Questions tagged [pi-3]
For questions that apply specifically to the Raspberry Pi 3 and not other/all models.
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my desktop is not showing (specifically wallpaper and icons) but taskbar is fine
backstory: i dont have standard raspbian install, instead i installed raspbian lite and then installed DE(xfce) for it, since 2 months it's working fine
present: but today suddenly after i logged in ...
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sudo command on Raspbian Terminal is hanging
When sudo command is typed and pressed on the terminal, it's getting hanged.
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I tried to establish the CAN link on the Raspberry PI board. Added CAN link connection command/script upon boot-...
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Connect Pi to Laptop [closed]
I have a Laptop, a Pi, with raspbian already installed on the SD card. SSH and WiFi are not enabled on th Pi. I have not internet and I have not any Router. How can I connect the Laptop to the Pi?
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How to disable the dynamic IP address after assigning a static IP in Bullseye?
Background
I upgraded my Pi3B from Buster to Bullseye using these instructions.
WiFi is disabled on the Pi. Before the upgrade I had static IP setup and working fine by adding the following lines to ...
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python script can only work in geany not in terminal@@
i have one python script send message to my phone using pywhatkit
it can run flawlessly on geany IDE.but when i invoke from terminal like sudo python3 /home/pi/Desktop/pyf/whatsappsend.py it run in ...
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How can I connect raspberry Pi 4 to submersible water pump
I recently handle a part of my team project which is hand sanitizer part came up with the idea of using a raspberry pi to power and control the hand sanitizer system. It's nothing large scale, but I ...
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Sane on Raspberry Pi 3 doesn't find ScanSnap iX500
I would like to install a scanserver on my Raspberry Pi 3 following these instructions.
The operating system is the current Raspberry OS: "2021-10-30-raspios-bullseye-armhf-lite".
The step ...
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How to increase the frame rate in Stellarium
I have a freshly installed Raspberry Pi OS on my Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. According to cat /proc/device-tree/model, the OS name is "Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)". I have installed ...
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My Raspberry pi keep show msg : low voltage warning please check your power supply [duplicate]
I have Raspberry pi 3 , and I am using its power supply which give 5V -2.5 A , the problem is that the raspberry Pi keep show this message : low voltage warning please check your power supply
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Raspberry Pi Mailbox Interface Difficulties
I have been working on a bare metal program on my Raspberry Pi 3 B and am currently working on using the Mailbox Property Interface. I have been able to use it to initialize a framebuffer using the ...
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Transparent window using pyqt5 on raspberry pi3
I am trying to achieve transparent windows using PyQt5 in raspberry-pi 3, but it's turning into black window. Any help will be appreciated.
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Motioneyeos not booting on my Raspberry pi 3B
Stuck at this message “Formatting data partition” while trying to boot MotioneyeOS from a Raspberry pi 3B. I’ve flashed a 32GB microSD with the motioneyeos image file using Etcher. Is the problem with ...
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Ca-certificates won't allow complete RP Update
I'm trying to install 'Syncthing' on Raspberry Pi, which I have done several times in the past, the install requires that I run apt-get update. This is using Rpi OS "stretch".
The update ...
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Can my Raspberry Pi Zero W python program be duplicated and resold?
I have a Raspberry Pi Zero W that runs a program under the main username, Pi. I'm going to give this Pi to someone for their own use, however I expect them to use the Pi for their application without ...
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How to switch Cameras on the Raspberry pi 3b?
I am working on a project and I need to take pictures in different directions depending on a programming input, I can manually switch the cameras and take a photo with them but I am looking for a good ...
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How to detect if the user is booting from microSD versus an external USB drive (e.g. SSD)?
I am writing a bash script and I really want a way to detect if the user has booted from a microSD card versus an external SSD drive connected via USB. Ideally, this should work with any PI3/4. I am ...
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Libcamera does not work on the latest OS
I bought the new HD RPi camera and want to connect it to my RPi 3. I checked on the Rpi website that raspistill is being replaced by libcamera, so I updated the OS to the most recent build (Bullseye) ...
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Pi 3B (without +) regularly losing Ethernet connection (smsc95xx)
I have a problem with some of my PIs losing Ethernet connection every few days to a month. After the Ethernet connection is lost, it does not come back up. Besides the Ethernet connection being lost, ...
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Scrolling text on MAX7219 dot display is lagging occasionally, not sure how to fix
I am using the max7219 library
from luma.led_matrix.device import max7219
However, if I use 12 8x8 dot displays in series, the scrolling font lags on random occasions. It looks like it lags for some ...
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My raspberry pi is dead?
I have a raspberry pi 3 B that apparently stopped working after a thunderstorm. When it's plugged the red power led turns on but I can't boot the OS.
I checked the voltage on GPIO pins and I get:
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Open matchbox-keyboard on top of existing applications
I have a Tkinter script running in fullscreen mode. I have a function which calls the matchbox-keyboard command using the subprocess module when clicked on an input field. This works fine, but the ...
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Corrupted SD Card - how to fix, or recover data?
I recently got my hands on an older pi (Model 3B), that I had left at my mom's house some time ago. When I went to start it, it wouldn't boot. The red light came on but the screen remained black.
I ...
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Why the GPIO light gets switched ON but not SCL1
I am trying to make this circuit
I have only attached two pins. By default shouldn't both pins be ON? Why only GPIO 17 is ON (shows light)?
I notice that once I connect all the wires, the GPIO ...
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Creative project recommendations or where to find them?
I'm a relative newbie to Raspberry Pi and I'm trying to decide on a project that might both relate to my interests and help develop my programming skills. I've a Pi3 and have only done some small ...
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Detect raspberry pi with android smartphone
I would like to find a way to detect a specific Raspberry Pi from an Android smartphone, whenever it gets near the Pi. Background is the following: I want the smartphone to activate a hotspot and ...
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Reading SPI data from Atmel Energy meter IC M90E32AS through Raspberry Pi
Iam trying to read voltage values from Atmel Energy meter (AtM90E32AS) IC through Raspberry pi(3b) SPI communication. I made the connection accordingly and set the register values as given in the data ...
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How to get the correct speed in low light and low ISO
With IMX219 camera and using piCamera in a Python script with resolution = (3280,2464)
I get a photo image with a speed of 1/15 sec and ISO 320, correct auto exposure.
Setting iso=100 I get a photo ...
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Macbook unable to connect to RPi wifi using RaspAP
Maybe the wrong spot to post this, but I'm hoping to get some direction.
I'm trying to build a Wireless AP using RaspAP and a Pi 3B. Everything seems to work fine, except for one little issue: I can'...
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Assigning priority to callback function for multiple GPIO.add_event_detect
Iam trying to create the error detection application for my battery charger prototype using Rpi.GPIO. I successfully created the add event detect for multiple GPIO pins (totally 8 pins for each error)....
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Raspberry Pi 3 Model B v1.2 really slow
My Pi has been running 24/7 for approx 3 years. Is it possible that it is just worn out?
I installed a fresh Raspberry Pi OS Lite on a brandnew Intenso Class 10 mircoSD. When I run apt-get update &...
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'sudo' not recognized as an internal or external command. Trying to run sudo raspi-config
I am building my first project on a Raspberry Pi 3 using an RFID HAT for Raspberry Pi. I am using Windows 10 IOT Core. The manual for the RFID HAT begins with this:
I2C/Serial interface is disabled by ...
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Misreadings from hall sensor after using a motor controller
I am measuring a hall sensor included in a motor.
A Raspberry Pi 3b+ controls a Sabertooth 2x32 motor controller through radio Signal (ppm) and the Sabertooth output is connected to the motor. I get ...
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dtoverlay=gpio-shutdown,gpio_pull=off
I was wondering if utilizing the code below would be sufficient in shutting down and restarting a Raspberry Pi 3 A+ with the use of a TTP223 capacitive touch sensor. By default, the touch sensor is ...
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How to enable serial communication on Rasbpian Buster or the lastest OS right out of the BOX?
Latest Raspbian Buster OS and Raspberry Pi 3 V1.2 2015
This I can't get my head around this. Why can't I set up serial communication on Raspbian Buster for Raspberry Pi3 very easily after following ...
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Where can I find spec of hardware random number generator used on Raspberry Pi?
I remember stumbling upon the fact Raspberry Pi devices have built-in hardware random number generator.
Would someone happen to know where I can find official hardware random number generator spec?
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What does setting output high or low mean in RPi.GPIO
If I setup a pin's output to HIGH or LOW, would current flow through it or not?
In this example, when I set output to HIGH then the LED turns off. I expected the other way around.
The python code I ...
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The `pkg-config` command doesn't find the `bcm_host` package. How can I add the `.pc` files from `/opt/vc/lib/pkgconfig` to pkg-config?
I am running a raspberry pi 3B (V 1.2). I am using the proprietary OpenGLES driver (Broadcom). I have just run a full apt upgrade.
I am trying to build SDL2 and I noticed that while it was being ...
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I am currently doing the 'Build a LAMP website' project and mousepad is not working
I am a newbie to Raspberry pi and I am unable to continue, I am currently at:
https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/lamp-web-server-with-wordpress/2
and in need to use the following command:'...
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RPI 3 extremely slow routing speed between 2 wifi adapters
I'm trying to use Raspberry Pi as a WiFi repeater, but routing speed is extremely slow. I've configured hostapd to work on wlan0 (onboard WiFi adapter) and wpa_supplicant on wlan1 (external adapter). ...
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code using polling working more reliably than code using interrupt
I am coding this lamp circuit in which an LED is switched on/off on alternate press of switch
I have written two versions of the code, one using polling and other using interrupts. I found that the ...
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Connect Raspberry Pi from Android App through USB
I'm building an android app where there's a requirement to show the temperature in the app from the sensor in Raspberry Pi Controller. For this purpose, I'm trying to connect my android device to ...
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Unable to create a switch on/off functionality in RasberryPi
I am trying to create a program which which switch an LED ON or OFF when a switch is pressed. The following is the circuit diagram
The python code is
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
is_lamp_on = False
try:
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Hardcode RF Codes - RPi-RF
I would like to use the rpi-rf module https://pypi.org/project/rpi-rf/ for a remote control alert system, using a PIR motion sensor as the input.
I have so far set up the PIR input and send and ...
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Unable to boot two latest releases of Raspberry Pi OS
I'm trying to emulate Raspberry Pi 3 B in QEMU and I was able to successfully boot the oldest OS release from here:
https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_lite_arm64/images/raspios_lite_arm64-2020-...
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How to troubleshoot Raspberry Pi 3B that gets random mini freezes
I have a Raspberry Pi 3B with Dietpi as the OS which is connected via ethernet and using the official power supply. I have this Raspberry Pi from quite some time ago, and I noticed recently that ...
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Neopixel with raspberry pi
I am using a neopixel for my raspberry pi project. I am trying to control 30 pixels and the strip is 20cm long. Can I use it just by using the pi's 5v pin? Also if I it is possible, how long should ...
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Hotspot/Access Point not working, no connection whatsoever
I followed a tutorial on Youtube that would essentially turn your Raspberry Pi into a hotspot/access point. I did the exact same processes he did, even looking at the Pi Documentations to see if I had ...
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How to enable both UART (ttyS0 and ttyAMA0) on Raspberry Pi 3b?
I've already read dozens of manuals and stack topics, but I do not figure out if it even possible run both UARTs on RPi 3B. Some tutorials advice to map uart to other pins in /boot/config.txt
I tried ...
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PC -> LAN -> PI -> LAN -> Router -> Internet
I want to use the pi3 as gateway (to scan network traffic + pihole). My desktop is connected via cabled connection.
The route (outbound):
Computer, Ethernet port ---EthernetCable---> PI3, USB-...
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How to determine if hardware is damaged
I have a Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2 which has been running fine for 2 months.
It was accidentally knocked off its shelf yesterday (about 1foot drop)
It booted back up fine, but now it only stays on for 20 ...
