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by sand man
Wed May 29, 2013 9:17 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: My USB Hub seems to be Back Powering my Pi - Am I Dreaming ?
Replies: 14
Views: 3605

Re: My USB Hub seems to be Back Powering my Pi - Am I Dreami

... Stanley knife ( thin sharp retractable blade ) to pry up pin 1 on the USB A plug and then used some fine long nosed pliers ( electronic kit ) to wiggle the pin left and right until it broke off. You need to dig your fine blade point into the plastic at the end of the pin and use some force to ...
by sand man
Wed May 29, 2013 12:55 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: My USB Hub seems to be Back Powering my Pi - Am I Dreaming ?
Replies: 14
Views: 3605

Re: My USB Hub seems to be Back Powering my Pi - Am I Dreami

... ( if possible ). It must be a new kind of standardised USB socket/plug type. I actually like the idea of using a scalpel to pry the pin loose i.e. wiggle and break off which would be pin 1 or Vbus being the power bus pin ( 5V which connects to red wire inside type A plug/cable ) from the USB type ...
by CraigV
Tue May 21, 2013 1:30 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Mouse pointer stuck at bottom - only moves left and right
Replies: 25
Views: 11313

Re: Mouse pointer stuck at bottom - only moves left and righ

I have been having this problem and might have a solution. I wiggle my finger around the touch pad while startx is coming up. The theory is that the driver needs to see some action to make the correct configuration decisions. On the other hand, I have ...
by tummychow
Wed May 08, 2013 10:57 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: 4.3" composit display powered with GPIO
Replies: 2
Views: 1509

Re: 4.3" composit display powered with GPIO

... and that leaves you with less than half an amp. If you add in a wifi adapter or things along those lines, you'll probably have less than 200mA of wiggle room. I don't really understand where your battery factors into this solution so I'll leave that alone, but basically, if you power the Pi from ...
by gordon@drogon.net
Fri May 03, 2013 9:57 pm
Forum: Python
Topic: Don your testing hats, it's WiringPi2-Python
Replies: 54
Views: 18765

Re: Don your testing hats, it's WiringPi2-Python

... one of the ports as the CS for the next chip). You're limited to the 2 SPI ports on the Pi - frankly I don't really want to put in extra code to wiggle GPIO lines (or use a mux) as the SPI CS lines. However you can connect up to 8 mcp23s17's on each SPI port, adding on 16 * 16 = 256 additional ...
by Zoandar
Thu May 02, 2013 9:30 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Absolute max/min supply voltage?
Replies: 15
Views: 17776

Absolute max/min supply voltage?

... connect anything to the GertBoard) in itself, I think I would like to supply as close to the top end of recommended voltage so it has some 'wiggle room'. That said, what are the absolute maximum and minimum voltages considered 'safe' and reliable when measured at the Pi itself for its supply ...
by jphphotography
Tue Apr 16, 2013 1:00 am
Forum: Graphics, sound and multimedia
Topic: Ultimate Pi Boombox
Replies: 37
Views: 31859

Re: Ultimate Pi Boombox

... supply that doesn't even put out the 1000mA they claim. If the speakers in your old radio are 8ohm they will draw less current and you have more wiggle room but I'd still run each separately and see what their respective current draws are first. Alternatively there are lots of LM2596 based buck ...
by abishur
Tue Apr 09, 2013 4:01 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Headless RPI is constantly crashing
Replies: 12
Views: 2456

Re: Headless RPI is constantly crashing

... that particular post was written the pi was current limiting fuses on the USB ports such that 700 mA literally was the max power draw (plus some wiggle room) the pi could need. With the removal of those fuses it might indeed be time to revisit that FAQ :-)
by KenT
Sat Mar 23, 2013 4:15 pm
Forum: Graphics, sound and multimedia
Topic: Pi Presents: A display package for museums & visitor centres
Replies: 331
Views: 103653

Re: Pi Presents: A display package for museums & visitor cen

... with a gpio pin or time of day. It now uses mplayer for audio tracks so you can direct audio to left or right analog speakers. It will also wiggle gpio outputs in time with tracks/shows. I'm going to put it on Github soon in a 'beta' repository. I am finding that when I change picture or ...
by SirLagz
Fri Mar 22, 2013 2:03 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Imaging / Backing Up your Distro.
Replies: 4
Views: 1027

Re: Imaging / Backing Up your Distro.

There is a RPi-Wiggle script on the forums that will expand the partition to almost the max size, but still leave enough leeway to image it onto another SD card. Alternatively, once you've backed up the SD card to an image, you can ...
by RichardBronosky
Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:10 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: [Solved] Partitioning SD Card
Replies: 13
Views: 7544

Re: [Solved] Partitioning SD Card

... it does. I didn't think about Arch getting rid of the init.d type thing. (I've never used Arch.) However, the concept seems pretty common. The rpi-wiggle script does basically the same thing: get the disk size blockdev --getsz /dev/mmcblk0 get the partition size parted /dev/mmcblk0 write a short ...
by tskwara
Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:35 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: classroom case needed
Replies: 16
Views: 6102

Re: classroom case needed

... working with metal (i.e. coolants, post processing, etc.). While we worked very hard to keep pricing down as much as possible, there's a little wiggle room for quantity purchases: 1-9: full boat 10-49: 5% off 50-99: 10% off 100+: 15% off Not much, but it's something ;) -TS
by simplesi
Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:21 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: SD image too big for another SD Card
Replies: 48
Views: 153697

Re: SD image too big for another SD Card

:lol:
What's 200MB between friends :)

I think it'd be worth it - maybe ask if want to leave wiggle room or not then? :)

And we need someone to make the equivalent of ReDoBackup that just sorts this out for people without need to be medium level filesystem expert :)

Simon
by Lumpynose
Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:52 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Model A availability in the US
Replies: 1
Views: 666

Re: Model A availability in the US

For US $10 more you could get the B, which looks like it's currently available. The B looks like it has a lot more wiggle for a mere $10.
by MikeAlx
Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:53 am
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: RPI-Wiggle - Expand to SDcard size leaving room
Replies: 24
Views: 15679

Re: RPI-Wiggle - Expand to SDcard size leaving room

This script is great - thanks Dweeber! I had a few problems getting it to go because of filesystem issues, but when it finally ran properly - wow! I now have almost 16GB where before I had a very full 2GB! If anyone else has problems getting it to work, it's a good idea to run a filesystem check by ...
by Shawn333
Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:26 am
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: RPI-Wiggle - Expand to SDcard size leaving room
Replies: 24
Views: 15679

Re: RPI-Wiggle - Expand to SDcard size leaving room

Thanks for the suggested fixes - will give them a try
by RichardBronosky
Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:55 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: RPI-Wiggle - Expand to SDcard size leaving room
Replies: 24
Views: 15679

Re: RPI-Wiggle - Expand to SDcard size leaving room

Just tried rpi-wiggle with the latest incarnation of Wheezy (2013-02-09) and kept getting the following response when I typed ./rpi-wiggle: 'command not found' Try bash -x ./rpi-wiggle That explicitly runs the script with bash (which ...
by SirLagz
Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:39 am
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: RPI-Wiggle - Expand to SDcard size leaving room
Replies: 24
Views: 15679

Re: RPI-Wiggle - Expand to SDcard size leaving room

Probably need to 'chmod +x' the script to make it executable
by Shawn333
Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:02 pm
Forum: Raspberry Pi OS
Topic: RPI-Wiggle - Expand to SDcard size leaving room
Replies: 24
Views: 15679

Re: RPI-Wiggle - Expand to SDcard size leaving room

Hi Just tried rpi-wiggle with the latest incarnation of Wheezy (2013-02-09) and kept getting the following response when I typed ./rpi-wiggle: 'command not found' I tried running ls -1, which confirmed that it was present and I had ...
by redhawk
Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:51 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Good non-usb Power Supply for Pi
Replies: 7
Views: 2328

Re: Good non-usb Power Supply for Pi

... mains supply input terminal is rather exposed and very close to the output terminal. If you have a tendency to move your Pi about the wires could wiggle out (due to lack of cable restraining) and you could accidentally taste the national grid. :) As a Velleman product I would have expected better ...
by jackokring
Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:55 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: RCA output does not mirror VNC Viewer
Replies: 5
Views: 1356

Re: RCA output does not mirror VNC Viewer

... terminal display. Some people like using the omxplayer as a remote like this. The display goes blank as that terminal is not in use. A local mouse wiggle or keyboard input restores the terminal. The omxplayer layer plays even when the terminal layer goes blank. What you seem to need is a version ...
by peterburk
Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:00 pm
Forum: Other projects
Topic: Low-Profile Mod: Part 1 of 5 - Video
Replies: 3
Views: 8595

Low-Profile Mod: Part 1 of 5 - Video

... leave them in. That way I could push the connector out, instead of pulling it from the other side. http://i.imgur.com/EG9uz6f.jpg 6. Pull, push, wiggle, and gently remove your connector. Your connector is now free! http://i.imgur.com/LMpgGG4.jpg 7. Prepare your new connector. I used a broken ...
by Lob0426
Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:41 am
Forum: Off topic discussion
Topic: ARM Device Design
Replies: 2
Views: 842

Re: ARM Device Design

... room, or trade that reduction in needed traces for a smaller PCB to reduce overall cost. Or choose a middle ground and give yourself a little more wiggle room and a bit smaller PCB!) These would of course have to be placed on the breakout board that has 2 USB and 1 Ethernet. The breakout for an ...
by rudiel
Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:14 am
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Hot Pi
Replies: 19
Views: 3505

Re: Hot Pi

... connect to it using Python. My only problem so far still is getting the backed up image to be written to an SD card. There is a script called rpi-wiggle which seems to do the job I will have a look. Anyways the originator of this post. You are also in SA ? Have you got your Pi hardware sorted ...
by zultron
Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:09 am
Forum: Automation, sensing and robotics
Topic: LinuxCNC (Emc2) How to compile and get it working...........
Replies: 15
Views: 24332

Re: LinuxCNC (Emc2) How to compile and get it working.......

... realtime performance, which is what the project is shooting for. The main target is the BeagleBone, and the intention is to have the onboard PRUs wiggle either the gpio pins or talk to e.g. the BeBoPr cape. The RPi is in the mix just because it's there, and of course the gpio pins are the lowest ...

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