tpylkko wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:24 pm

https://blog.adafruit.com/2014/06/20/ho ... pberry_pi/

Thanks for a link. I now have a starting point.

So I've ordered a solar panel that is rated 6volts and 1watt for 1$ USD. Those are based on the absolute maximum the panels can manage. Even in the glorious sunshine the UK has had over the last couple of weeks the couple of panels I've got (10w and 40w) probably only manage to provide about half t...

So I've ordered a solar panel that is rated 6volts and 1watt for 1$ USD. Those are based on the absolute maximum the panels can manage. Even in the glorious sunshine the UK has had over the last couple of weeks the couple of panels I've got (10w and 40w) probably only manage to provide about half t...

I was thinking about using nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries because they don't need charging circuits Where did you learn that bunkum? Admittedly not as critical as rechargeable lithiums but you cannot just connect NiMH cells across a solar panel. I don't know, I thought only Lithium batteries...

So I've ordered a solar panel that is rated 6volts and 1watt for 1$ USD. Wikipedia says Raspberry Pi Zero v1.2 and 1.3 has a power rating of 100 mA if you don't use monitor. keyboard and mouse . Tha'ts good, because I only use a WiFi USB dongle thingy and boot in CLI . Given the numbers the solar (c...

I checked it with h2testw and here is the result. It appears there were problems with SD after all. Just got a new one - thanks for the suggestions! it was formatted to FAT32 Warning: Only 7846 of 7847 MByte tested. The media is likely to be defective. 115.8 MByte OK (237175 sectors) 7.5 GByte DATA ...

What is the brand and source of your uSD cards? Many counterfeit cards are out in the retail stream, especially on auction sites. Go for Samsung, SanDisk, Kingston or other name brand from a reputable source that will accept returns. Check all new cards with h2testw, a free utility, to be sure that...

Hey there, Raspberry community. I have a problem and I can't pinpoint a source of it. Quick description: 1 - I have a 4GB SD card and a 8GB SD card. 2- I tried burning Jessie Lite on both cards with Etcher. On "Validation" stage it always said "Image was burned on SD card but it cannot be read to be...