Questions tagged [breadboard]
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DS18B20 not detected on Raspberry Pi [duplicate]
In ls /sys/bus/w1/devices/ I only have w1_bus_master1
I have added w1-gpio and w1-therm in /etc/modules
I have also added dtoverlay=w1-gpio in /boot/config.txt
I am not sure what is wrong. The RP 4 ...
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HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor Heating Up and Not Working
I have two breadboards (for the front and back of a go-kart) which are supplied by the 5V power pins of the raspberry pi 4 respectively (pins 2 and 4). However, when both are plugged in, the second ...
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I accidentaly lightly hit my bread board with my pi pico and ili9341 on it now the ili9341 is just white
So i was in my chair and i clicked run script and when i got up i tripped and lightly hit my breadboard and then the screen (ili9341) went white. Before i hit it, it was working but not anymore. I ...
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Both 5V pins are taken but I need more [duplicate]
Hi I am doing a project where both 5V pins are taken by a step down connected to a solar panel.
I am using a raspberry 3B and a breadboard.
I need 5V to connect other stuff like ultrasonic sensor etc. ...
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How deep do i have to put my raspberry pi pico pins in a breadboard
I'm trying to make breadboard circuit with my Raspberry Pi Pico and I'm not sure if I have to push it entirely in the holes or it's good at half?
Here's the model: Freenove Raspberry Pi Pico (...
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LED light not turning on
I was following this tutorial on connecting an external LED to a Pico W, but I've had no luck getting it to work.
This is the code I've been using:
import machine
from machine import Pin, Timer
timer =...
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How do I connect multiple (7 or 8) toggle switches to a raspberry pi?
I haven't bought any of the components I'd need yet, partially because I'm not sure I'm on the right track.
I want to connect 7 or 8 toggle switches (SPST) to a raspberry pi, which then read in would ...
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Pico W Grounding Problem
So im pretty new to hardware stuff and bought a Pico W.
I followed this tutorial and it kind of worked.
The blue cable goes from Pin 2 to the LED, the led to the resistor and the resistor over the ...
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LED In series with input pin
I was wondering if anyone here may be able to help me.
I currently have a C# program running on a raspberry pi, that detects the state of a toggle switch connected to pin 13, and ground. I have an LED ...
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Trying to get my curcuit board running
I am trying to create a curcuit board for a project of mine.
Several devices are connected to a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. One of them is not working via the curcuit board but directly connected to a ...
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Raspberry Pi direct wiring connection problem
I wrote some code to activate a video when a motion sensor detects movement.
So far everything works while everything is wired to the breadboard.
When I connect my motion sensor to the Pi itself, it ...
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Odd SPI issue only works when toggled
I'm running a pi 3b+ and I'm having a weird issue with SPI. I have a breadboard with an mcp3008 chip, and a potentiometer connected to it. I can get voltage values some of the time. I either have to ...
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i2c address not detected while trying to use Adafruit VL53L0X Time of Flight Distance Sensor
I have a Raspberry Pi 4. I am using the Adafruit VL53L0X Time of Flight Distance Sensor. I have connected a T-Cobbler to a breadboard and attached that to my Raspberry Pi. The sensor is wired ...
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Has the Pi Zero ever had a Gnd on header pin 22?
My documentation say's header pin 20 is ground, and pin 22 is GPIO25.
I bought a few Zero prototype boards from Schmartboard, Inc. P# 710-0016-03. Ten dollars a piece is rather expensive for this ...
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Unable to detect Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensor on my RPi 4 through ADS1115
My RPi 4 does not read any values in from my capacitive soil moisture sensor. I have a breadboard for the wiring that I will attach a photo of, and I am running a test program (simpletest.py from the ...
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Is there a way to connect a serial cable to my pi while it is connected to my breadboard?
Currently I have my pi connected to my breadboard using a cobbler and breakout cable so I can connect some sensors (DHT22 and BMP280). Is there are way I can also connect my serial cable to it so I ...
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Connecting 12V LED to Raspberry Pi GPIO (3.3V)
Currently I am working on RPI GPIO with a breadboard, some LED's and buttons. My next step is to add a bigger button and LED to de GPIO.
I would like to connect an Eaton 216557 LED-module to the GPIO ...
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PIR sensor always high with Raspberry Pi3 without breadboard
I have a HCSR501 PIR motion sensor, which has 3 pins (Vcc, Out, Gnd) that I've connected to 5V, GPIO 26, and Gnd respectively. Despite following all the steps in tutorials for interfacing the sensor, ...
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Is there a fan that will work for my Raspberry Pi 3 & breakout kit?
I have the following:
Raspberry Pi 3 model B
Breakout board bundle
I've had this running for over a year now and right from the start, I had noted that playing some Retro Pie games or watching ...
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Beyond breadboards? Good ways to package simple GPIO-using project?
I have a couple of simple projects that use a handful of GPIO pins, a few resistors, and some sensors and LEDs.
What's a good way to package up stuff like that? Is there a premade solderable HAT-like ...
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Connecting multiple sensors to Raspberry Pi 4 B
I have a Raspberry Pi Project in mind but I'm completely new to this matter and have literally no idea.
My plan is to create a transportable Weather Station (which includes a temperature sensor, air ...
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Powering solenoid from batterypack
Im trying to power my 6V solenoid that is connected to my 8 channel 5V relay using my 8 x AA batterypack. The pi is being powered through an adapter and the relay from the VCC to 5V pi. When the LED ...
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Using two sensors that require the same GPIO pin
So I'm getting into GPIO and the first thing I want to do is connect a sensor and a RF controller. The thing is both 'sensors' require the same GPIO pins, so my question is can I still use both with a ...
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Name of the board for DS18B20s
I was referred in another post with a picture of a board that looks like attached picture. What is the name of the board. Also if I require step up resistors would there be a place I could add that to ...
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Is there a piece of hardware which enables hotplugging sensors to the breadboard?
The idea is the following: I have a Raspberry PI connected to a breadboard. To this breadboard, I would like to connect (digital and analog) sensors and actuators while the PI is running. Or remove ...
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Multiple GPIO Buttons vs Matrix Keypad
I've seen a tutorial here that shows me how to do this:
But what I want to do is like this:
I want to have multiple buttons and distinguish between them. The graphic I painted depicts the desired ...
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Multiple SDA/SCL | Getting 16x32 RGB LED to work with MCP23017?
I am close to completing a device which will have a 16x32 led matrix as well as quite a few lights/buttons/sensors. All these lights and sensors go through an MCP23017.
I am using the Adafruit led ...
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How Can I Make Lights Flash On My Raspberry Pi When A SSH Connection is Active?
I recently got a Raspberry Pi B+, and I have been playing around with it a lot. I want to start a personal project where, when I link to my Pi through an SSH connection from my laptop, I can make a "...
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Breadboard / Jumper Cables Instead of Arduino Uno Shield
I have the following hardware that mounts on top of Arduino Uno:
https://www.cooking-hacks.com/documentation/tutorials/control-hvac-infrared-devices-from-the-internet-with-ir-remote/
I need to ...
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Is it possible to plug in and out sensors, LED-s etc. on the breadboard while the Raspberry is running?
What I would like to do, is to let the Raspberry Pi run and while it is running, connect and disconnect eg. sensors whenever I please to/from the breadboard WITHOUT turning off/disconnecting the Pi ...
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Raspberry Pi 3 Prototyping Breadboard HAT
How do I get the pin connect on the board. I see how to plug it on top of my raspberry pi through the female pin connected that is attached to the hat. But how do I connect the raspberry pins to the ...
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Connect button to GPIO without breadboard?
Is there a way to connect a button to a Raspberry Pi 3B+ without a breadboard? If so, how? Could you give a diagram and explain? I am only a beginner so please make it easy to understand. Also I would ...
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Controlling button on YwRobot with Raspberry Pi
I am obviously new to Raspberry and Stack, but would be great if community can advice.
My setup is the following:
- YwRobot 545043 power supply (controller) connected to the breadboard and to the ...
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GPIO.input(24) is coming back True when it shouldn't be (false button presses)
I have a button in a working circuit. Within sys/class/gpio/gpio24, value changes properly (it becomes 1 when pressed down, 0 otherwise).
When I use GPIO.setup(24, GPIO.IN) within python, GPIO.input(...
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RPi.GPIO - Properly Wiring and Setting Up Pins for Button Inputs
Edit: Breadboard, schematic, and code updated.
I accidentally fried my Pi by shorting it out through the GPIO pins, so I figured it would be a good idea to ask for some help before trying my current ...
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Cannot lighten up 12V LED strip with Raspberry pi 3
Bought a
12V 5M RGB LED Strip
a 12V 5A power supply
6 IRLZ44N mosfets.
i am trying to light up the led strip with PiGPIO.
followed the https://dordnung.de/raspberrypi-ledstrip/ tutorial. and the led ...
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How to connect more I2C sensors on top of a RPI shield
I'm struggling with a problem, how to connect more sensors on top of this raspberry shield => https://sixfab.com/product/raspberry-pi-nb-iot-shield/
The shields schematic can be found here and it ...
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Raspberry Pi LED Not Turning On With Button
So, I am trying to use the raspberry pi model 2b with Debian to control a LED light using a button. But, when I run the python script (made with python2 btw), it brings up no errors, but instead when ...
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315 Mhz transmitter/receiver not working
I'm not sure if this is the property community to ask this in, but it's the best I could find. I'm new to this kind of stuff, so please excuse me if this question is a little stupid.
I currently have ...
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GPIO is not giving maximum 3v3 output
I have a raspberry pi model B, NO B+ OR 2B, jus the model B. I am using it as a brain for a robot but I’m having a little trouble with the motors. I am using the GPIO pins to power it but when I set ...
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Use RFID reader AND a 4x4 matrix keypad with breadboard
I am trying to set up a pi to use rfid to scan a card and if the card is correct, the user will enter in a 4 digit code into a 4x4 matrix keypad. Each device works perfectly fine independently however ...
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Universal Breadboard for Raspberry Pi?
So, I am looking to buy a breadboard for my raspberry pi, and I was just wondering one question. There are a lot of different boards from different companies, is there a certain kind that must be ...
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How to hook LCD to breadboard using T cobbler?
I'm not sure what I am doing wrong here:
Now I am a newb and I have watched 5-7 intro videos about the cobbler and breadboard, but they are always doing LEDs. I was under the impression that this ...
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Basic questions about inputs/outputs on a breadboard (Pi 3)
I have started my first basic project today and I have a few questions I couldn't find answers to yet or I just don't know how to search for any. Sorry if those questions seem a bit stupid, but I will ...
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Is it ok to use a breadboard for a 24/7 operating Pi?
I am working with a breadboard to quickly test connections on the Raspberry Pi. I have added multiple cables, transistors and resistors to the breadboard to create my Smart Home and everything is ...
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Are there any buzzers that work natively with 1 Model As?
I'm trying to follow the examples in this CanJam EduKit project -- see page 2:
I'm having enormous difficulty tracking down a piezo/buzzer that I could use for that project, a buzzer that:
Works "...
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Failing to turn on a LED with GPIO Pins (Raspberry Pi 3 B V1.2)
I'm trying to play around with my RaspberryPi a bit and I'm failing miserably... ANY help ist highly appreciated!
I'm on a brand new installation of Raspbian, after "apt-get update && apt-get ...
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Connecting one Raspberry pi pin to many IR sensors
I'm currently using pin 3 on my Raspberry pi to run one of my IR sensors. But I need to use 4 IR sensors for the purpose.
Is it possible to connect all the 4 IR sensors to the same pin using a bread ...
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Preventing corrosion on YL-69
I am using the YL-69 with a MCP3008 and a Raspberry Pi 3:
I am using the sensor for soil moisture measurement (plant monitoring). This is the code which gets analogue sensor values:
os.system('...
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Do I need to have an ADC plugged into a breadboard?
I have a MCP3008 - 8-Channel 10-Bit ADC mounted on my breadboard but I am trying to downsize my prototype. Do I need to have the ADC on a breadboard or can I just use female jumpers to attach it to ...
