Questions tagged [usb]
Questions relating to the Raspberry Pi USB ports and specific Raspberry Pi USB devices and device interaction.
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What problems can occur when unplugging a (sync'd) USB drive?
I want to know if there are any specific technical reasons for not just unplugging a USB drive that is still mounted, provided:
1) All open files on the stick have been written to and closed
2) The ...
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Transfer files from my old SD card to a new one
Totally lost on this. I accidentally fried my pi by connecting the wires on a Motor driver the wrong way round! So, new PI and as I didn't update Raspbian I had to download Noobs to a new card. Up and ...
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Connecting Raspberry Pi 3 with Huawei Surfstick 372
I tried to connect my Raspberry Pi with the Huawei Surfstick. All the tutorials i watched so far didn't helped me. If i plug in the Surfstick the raspberry shows that it is associated with it and has ...
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Cannot ssh to Raspberry Pi zero W via Usb
I usually ssh to my Pi zero via usb, but for some reason its not working anymore. but after looking in the gui using hdmi, it seems like the ip on usb0 is different from what is showing on my windows ...
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GPIO solution to power Pi
Looking for a GPIO solution to power a Pi 3 B+. Basically, trying to bypass the Pi micro USB connector.
Also, any suggestions on hardware to build a compact, inverted, USB male right-angle ribbon ...
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Can I use the Raspberry Pi as a Soundcard
I have an HifiBerry AMP2, which is a RPi hat that lets the RPi act as an audio amplifier. Now I want to connect my PC (Mac) to the RPi, but it does not have a line- or mic-in. So I am wondering if I ...
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UV4L - USB Camera: Device not detected
need some help on what I'm doing wrong. Cannot run
uv4l --driver uvc --device-id 1415:2000
due to following error messages:
<notice> [core] Trying to loading driver 'uvc' from built-in ...
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Only allow a specific peripheral to be connected to a USB port
I am turning my raspberry pi prototype device into a market product. The data and the program running on the pi must be protected. But we have a USB webcam attached to it (provided by us, hence we ...
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trying to run 6 USB cameras simultaneously on a single Raspberry Pi 3B+ with add-on 4 port USB hub with external power
We are trying to simultaneously run 6 cameras on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with an add-on 4 port USB hub that has an external power supply. The cameras are set at 15 FPS with a colour image size of 640 X 480....
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Raspberry Pi OTP and booting from USB
I was reading this article about booting the Pi from USB
It mentions that
the Raspberry Pi 3 requires the USB boot bit to
be set in the OTP (one-time programmmble) memory.
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Once ...
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How can I correct errors when connecting android phone the pi with a usb cable?
I have pi B+ with a new install of rasbian today
I am trying to connect my Samsung Galaxy Edge 6 with a usb cable. I have previously connected the phone to a linux pc using the same cable with no ...
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Relay Bluetooth keyboard out as a USB keyboard
I have a bluetooth keyboard that's originally connected to my desktop PC. The problem is that I can't use it in BIOS or to select different boot options at grub because the bluetooth drivers aren't ...
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Is USB Pass through possible?
I'm a new user to Raspberry Pi and this is my first Pi project. I'm running the latest version of Raspbian.
Question:
How do I configure my Raspberry Pi 3 B+ to map one USB port to another? One ...
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Using a molex powered usb panel to power multiple pi's
I have been looking into multiple ways to power numerous rapsberry pi's from one power source.
I am not an electrical engineer and as such some methods I have researched online are less than ideal, ...
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Scan search USB port and manipulate the data received from wireless modem
Any example which helps me to search the automatic USB port availability in raspberry pi and sends the information of wireless sensor network, which uses the wireless modem as a gateway receiver.
I ...
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USB Hub suitable for powering a RPi 3 b+ and multiple usb sticks?
I was wondering if it was possible to power a raspberry pi 3 b+ and a dozen usb 3.0 sticks, or if not, what would be the best recommended way to go about this, ideally i'm looking for an off the shelf ...
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Can't mount USB drive
My USB drive won't mount! When I try to mount it using this command:
sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sda /media/BackupUSB -o rw,umask=0000
it would just say that it is already mounted or in use, but it ...
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what Usb installer is available on the raspberry pi?
I recently bought a new computer without an OS on it, and I have just the raspberry pi right now, it's a 3b (not b+) and I want to burn an ISO onto a flash drive (specifically ubuntu budgie) however ...
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Headless pi zero HID keyboard
I am trying to get my pi zero to act as a HID USB keyboard when plugged in to a computer, following this guide.
I finished the configuration, and I get to the "Keyboard / Mouse / Joystick (HID)" ...
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How to wake PC from suspend — via USB with Pi-0 in Gadget mode?
I have a Raspberry Pi Zero and I am attempting to use it to wake up a computer. Wake-on-LAN is not an option in this case.
I have configured the Pi to function as a USB keyboard in gadget mode by ...
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Boot from USB, if no then SD card
What I want to do is something really simple just like in an ordinary computer you can set the boot order, I'd like to do this on a raspberry pi, if there is a bootable usb media use that, if not fall ...
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Direct connection to Pi with usb-to-ethernet adapter possible?
I've got a pi 3B to which I always ssh over my home network. I'm now going to be traveling for some time and I want to mess around on the go. I read that you can connect directly to the pi using a ...
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Trouble with using RPi Zero W as USB keyboard
I'm using a RPi Zero W for this exercise. I downloaded 2018-11-13-raspbian-stretch-full.zip and installed it onto a 32G microSD card:
sudo dd bs=4M if=2018-11-13-raspbian-stretch-full.img of=/dev/...
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How to clear “self assigned IP” error when using OTG g_ether gadget
From a Macintosh OSX host I'm using the OTG g_ether gadget to connect through USB to an rpi zero running raspbian stretch. The proceedure is documented in many places and requires editing config.txt ...
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Storage device interface through MIPI CSI+DSI connections
So I love the Raspberry Pi and currently own and use a model 3b (not plus) for learning more about linux and hardware as well as simple projects like a DNS cache server. Lately I was thinking about ...
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Use Pi 3 B as external memory
I have a 3D Printer that I monitor with my Raspberry Pi, but I would like to connect the pi via USB to the printer so I can also use it as external storage for the printer as well. Is there a way I ...
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Mounting of USB drive within rc.local works only until I log-in
This worked prior to current upgrade.
Here's my rc.local (fragment):
date > /tmp/rc.log
sleep 20
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/sg3t/
df >> /tmp/rc.log
sleep 10
df >> /tmp/rc.log
after login, ...
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USB WiFi dongle not being detected as WiFi device
I bought a Wifi dongle from ebay and it gets recognized by the pi, but not as the correct device.
the device is Realtek rtl8188ftv
lsusb shows it as
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:f179 Realtek ...
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Booting from USB
I have spent well over 2 hours on trying to boot my Pi 3B with USB. From what I have understood, as long as the program_usb_boot_mode is set to 1 you can simply plug in the USB and boot. However, in ...
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Is it possible to clone the SD Card to a USB flash drive and boot from it?
I have a new Raspbery Pi 3 B+ which actually boots from a 8 Gb SD Card. Now I want to toggle to a 32 Gb USB flash drive, so I wanted to clone the SD Card.
I think it should work, but I can't succeed. ...
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Raspberry Pi 0 USB port working, but not responding
So, I am trying to make an EmulationStation for my family, but there is one HUGE problem. I am using a raspberry Pi 0 and 0w, but the problem is happening in both of them. An example of my problem: I ...
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Retropie arcade controller wireless
I'm assembling an arcade game controller (like the ones in the old cabinets), the kit I bought has a USB encoder.
Is there a way to make it wireless?
I searched online for some usb dongles pairs to ...
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Turning off power to usb ports for a joystick
I have 2 joysticks + 1 keyboard connected to a Raspberry PI 3B+ running the latest emulation station, and I'm looking for a solution to be able to turn off one or more of these devices from software (...
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Multiple USB-audio dongles in raspberry pi
I need to record multiple microphones independently based on external events. I wonder if having a USB hub and multiple USB-audio dongles will allow me to do so.
So my questions are:
How are these ...
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How to increase voltage of USB ports on the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B?
I have been trying to build a Raspberry Pi laptop, and I found an issue where my screen required power at all times to run , so I decided to plug the screen in to the USB port in the Raspberry Pi. ...
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Using a RPi Zero to build a WiFi USB Stick with `modprobe g_mass_storage`
I am trying to build a WiFi USB Stick using a Raspberry Pi Zero W. I want to be able to plug in the RPI to a computer or whatever device able to output data to a USB port and then the specific mounted ...
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Why isn't my USB drive listed in /dev/block?
I plugged a USB drive into my Raspberry Pi and am trying to find it in /dev so I can mount it and use it. It doesn't appear to be listed in /dev/block. It's a headless Pi that I'm controlling from ...
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Is perfectly uninterrupted alsa sound over USB possible?
I am playing a sine wave from a Rpi3 via pure userspace ALSA to the hw device of a USB sound card (using the official PCM example, no sound servers installed).
But the wave never stays perfect, after ...
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USB Webcam frame rate and resolution relationship
I have a Logitech c920 USB webcam connected to a raspberry pi 3.
On executing: v4l2-ctl --list-formats-ext
It outputs:
Index : 1
Type : Video Capture
Pixel Format: 'H264' (compressed)
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Raspberry Pi Zero as webcam
I read some case, like using dwc2 and g_webcam in /boot/config and cmdline. but hard to understand and doesn't work. and can't find a tutorial, there are some tutorials only about serial and ethernet.
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Modifying input of HID via GPIO of PI (unless there is a better way?)
Basically I want to control the input of a USB HID via one or more other HIDs.
I know there are commercial options available to do this however they are closed source and expensive. I'd like to get ...
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read data of water level sensor connected to USB port of Raspberry Pi3
How to I do communicate and get data of water level sensor using USB port of raspberry pi3?
The sensor has RS232 port for communication.
I have USB to RS232 Adapter connected to USB port of Raspberry ...
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Samson Meteor USB mic - low level “buzzing”
How can I diagnose and fix this issue?
I have plugged my Samson Meteor USB mic into my Pi Zero W and run the ALSA arecord program. When I do, I get a low level "buzzing" that is quite audible in ...
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Connect to 3G (yet again)
I'm trying to connect to a 3G network via a Huawei E173 modem. Thankfully it is getting recognized as a usb modem without me having to deal with modeswitch
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 12d1:1436 Huawei ...
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Can't achieve process about booting from USB
I'm trying to install RetroPie on an USB stick and I want to boot on it.
So I follow this instructions HOW TO CREATE A RETROPIE USB BOOT DRIVE FOR RASPBERRY PI 3
The start of the instructions seems ...
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Using RPi as a 4g enabled dropbox usb stick
First of all hello, I am exceptionally new to the concept of the Rasberry, however I have an application that I am hoping it will be able to do. I was hoping someone may be able to give me some advice....
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A USB modem not working on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
I have been trying set up USB modem on my pi (Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+) but have not been successful.
The modem in itself is recognized - lsusb shows the entry for the device - but I cant't get it ...
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Output sound over USB and into a computer (no 3.5mm jack)
I am trying to make a soundboard for my computer using my raspberry pi and a touchscreen. In order to mix the pi's sound out with my mic, I need it as a separate input to my computer (my mic uses the ...
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reading a dutch 'slimme meter' has USB troubles
In the Netherlands the energy providers are rolling out smart meters which allow you measure your energy usage in your house. There's a cable that you need to buy (this one) but you should be able to ...
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Raspberry pi 3B wont boot from USB with correct OTP settings
I'm trying to boot my Raspberry Pi 3B (not 3B +) from a USB flash drive.
I've added the program_usb_boot_mode=1 line the /boot/config.txt
I've changed the right bits in the OTP and checked it:
pi@...
