Questions tagged [pi-zero-w]
For questions specific to the Pi-Zero W (with WiFi and Bluetooth)
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RPi0 W can't connect wlan0 wireless
About 2 years ago as my first foray in SBC's I setup a RPi0 W as wireless print server which worked very well. Fast forward to a few days ago and I needed to change the network connection and I can't ...
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Ground offset when powering devices directly from 5VDC transformer
I am reading in current sensor (ACS712 20A) values using the MCP3008 ADC into my rpi zero. I am also using a Songle SLA-05VDC-SL-C relay, and have found that both the current sensor being on, and ...
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Getting 74 GPIO Pins On a Raspberry Pi Zero [closed]
Is it possible to get 74 GPIO pins on a Raspberry Pi Zero WH? All of them will be connected to buttons, and the Python needs to be able to detect all 74 buttons. I have looked at Getting more than 26 ...
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Connect to Raspberry pi through Wifi
I'm currently trying to do something that's quite hard for me.
I have a raspberry pi zero w that's running an apache server.
I want to be able to access my pi anywhere, even offline by connecting to ...
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Play audio on rPi Zero WH using USB speakers
I would like to configure a Phoniebox (play music using RFID reader). I configured pretty much everything, the interface works and indicates that I'm reading the music file, but the rPi doesn't play ...
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Pi Zero W goes black screen while running pyqt qml app
I wrote a pyqt5 app that uses QQmlApplicationEngine to load a qml file for the GUI. Now everything runs well on my PC and also on Raspberry Pi4b, but when I am trying to run it on Pi Zero W, it loads ...
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RS485 communication on Raspberry Pi Zero without converter
Is it possible to communicate in RS485 with another device without using a converter module (like MAX485) directly from the UART GPIO pins of a Raspberry Pi Zero?
Thank you.
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Raspberry Pi W Zero HID by USB socket
I’m currently working on a Bluetooth bridge device. For this purpose I have soldered a male USB to the USB TP (Test Points) on the Raspberry Pi PCB, see image. I’d like to power and send HID ...
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Troubles connecting raspberry and OBD2 through bluetooth
I try to connect my pi zero W to OBD2 module through bluetoooth. My pi is connected to my 4G iphone wifi and I communicate with it through ssh.
I used bluetoothctl and can't connect when running ...
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Connecting a wire to GPIO 18 (PWM) changes the state of GPIO 23
I have a circuit with a Schmitt trigger connected to GPIO 23 (on a Raspberry Pi Zero W).
It should give a high (3.3V) signal when there is an AC current on the other side of the circuit.
If there is ...
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Raspberry pi zero W LCD Display stays black after the boot
I installed Raspbian Os Lite 32 bit on a Raspberry pi zero w, when I turn it on with a 5in screen it shows the boot logs. But when it boots up (I can tell because it connects to my router), the screen ...
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Use Raspberry Pi Zero WH as keyboard HID driver at boot
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My keyboard, a Majestouch Convertible 2, has Bluetooth capabilities such that it can connect up to 4 devices. My primary driver and the 1st device the keyboard is connected to is my desktop,...
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Is it ok to usb micro male - micro male for USB device?
I am hooking up an arduino micro to my Pi Zero W.
For space, I used a short micro male-male USB cable:
https://www.amazon.ca/CableCreation-Micro-Kindle-Android-Tablet/dp/B01M5GZ3N0
When I use this on ...
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PCM5102A purple dac not working
This never worked for me :( I tied with two purple color PCM5102A DACs from aliexpress and eBay ! None worked when connecting to my raspberry pi zero 2W as described !
I have used the steps as ...
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Connecting SIM800A to Raspberry Pi Zero WH with RS232
I'm trying to set up a very simple mobile proxy server using a Raspberry Pi Zero WH and a SIM800A GSM Module. The particular module I seem to have has an RS232 port as well as described in the picture....
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Videos much too slow on Raspberry Pi Zero W
I have purchased my first Raspberry Pi, the Zero W for a media application. The application requires the Pi to play normal 1080p Videos at a reasonable frame rate (anything around 25 - 30 FPS). I have ...
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Open CV threading to get frames
I am working on a project for which I need run 3 threads in python. 1 for getting frames and the other 2 for proccessing them. I don't know how to pass variables between threads (I want to pass frames ...
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How Can I Rotate the Raspberry Pi Screen 90°?
For a project, I need to rotate the screen of my Raspberry Pi Zero W with Raspberry Pi OS Lite 32 Bit operating system 90°, how can I do this?
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How to setup an ethernet connection over the Ethernet / USB HUB HAT for Raspberry Pi by waveshare on a raspberry pi zero w
I am really new at raspberry pi's and so far i have gone to chatgpt and tutorials for help but i have reached the point of desperation that i ask for the assistance of this forum.
Here is my problem:
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How to tether the Internet from a RPi through a USB cable?
How to tether the Internet from an RPi ZERO-W through a USB cable?
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ValueError: No I2C device at address: 0x29 (and others) with TSL2591 on raspberry pi zero W with pijuicezero
I am trying to get the TSL2591 outputting values on a raspberry pi zero W with extended pins and a pijuice zero over it. The following code
import board
import adafruit_tsl2591
import time
i2c = ...
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Running Vs code or code-server on raspberry pi 0 w
I wanted to use vs code or code-server on my raspberry pi 0 w, I know that they is not compatible and that the board is not very powerful, has anyone found a way to install vs code or code-server etc ...
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Meaning of error light pattern on Pi Zero W?
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I am having trouble getting a stock image of Raspberry Pi OS to boot on a Zero W. Using Raspberry Pi Imager 1.7 to flash the image onto a 32GB Sandisk SD card from a Mac M1.
After inserting the ...
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How to wire to control motors with Raspberry Pi ZERO
How do I wire the cable to control the motor with the Raspberry Pi ZERO using the 28BYJ-48 and the Adafruit TB6612 1.2A DC/stepping motor driver?
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-tb6612-h-bridge-dc-...
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How to make a raspberry pi zero recognisable with tty from linux?
I am trying to configure a raspberry pi zero w to be used through the screen function on linux. In order to achieve this, I have to make it recognisable through tty. It is supposed to be recognised as ...
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Raspi z power consumption without monitor
I run a raspiZW Rev 1.1 with bulleseye lite, headless via ssh. It only waits for a PIR-event to take a video sequence.
Connecting nothing but the camera (B, Rev 2.0) it consumes 110 to 160 mA. ...
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Has anyone solved Raspberry Pi Zero W SSH: `client_loop: send disconnect: broken pipe/timeout/Connection reset`
I know this has been voiced before, but the most recent I've found was in 2020 and it wasn't resolved then, so I'm signal-boosting in the hope that an answer has been discovered and just wasn't posted....
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Bluetooth and UART raspberry pi zero w
My objective is to get both data from VN200 GNSS/INS sensor (using GPIO14/15) and heart rate monitor strap Polar H10 (using Bluetooth) at the same time for synchronization.
Bluetooth on pi zero w by ...
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Using "dtoverlay=gpio-shutdown" execute a shell command before shutdown
In /boot/config.txt I did put
dtoverlay=gpio-shutdown,active_low=1,gpio_pull=up
Now if I short GPIO 3 - the Pi does shutdown immediately.
But how can I run some shell script before shutting down via ...
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Raspi Zero W Kali: Wlan1 usb card disables Wlan0 internal card
So I'm running Kali on my Raspberry PI Zero W and have a simple USB wifi card attached via USB (No hub). The Pi is set up headless, so no desktop, auto wif, I, or auto-login. I'm using the internal ...
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Separating power in Pi Zero when using the Pi as a HID that must be working without shuting down
I asked an AI:
When you use raspberry pi zero w as a HID, is it necessary to connect the pi to a machine via a single micro usb cable, for the power and the data connectivity? Does that mean that ...
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Which micro usb port if preferable to power pi zero?
Pi zero w has pwr micro usb and normal micro usb. Both of them can be used to power the pi.
What is the safest way to power pi zero w, via pwr micro usb or data micro usb?
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Cannot SSH to headless RPI Zero W via USB
I am unable to access my RPI Zero W v1.1 with SSH through USB.
I'm using a fresh install of the RPI OS Lite 32 bit version through the official Imager (1.7.4), with a custom username/password, custom ...
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unable to ssh via usb cable
Installed fresh raspberry pi OS with default settings
created empty ssh file in root folder
in config.txt commented original dtoverlay and did put dtoverlay=dwc2
cmdline.txt did put modules-load=dwc2,...
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Raspberry Pi zero w enable AP mode when writing the image to connect to the RPi with SSH without the need for a monitor or WiFi
physical device: raspberry pi zero w
os: raspberry pi OS lite 32bits
SD card: samsung evo+ 64GB
powering mode: laptop USB
I am trying to configure my RPi zero w to broadcast its own WiFi network so ...
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Using micropython on Raspberry Pi Zero W
I have found a library and sample code that seems to work very well on the Pico W, but I need a bit more power, so I'd like to use the same library on the Pi Zero W instead. Initially, I tried using ...
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how to connect to GPIO connectors if they are already occupied
I want to connect 2 wires to the connectors to put pysical shutdown button,
like showed here
But the connector will be already occpuied by e-paper driver.
What would be a recommendation here?
Just to ...
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SSH connection to Raspberry PI Zero W with modern Raspberry OS imager
I'd like to connect via ssh over usb from a linux laptop to a Raspberry Pi Zero W 1.1. I looked up several tutorials and followed them to the best of my ability but they seem to be outdated, as they ...
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PI Zero / Fault Segmentation / Disk and Power are good
I'm able to download the dotnet framework using this command:
curl -sSL https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.sh | bash /dev/stdin --channel STS
as per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/iot/...
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Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W to 5GHz Access Point
i know that Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W are not able to connect to 5Ghz access point. Would it be possible with adapter over USB to connect to 5Ghz access point?
I found several adapters in Internet, but i ...
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How to use a pi zero as NFS client/USB stick?
I have a Google Chromecast with an app that I would like to connect to my NFS share on my NAS. The app does not have a built-in NFS (or smb) client, so there is no way I can make the connection ...
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Where to make electronic connections diagrams
I'm making a little project with a raspberry pi zero, for documentation purposes I'd like to add some connection diagrams/representations, my main purpose is to have an easy reference to see pin ...
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i2cdetect shows addresses starting from 8
I have currently installed the latest raspbian as of posting this question.
I have an i2c device with address 0x03 which works when running my program I successfully communicate with it, but when I ...
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Raspberry Pi Zero secondary monitor HDMI Issue
I'm having an issue with the Raspberry Pi Zero W HDMI output, when I connect it with my main monitor (1920x1080p Resolution) it works fine, but when I try to connect it with a secondary monitor (...
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Pi zero 2 W capable to drive 1440x2880 HDMI display 35hz
I need to run following Wisecoco flex OLED HDMI display 144üx2880 35Hz o
PI ZERO 2 W ....
Maybe running loswerden resolution or othersegup, if thedisplay and Pi can manage?
Display is:
https://de....
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Bluealsa on Pi Zero can not be installed
I am trying to install bluealsa package but getting this error :
pi@raspberrypi:/usr/libexec/bluetooth $ sudo apt-get install bluealsa
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
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Switching a bistable latching Relay directly - Not enough power from GPIO?
I'm trying to control this bistable latching Relay (RT314F03)
After not being able to switch the relay I was wondering if that's even possible. While the Relay is rated for 3V, its "Rated Coil ...
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Raspberry Pi Zero W SSH: `client_loop: send disconnect: broken pipe/timeout/Connection reset`
I am using a Zero W for Environmental Data Logging.
I am using a 3A rated power supply.
The device itself is exclusively used remotely via ssh or VNC.
For both cases, I am spontaneous losing ...
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Pi Zero and Serial Recv
I've got a device (actually an arduino) that's sending serial data at 2400baud, 8N1. It's connected to my Pi Zero through optocouplers onto pin 8 and 10 (UART TX and UART RX). I've verified i'm ...
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Bluetooth 1200ms delay on Raspberry Pi using bluez (GATT Server)
I have set up GATT server on Raspberry Pi, and I am experiencing huge delay of about, 1200ms. To check delay, I am using nRF Connect on iPhone. I am using Raspberry Pi zero w and bluez bindings for ...
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