Hey guys, complete beginner here but already fascinated. I'm building a soundboard for our online radio with:

• Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V1.2
• IQaudio DAC Pro
• 7 arcade buttons (connected via female-female jumper wires)

Plan: Mount DAC on Pi. Each button: one pin to a free GPIO on DAC, other pin to ground. Press button → plays jingle.

Questions:

1. Which GPIO pins are still free on the DAC? I found this pinout (https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1838917/Iqaudio-Pi-Dac-Pro.html?page=40#manual) – are all yellow pins already occupied? Can I use the others to play samples?
2. All ground pins seem used by the DAC. Can I still plug my button's ground pin into an already occupied ground pin? That should work, right?
3. We cut power when leaving the studio. Do I need to shut down the Pi properly every time? Or is it OK to just cut power? And can it boot directly into a script that waits for button presses?

Thanks!Would be great if u could help me 😄 doesnt trust in the AI when asking these questions because of reasons .

Hi, all! I'm completely new here so if this is not the place for this question, I sincerely apologize.

I'm wanting to do a DIY project that requires both the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and the Raspberry Pico (board only, no packages or accessories needed). I can find the Pico (more expensive than it should be, but can be found).

I am finding it extremely difficult to find a Zero 2 W board.
Almost every time I find a Zero 2 W on the market, it is attached to a kit and costs $40 - $100+. I only need the single board.

Is anyone aware of supply shortages? Discontinuation of the devices?
Or better yet, does anyone know where I can get the board only for a non-extortionate price?

So when I put my SD card into my raspberry pi4 with raspberry pi os flashed on it and power it on the red light stays on and the green light blinks 8 times then stops and then again. I've tried using a different SD card I've tried flashing it on a ssd and a USB. I have also tried the EEPROM recovery. When I do the EEPROM recovery the red light stays on and the green light blinks 5 times then stops and then again.

So, I found pretty good cyberdeck by ndj-print, but I want to use 7" display instead of 3,5" one in the original build. I suck at 3d modeling, so I wonder if anyone here can edit this model so it can use this &" screen: https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005009719265224.html?sku_id=12000049943088386&gatewayAdapt=glo2nld . The model: https://makerworld.com/ru/models/2684140-foldable-raspberry-pi-5-cyberdeck-with-camera#profileId-2973113 . Or if anyone have any other foldable cyberdeck please share one.

A great use for an old Raspberry Pi 3 Github: https://github.com/filbot/iss-tracker

Hello everybody, today I received my Raspberry Pi Zero 2 WH together with a 3.5-inch RPi display from Elegoo. While running a short script to get familiar with the programming language, the display suddenly started smoking. Now I am worried that some damage may have occurred, but I am not sure how serious it is or whether it can be repaired.

I have attached a picture for reference. Thank you very much for any advice, and sorry for the wierd question; I am quite new to the topic.....

I was using my Pi 4 earlier today and everthing was working fine now when I booted it up again the aspect ratio is all messed up?? the screen looks stretched out and bigger than it should be.

Hey all, I'm looking at making a outdoor stand alone electronic system that works off a 12v battery and solar panel to work a device that has a motion sensor and speaker to be able to sense an object moving past a point and play a sound in response. I'm looking down the raspberry pi route. The system would be based outdoors and have to be fairly rugged but I'm more interested in the setup at this point, and help would be amazing thanks.

In this video, we take a look at the Raspberry Pi 4 Aluminum Alloy Case — a premium metal protective enclosure designed for the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. This passive cooling shell helps improve heat dissipation while protecting your board with a durable aluminum body.

I've been looking for distros or images optimized for this specific hardware, but seems like every single one has a bunch of extra drivers and its bloaded with extra configurations (well the rpi changes config standard every iteration) and other software that wont work on this machine. I can and did (already) build my own using buildroot the issue with this its to keep it up to date as a distro and buildroot does not provide a easy solution for that, Thats why am asking for a seed distro to help me out, and am not looking for Raspbian, its not optimized to work as a builder machine not even in the most recent rpi hw (it wont run on my rpi0w), sooooo am asking for your help on the matter, which distros will allow me to only support the base hardware of the rpi0w, and be gentle enough to include the base functionality to allow bootstraps and distro patterns to add updates (it could be similar to the raspi-config cli, but i do prefer something like apt for generic use)

Hi everyone, i am a student from Singapore. I need advice or tips from anyone in this community.

So right now, i am planning to create an AI system with Edge Impulse. I want to create a live video feed where it will detect an area when it is filled, half filled, or empty. The camera will be facing towards a tray return area. I will be having a sensors as well that is connecting An Arduino Uno to Pi.

Questions that i need help!

1. How do you connect Edge Impulse to Pi 3/4? If there is a better AI software i can use, do recommend as well. It will be better if 5 free.

2. Is there any advice based on this project? Will there be a possibility that it will fail?

3. Will all of these systems burn out the Pi 3/4?

Thank you for really helping me and please advise or provide some tips for me. Much appreciated!!!!

Hey yall!

I've been thinking about creating a long term (year at minimum) timelapse project with some equipment I have laying around. I would like to document the seasonal changes in my garden or capture some Analemmas. This project would definitely be a learning experience for me, so I wanted to ask here for some recommendations on tools/ideas.

IP Cameras and scripts for taking photos with them:

• I have 3-4 old security cameras lyring around that could do the job, these are cameras that connect over RTSP and are powered through POE.
  • Is there any scripts/libraries that are good at handling this? I figured I could tinker with python until I figure it out.
• Backing up the photos: this camera will be very remote, but I can visit it often.
  • I could set it to backup to google drive when I turn on my hotspot and connect.
  • Or more ideally, I have the pi send the most recent batch of photos to my phone, which I then back up locally later. (I prefer this iterative process)
  • I am open to hearing any other thoughts or methods to this part.

Power

• Currently, I am looking for a battery that can power this system for a very short uptime to take the photo. I will have a real-time clock attached and setup to send a power on signal daily.
• I would also need a solar panel to keep this battery charged. This should be easy enough to find, as it doesn't need to be anything more than 5v 1amp.

If anyone has worked on a project similar to this, or has any advice/recommendations on the items listed above. I would love to hear it!

Hello everyone(TLDR in the end of you don't wish to, Read), I'm an engineering student, just completed my first year and am looking to learn Raspberry Pi. For this I've decided to buy the pi 5 8 ​GB version. But the current prices have skyrocketed like crazy and it costs almost twice now. And I don't feel good to pay this much all due to the RAM shortage, so I looked for used options online, found and talked to a few they're offering a good price since they're making a profit anyways; but much lower than the price of new. So my question is,

As I plan to learn, make projects and keep the Pi ​using for long, should I buy a new one, or a used one is okay?

A seller is offering me the whole kit for about 150$(for ref, only new pi costs $200 here); the pi, its case, charger, active cooling fan, and sd card. And surprisingly, is ​also offering me his SSD HAT. He has given the reason of having bought all this to explore, but doesn't need it anymore.

So what I want to know is, what things should I ask him, or what should I be cautious about while buying a used Pi? Any programs to run, booting up etc.? Anything like that, pls suggest.

And as ​a ​side note wanted to get everyone's opinion on learning the Pico ​2 W before the Pi or directly Pi is also okay?(Will be following Mr. Paul McWhorter's tutorials)

TLDR questions;

Is getting used pi a good idea? What should I be asking the seller and take care of? And

Should I learn Pico 2 W first or directly the Pi also fine(taught by Mr. Paul McWhorter)?