Questions tagged [connectors]
Questions regarding the physical electrical connections between the Pi and the outside world, e.g. GPIO, HDMI, USB, ...
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Burnt USB C port
I was using my Raspberry Pi 5 as usual (just a headless file server with only one USB SSD drive connected) when I lost connection a few times. When I checked the status light, it was turning on and ...
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Which Cable Should I Use to Send Serial Data From my PCB to a Raspberry Pi via USB?
My PCB has a 16-pin male connector with a 2.54mm pitch. I was going to connect this to my Raspberry Pi via its GPIO, but I have a PiSound sitting on it now, so my only other option is to connect to it ...
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Raspberry Pi 5 Fan Connector Compatibility?
I'm trying to figure out for sure if the Raspberry Pi 5's fan connector is compatible with a Noctua NF-A4x10 5V. The voltage is correct, at least. Now I'm trying to make sure that the board is fine ...
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Why does my RPI4 not work with a female-to-female HDMI adaptor and HDMI extension cable?
My RPi4 works fine with a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable. But because that cable is too short I have bought a female-to-female HDMI adaptor (coupler) that I use to extend the micro-HDMI to HDMI cable with ...
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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 to loop audio through a pi for voice change effects?
I want to put a raspberry pi as a voice changer (using sox) between a headset and a game console to add some authentic voice effects for video games.
The raspberry pi needs to loop the audio signal ...
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RFID card readers with Pi 4
I have been working on an access control project which started out as scanning QR codes using a Pi camera and then triggering a relay using the Pi to open up electro-magnetic locks.
I would like to ...
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How would I connect a 4 pin sound sensor to a raspberry pi?
I have a 4 pin sound sensor like this:
How would I connect it to my Raspberry Pi with only wires?
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Pi-4 with fans and ribbon cable
New to this. I bought a pi-4 kit. It has dual heatsink fans that get connected to pin 4 and 6. however, I want to do other projects and need to connect a ribbon cable to it. how can i do that while ...
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Connecting a company embedded camera to Raspberry Pi
I have a proprietary camera that has a 28 pin CSI-2 interface (Connector used in camera - FH41-28S-0.5SH(05) by Hirose). Is there any possibility by which I can interface it to the Raspberry Pi 4 ...
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Micro JST 1.25 to any raspberry pi or RPI 4?
I'm Making a raspberry pi project, and I want to connect a Micro JST 1.25 to a raspberry pi.
I already got a Micro JST 1.25 cable, but I need to connect it to a raspberry pi to operate it. I searched ...
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Connecting a Sensirion SPS30 PM sensor to RPi
I am trying to connect the Sensirion SPS30
I'm having trouble connecting it to my breadboard.
This is the connection on the sensor.
I am thinking that I need a 5 pin JST / Molex to plug into the ...
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What connectors needed to mate Pi4B to KVM switch with video on DB-9 and P/S2 keyboard and mouse?
First off I don't even have a Pi yet, ordered it yesterday.
I've 2 PIIIs on the desktop and a Sony SDM-HS73 display all tied together througn a KVM switch that takes P/S2 connectors for keyboard and ...
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How to connect harness cable to male pins of Raspberry pi
I have a raspberry pi and omron sensor d6t. This sensor comes with connector in which you can connect harness cable to it. It looks like below:
For my development purpose I connect the wires from ...
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Connecting DHT11 module kills raspberry
I have a DHT11 module that looks exactly like the image below. I also have raspberry pi zero wh.
I have connected 3.3V (pin1) to the + on the module.
GND (pin6) to the - on the module.
I was carefull ...
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how can i connect a Non-invasive AC Current Sensor Split Core Transformer 100A or 30A to Raspberry-pi 4,
were you able to make it work ? I'm looking to display Current, voltage and Power through an LCD 16x2 screen using Raspberry Pi 4.I'm looking into what kind of current sensor i should use to measure ...
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How to connect a geophone to RaspberryPi?
I'm a seismic geophysicist and would like to attach a geophone
- which is basically a transducer - to any type of RP. The types and costs of geophones are both variable and extensive (in some cases). ...
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Method for piling three peripherals on one pi
I'm working on my first pi project, which is intended to use the following three peripherals:
GPS -- using UART (pinout)
eInk -- using SPI (pinout)
battery power supply -- using I2C (pintout on p. 15 ...
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Build/Buy 128 Button Matrix
I want to build a system where roughly 100 Buttons can be pressed and start a specific command. Pricecly I want to digitalize a good old Piano, at least as good as possible. As far as google led me ...
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How to speed up SPI chip select transition using "spidev"?
I successfully drive a DAC via SPI using the spidev native SPI driver using a RaspberryPi3.
The core portion of my code is as follows:
fd = open("/dev/spidev0.0", O_RDWR);
txarr[0]=0xAA;
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How to power Raspberry Pi from a lab power supply via USB?
How can a Raspberry Pi be powered from a lab power supply via USB?
I have a lab power supply that can easily output 5 V/4 A and I would like
to use it to power a Raspberry Pi (version 3B and 3B+).
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Are the camera and display connectors of my 3B+ soldered the wrong way around?
I recently purchased a new 3B+ board and although the board board itself is working fine, I can't get the PiNoir camera to work.
The camera works fine on an another 3B board.
I tried several tricks on ...
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When connecting the sense hat using jumping wires, do I need to connect to a ground pin?
I want to connect the sense hat to a raspberry using jumping wires. I understand that I need to connect the highlighted pins in this schema of the pin out.
But do I also need to connect wires to a ...
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Problems communicating with USB to Serial CP210x Rs-485 serial device not responding
I have a hardware setup with one lock controller Made in China, I have setted up everything as it was supposed to, trying to communicate with the device with Python Script, lsusb show me the device ...
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1mm 8pin ribbon cable connector for breadboards
I bought this air quality sensor for my Raspberry PI
As you can see, it uses a small male-male ribbon connector (10mm). I am looking for a clip breadboard connector/adapter as I would like to avoid ...
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How to connect this laser to a Raspberry Pi 3
Newbie question but I need to be able to run an infrared line laser from my Raspberry Pi3. I found this one (but would like alternatives): 25mW Infrared Line Laser but it doesn't have enough specs for ...
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Connect a raspberry Pi to a Apple 30 pin dock (or car)
Anyone know if it would be possible using an apple 30 pin connector - which normally supplies power and receive an audio/data connection for music from a raspberry pi?
So Ideally the raspberry pi:
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How to connect 6 pin connector to Pi 2
I want to know how to integrate 6 pin connector to Raspberry Pi 2 Model B. Since the ends are male, So I'll be using female-to-female connector to connect with GPIO.
6 Pin Connector:
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Ethernet port on Zero and A+?
The Pi Zero and A+ both have what seems like space for an ethernet port on the bottom, in the section labeled J5:
Is this really an ethernet port, and if so, how would one connect to it (provide ...
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Laptop display connection [duplicate]
Is there any way how to connect Dell Latirude D630 display B141PW03 V.0 to RPi?
I have working digitizer, working notebook which is useless for me.
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Does Fun Tak work as a temporary solder alternative?
I'm interested in making connections to gpio and breadboards strong enough to jostle around a bit, but make them temporary enough to change on a whim. A recent MagPi article mentions Blu-tack and ...
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What is "HAT Compatible"
I see "HAT-Compatible" in marketing but a description is not easy to find. What is "HAT"? Is it an acronym for something? Is it simply the 40-pin pin out for connecting supported add-on modules?
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Can i fit a 2x5 pin crimp connector on the raspberry pi pins?
Do smaller than 2x13 or 2x20 pin crimp connectors (depending on raspberry model), like a 2x5 pin connector, normally fit on the raspberrys pins or will the edges of the connector take too much room?
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Build a patch panel for the GPIO ports on a Pi
I don't like the idea of casual experiments where attaching jumpers straight to GPIO pins is a common activity. I would actually prefer the Raspberry board remain safely affixed to a lab-board, with a ...
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Need to know requirements for lcd module connector for raspberry pi 2
I need to hook up a high brightness 5 inch LCD module to Raspberry Pi 2, but besides HDMI option I don't know much about RPi interfaces available for screen connection.
Most screens I can find have ...
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Connect to Tablet for Display or as a Display unit?
I have an iBall i701 at my spare which I would like to use as the display module. The product link is given below:
iBall 1701
Could I use the aforementioned product since it has a HDMI outlet? It ...
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VGA to HDMI Converter
I have a VGA screen I want to buy for the raspberry pi. However since the pi 2 only has hdmi I need a converter. Do you think this will work? Also is there anyway I could use an RCA screen to connect ...
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Stranded connector cables with raspberry pi
Is it safe to use stranded connector cables with raspberry pi?
I suspect I blew my last RPi because I used the stranded connectors, don't want to get into the same situation again.
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Raspberry pi 2 has a unified RCA and audio jack. What cable should i use to connect to an analog TV? [duplicate]
A 3.5 mm Male to an RCA Composite 3-pin cable was suggested, but i've read that this sort of cable needs modifications to work with the Raspberry Pi 2. Can anyone please give me a detailed description ...
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Pi Permanent Wiring
I want to finalize my Pi project and am concerned about the wire and connectors, gauge, durability, connection. Do you think that I can use the standard pi jumper connectors as a permanent solution ...
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Connect an LCD with Ribbon Cable to Breadboard
I've purchased these two display modules, however, I am lacking the right connectors so that I can connect to my breadboard and to Pi.
I would like to know what hardware I should purchase for this ...
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What are the usage of extra available holes in model B
Despite some research on the web, I cannot find the
options available from these "opportunity" holes on
the Rpi.
I probably do not use the proper words to identify them.
What is the name for this ...
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How can I use more GPIO ports on the Raspberry Pi?
I am currently planning a project for a course at school which involves using the Raspberry Pi - however I'm worried that I will not have enough GPIO connectors for the inputs and outputs that I will ...
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How to connect single GPIO pins?
I want to connect an IR receiver and a gas meter impluse reader to the GPIO port.
I saw those ribbon cables, but they have much more wires than needed.
Can I by these small connectors for single ...
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Is it possible to extend the DSI connector?
I want to install my Raspberry Pi in my car.
I also want to have a screen visible for the driver while the RPi is somewhere else.
So i want to extend it up to 50cm, is that possible?
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What kind of connector do I use for the Pi's GPIO pins?
Does the Raspberry Pi have its own connectors for the 26 GPIO pins? If not what connectors do Pi users typically use for connecting these pins to peripherals?
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What are S2 and S5 connectors for?
On the RasPI there are two ZIF-Connectors S2 and S5. What are they for?
I looked at the schematics page 4 - F4 to F8 and assume that S5 could be the camera connector mentioned here. S2 could be some ...
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