HATs and other add-ons • Re: Hello, everyone!
Dave Plummer has done some LED stuff.https://github.com/davepl/NightDriver-PiHe has a yt ch with lots of LED in the background and vids on it.Pi5 has the RP1 as the GPIO chip so won't work...
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HATs and other add-ons • how to use leds
Hello, everyone.I want to show some special characters or shapes on this product like the LED panels in stores.Can anyone recommend one programmable board for me? The LEDs have 2812 ICs.Statistics:...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Rpi5 with ssd, box and passive cooling.
I want to buy an rpi5, with 500gb ssd.There is a hat for that. yes.But what about the cooling system, Im not sure how they mix.Like, I would prefer a passive cooling system, as then there is less to...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Rpi5 with ssd, box and passive cooling.
I want to buy an rpi5, with 500gb ssd.There is a hat for that. yes.I presume you are talking about an NVMe m.2 SSD drive.Pimoroni do a "base" that fits underneath the Pi...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Running SSD and Micro SD
My RPi5 uses 512GB SSD card through an M.2+ HAT. I currently run the standard Raspberry Pi OS but I’m planning to temporarily run lineageOS. I don’t want to delete the current OS, so I decided to buy...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • HAT Gateway don't working connected directly
Hi guys,I have a HAT Gateway that is working very well in RPi 3B, but i need to switch this to RPi 4B. The gateway don´t working directly attached in RPi 4B e seeming work very well wired just the...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: How to install External antenna on Raspberry PI 5
You add an antenna to a Pi5 by adding a USB WIFi dongle that uses an antenna.And--FYI--hacking an external antenna to your Pi5 would mean that it no longer conforms to--usually legally...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Running SSD and Micro SD
Install the other OS on a uSD. Insert onla when you want to boot the other OS.Note: only works like this in case you haven't messud up the boot order (uSD->NVMe>etc) from default.Statistics:...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Multiple Hats uses at the same time create problems ?
Hi I Would like to make a sound system with carplay for my grand caravan with my RPI5I currently looking to use the CarPiHat Pro 5 to power up the rpi and do safe shutdown and use the integrated dac...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Pi 5 active cooler fan speed always reads zero
Hi all,I'm trying to measure the Pi 5 active cooler fan speed using this command:Code: watch cat /sys/devices/platform/cooling_fan/hwmon/*/fan1_inputBut it always shows zero. I wasn't able to use this...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Pi 5 active cooler fan speed always reads zero
But it always shows zero. I wasn't able to use this command at all because /sys/devices/platform/ contained no subdirectory "cooling_fan" , but then I addedCode: dtparam=cooling_fan=onto config.txt,...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Waveshare 2.13inch Touch E-Ink Display
This is just a heads up on what I see as using ribbon cable to connect HAT's.I purchased a 2.13inch Touch E-Paper E-Ink Display for Raspberry Pi Zero https://www.waveshare.com/product/2.13i ......
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Waveshare 2.13inch Touch E-Ink Display
I wasn't able to find a Waveshare Forum to post questions to.https://service.waveshare.com/Statistics: Posted by 6by9 — Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:54 pm
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HATs and other add-ons • [SOLVED] Re: Pi 5 active cooler fan speed always...
Thank you @trejan !A bent pin (pin 4, the tachometer) was indeed the problem.A lot of time fiddling with needle-nose pliers, sewing needles, and the thinnest tweezers I had eventually got it straight...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Case for a Raspberry Pi5 with m2 Hat with 2.5...
I am searching for a case for my Raspberry Pi 5 which has an m2 hat with a second network adapter. I have been able to find cases that support the m2 hat but not one with a port for the second network...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Connector for the PCIe-bandcable broken
Dear all,while setting up a Raspberry Pi 5, I accidentally broke the connector of the bandcable to the M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe Board. In particular, the plastic clip that attaches the cable is broken....
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Connector for the PCIe-bandcable broken
You can buy the connector i.e. At Mouser or Digikey ...The part number is available from the PCIe spec or the M.2 HAT+ schematic (see documents sectiion).Statistics: Posted by aBUGSworstnightmare —...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: pcie set to gen3 but uses gen2 on pi5
Did you perhaps update the firmware on the NVME SSD or make any other config changes to the system?Statistics: Posted by bls — Sun Mar 16, 2025 5:00 pm
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • Re: Raspberry Pi 5 with Flirc - Idle Temperature?
I have the Raspberry Pi 5 with a Flirc case.It idles around 50C with 13 running containers, 2 python programs, and tailscale VPN.(If I disable all the above, it idles around 45C.)One thing I had to do...
View ArticleHATs and other add-ons • ExpanderPi MCP3208 ADC + RPI 3 + Fast ADC capture...
Hello guys, I am new to raspberry pi and I am trying to use the raspberry pi 3 model B board to work with ABElectronic's MCP3208 ExpanderPi HAT. Ultimately my aim is to sample analog signals from a...
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