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by B.Goode
Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:59 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Problem while setup the raspberry pi B
Replies: 18
Views: 1578

Re: Problem while setup the raspberry pi B

If there are no Operating Systems listed it probably means you have downloaded and copied the NOOBS-lite (network-only) installer. This requires a working wired ethernet connection to the internet, which your RPi does not have. Alternatively you may have downloaded the full NOOBS installer but faile...
by B.Goode
Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:58 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Teach kids through games
Replies: 5
Views: 1205

Re: Teach kids through games

DougieLawson wrote:Who wants to bet that the BBC's Doctor Who game will be Flash based and therefore won't run on a Raspberry Pi?
According to The Register it is 'unity-based'. I don't understand the technical implications, but I'm assuming that is also a show-stopper for the RPi?
by B.Goode
Mon Oct 20, 2014 2:33 pm
Forum: Picademy
Topic: Scratch GPIO Worksheets
Replies: 2
Views: 2865

Re: Scratch GPIO Worksheets

Also see the make/teach/learn resources at http://www.raspberrypi.org/resources . Some of those use scratch.
by B.Goode
Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:01 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: raspbian and arch on pi
Replies: 4
Views: 804

Re: raspbian and arch on pi

how do i unistall arch linux please. Short answer: you don't. NOOBS is a no-frills Installer - it doesn't have tools for UNinstalling. Medium answer: the NOOBS recovery console allows you to select the OSes to install. So by going back to NOOBS by using Shift when prompted at boot-up you can choose...
by B.Goode
Mon Oct 20, 2014 11:54 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Can't find sensor
Replies: 6
Views: 1242

Re: Can't find sensor

hsloan1a wrote: When I run this:
sudo modprobe w1-gpio
sudo modprobe w1-therm
cd /sys/bus/w1/devices/
ls

I don't get the results that are displayed.
So what DO you get? The output might give someone a clue...
by B.Goode
Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:27 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Teach kids through games
Replies: 5
Views: 1205

Re: Teach kids through games

Just wondered what people think to having a python scripting interface in games, that would allow lerners to manipulate aspects of the game to their will. If Minecraft is anything to go by, I'd say people find it pretty compelling. @DougieLawson was being modest and didn't mention his contribution ...
by B.Goode
Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:25 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Running a program on start up
Replies: 1
Views: 567

Re: Running a program on start up

Note: I do not own a Raspberry Pi, yet. I am doing research on it and plan on getting one soon. Here is the question: Can I have just one program start up when the Pi without having to code a whole operating system? I have a program that I developed in Panda3D using Python and Java, and I want it t...
by B.Goode
Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:19 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How can I read a button press from GPIO?
Replies: 6
Views: 1329

Re: How can I read a button press from GPIO?

The Screaming Jelly Baby tutorial shows how to connect a basic switch. [Using a Jelly Baby and an mp3 are not compulsory.]
by B.Goode
Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:18 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Click Switch, breadboard
Replies: 2
Views: 570

Re: Click Switch, breadboard

The Screaming Jelly Baby tutorial shows how to connect a basic switch. [Using a Jelly Baby and an mp3 are not compulsory.]
by B.Goode
Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:53 am
Forum: General programming discussion
Topic: Best Software?
Replies: 16
Views: 6148

Re: Best Software?

What im really aiming for is a system that will read a rotary encoder switch and support SPI and possibly I2C and maybe Analog in/out. A Raspberry Pi does not natively support analog in/out. (Other than the audio out, which may not be what you had in mind.) Ive not yet looked very deeply at Python,...
by B.Goode
Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:35 am
Forum: C/C++
Topic: UART Bug? Can't set baud rate higher than 115200 in C?
Replies: 6
Views: 3406

Re: UART Bug? Can't set baud rate higher than 115200 in C?

I was trying to operate at a baud rate of 500000 but was getting no RX or TX with the other device unless I shorted the two RPI pins together in which case it would talk to itself (but not the other device). That sounds to me as though it might be your other device - or the path between the two - t...
by B.Goode
Sun Oct 19, 2014 11:22 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: RPi not connecting to network
Replies: 2
Views: 567

Re: RPi not connecting to network

Is it possible that your router has assigned an IP address to your RPi for a finite time which has now expired? Have you tried rebooting either or both the RPi and router?
by B.Goode
Sun Oct 19, 2014 8:29 am
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: RACHEL at home type deal?
Replies: 9
Views: 2032

Re: RACHEL at home type deal?

Perhaps explore BarracudaDrive or Tonido. It sounds as though you simply need a fileserver that you populate with your own content - many, many options are available in addition to those 2.
by B.Goode
Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:09 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Nokia 5110 display error
Replies: 4
Views: 1831

Re: Nokia 5110 display error

A pure guess - Does the Adafruit_Nokia_LCD module itself rely on RPi.GPIO? And if so does it use 'BCM' numbering of the GPIO pins? Perhaps try omitting your added GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD) and change all the instances of '11' to '17'? (That would be easier if you used a constant to hold the pin defin...
by B.Goode
Sun Oct 19, 2014 6:56 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Is it possible to add a second operating system without usin
Replies: 2
Views: 679

Re: Is it possible to add a second operating system without

I have set up my pi with noobs from a pre loaded sd card, is it possible to download and install another operating system using only the raspberry pi. I am currently using Raspbian but also want to install RaspBMC or openELEC. Yes, you can install Raspbmc or openelec using only the RPi. The documen...
by B.Goode
Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:48 pm
Forum: Automation, sensing and robotics
Topic: Pi in Industrial Applications
Replies: 8
Views: 3874

Re: Pi in Industrial Applications

is it possible to have Pi running a graphical interface at boot? Yes. (At least with the Raspbian OS you can configure this preferred behaviour at first boot, or subsequently, using the raspi-config utility.) What's the best programming languages (Python, C...)? There is (in my modest opinion) no B...
by B.Goode
Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:01 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: [Resolved] Watchdog - Can't Get Broadcast Ping to Work
Replies: 7
Views: 5273

Re: Watchdog - Can't Get Broadcast Ping to Work

Is this a bug in watchdog? The man page for watchdog says Bugs None known so far. But every bug has to be discovered and reported for the first time at some stage, so who knows... I suggest this is probably not a Pi-specific issue, and you might get more informed comment in a forum where people rou...
by B.Goode
Sat Oct 18, 2014 5:45 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: stuck at setup
Replies: 2
Views: 533

Re: stuck at setup

All advice will probably come down to "reformat the SD card and try again." But I think it is worth asking whether you intended to install RiscOS? (No reason why you should not make that choice, but it isn't most people's first choice of Operating System.)
by B.Goode
Sat Oct 18, 2014 10:14 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Raspberry Pi Wifi Signal Range
Replies: 4
Views: 906

Re: Raspberry Pi Wifi Signal Range

hal8000 wrote: As you use Android, there is a free Wifi Analyzer,
There seem to be 10 or more apps with that name available on the Goofle Play Android Apps store. Can you say who the author/publisher is for the one you recommend, please?
by B.Goode
Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:51 am
Forum: HATs and other add-ons
Topic: Best way / place to get PCB design help?
Replies: 2
Views: 869

Re: Best way / place to get PCB design help?

Ragworm seem to be nice people with a track record of working with the RPi community. Perhaps they could advise?

[I have no association with them, I've simply spoken to them at a CamJam.]
by B.Goode
Sat Oct 18, 2014 9:47 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Can't connect to wireless with space in ssid
Replies: 7
Views: 14338

Re: Can't connect to wireless with space in ssid

Also, I won't be at the 'space' network before next Friday, so will have a hard time testing the feature. Do you have access to an Access Point that you can configure? You could plant your own spaced-out ssid for testing. If you have another RPi you could use that as a wifi HotSpot to test against.
by B.Goode
Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:19 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Questions relating to undervoltage in B+
Replies: 25
Views: 4198

Re: Questions relating to undervoltage in B+

I have had two other items that I bought from The Pi Hut that were not up to par, and I had to return one item. I guess they quality is not a high priority for them. I no longer use them, and suggest that other don't either. I can't comment on the experiences you feel you have had, but I have to sa...
by B.Goode
Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:22 pm
Forum: Python
Topic: switching LEDs on and off
Replies: 3
Views: 843

Re: switching LEDs on and off

Because it uses PWM, you can't just switch the LED pins on and off and leave them. Why not? I'd like to use the LED cycling through colours to indicate an on/off in my project (a separate python script). So my question is this: how can the other script call this one to make it switch on and off? I ...
by B.Goode
Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:25 am
Forum: Media centres
Topic: movies from usb
Replies: 10
Views: 1847

Re: movies from usb

i done all the instructions the same problem i have. when i install noobs edition i can only choose raspbian, every other image the raspberry doesnt boot . This has ended up looking like a duplicate of your earlier topic http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=89125 'cant read sd' I ...
by B.Goode
Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:21 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: cant read sd
Replies: 16
Views: 1937

Re: cant read sd

In short - connect your RPi to the network, select OpenELEC from the NOOBS 'console', and click on Install. I think you have overlooked the first step. (Or you do not have a working internet connection for your RPi.) If NOOBS does not have a working internet connection it will not offer you the opp...

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