridge
Replies: 2
Views: 812

Re: Stepper Motor and L298n Hbridge

Disconnect the 5v logic between the pi and the L298N. This connection is unnecessary and might be the cause of your problem.
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:14 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: gpiozero
Replies: 7
Views: 1446

Re: gpiozero

If your using a pi2 then i expect the image is pretty old, maybe you will need to do a: apt-get dist-upgrade to get the latest version. I recently had the same issue with my daughters pi and i was glad i had taken backups of various files first as she lost her minecraft world during the dist-upgrade.
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:08 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Easily Select Text for an LED Badge via a served webpage or?
Replies: 5
Views: 895

Re: Easily Select Text for an LED Badge via a served webpage

I'd use a 16x2 or 20x4 with i2c backpack, cheap as anything, good visibility and very easy to program.
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:04 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: SPI Display
Replies: 4
Views: 990

Re: SPI Display

I reconsidered this, and have received 3.5" car backup cam display instead. Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0045IIZKU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Now there is an issue. This display works off of 12 volts and I have a 3.7 volt battery. So I need to modify it to run off of US...
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 2:05 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: What I really want.
Replies: 41
Views: 6010

Re: What I really want.

This means I have to "steal" a monitor and keyboard for a PC to get going. Not a big problem, but everything is a lot easier with this label. And it can not cost many cents. Magne prepare an SD card image for getting MAC address from pi: 2+ hrs work Then add either: USB receipt printer ~£22.00 (per...
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 1:30 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Basic issues getting 8 x 7segment display working
Replies: 10
Views: 1744

Re: Basic issues getting 8 x 7segment display working

I was expecting to see a /dev/spidev0.0 as well as the /dev/spidev0.1 most of the websites that I have come across say that this " ls -l /dev/spi* " is a good test, and the results on the few webpages I was looking at show two lines, exactly as you have described. I'm not sure what the deal with it...
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 11:51 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Basic issues getting 8 x 7segment display working
Replies: 10
Views: 1744

Re: Basic issues getting 8 x 7segment display working

I'm fumbling my way ghrough here, hopefully we'll figure it out (or give better data for someone else to help further). I was expecting to see a /dev/spidev0.0 as well as the /dev/spidev0.1 please look in the boot config file and check for any references to spi. sudo nano /boot/config.txt We are loo...
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:11 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Basic issues getting 8 x 7segment display working
Replies: 10
Views: 1744

Re: Basic issues getting 8 x 7segment display working

Looks like standard spidev commands,


Could you let me know the result of typing this from command line:

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lsmod | grep -i spi
And also this:

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ls -l /dev/spi*

Thanks.
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:01 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Basic issues getting 8 x 7segment display working
Replies: 10
Views: 1744

Re: Basic issues getting 8 x 7segment display working

I sure do have that directory and led.py tucked away within. All seems ok at a glance. http://i.imgur.com/rTne1Nj.jpg Buggered if I know why it is telling me it cannot find the file or directory! Ah, I re-read your original post the problem is within the file led.py: line 51: self._spi.open(spi_bus...
by BMS Doug
Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:30 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Basic issues getting 8 x 7segment display working
Replies: 10
Views: 1744

Re: Basic issues getting 8 x 7segment display working

First lets check the contents of your directories:

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cd /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
ls
You should have a directory named "max7219", so we need to check that the file "led.py" is in there.

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cd max7219
ls

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