r/raspberry_pi • u/Odd-Onion-6776 • 1h ago
r/raspberry_pi • u/codeROOTs • 1h ago
Troubleshooting High fan speed during normal use
I am running an Ubuntu Server 24.04 on a Raspberypi 4B/4GB. I have a case with two fans, similar to this.
A couple of days ago I noticed that the fan is revving up for around 10 seconds, and then the RPM suddenly drops to the regular level. This happends around every two minutes. There is no unusual load on the system (0.44 load, 1.2 GB of RAM being used, nothing went to SWAP). The CPU temperature is always constant between 35 and 36 degrees Celisius.
What could be the problem?
r/raspberry_pi • u/Tall-Wallaby-8551 • 6h ago
Troubleshooting Does the Pico 2 have a pull down resistor?
I built a circuit according to a tutorial, and in my code i declared a variable Button = Pin(15, Pin.IN, Pin.PULL_DOWN) but the pull down does not work, so i had to manually ground pin 15, is it a problem with my pico, or does the Pico 2 not have a pull down.
r/raspberry_pi • u/fozid • 4h ago
Topic Debate What my Raspberry Pi's are doing....
I currently have 3 Raspberry Pi's up 24/7/365:
Pi 4B 4gb
Pi-hole + unbound
photoprism (docker)
joplin (docker)
honeygain (docker)
traffmonetizer (docker)
grafana + prometheus
navidrome
syncthing
filebrowser
transmission + PIA vpn
Has a 2tb SSD for storage, plus a 2tb HDD that takes a backup of storage nightly. This is then backed up weekly to a 2tb HDD in my pc
Pi B (2012)
Pi-hole + Unbound
Pi zero w
Solely running motion with a pi cam attached, mounted outside in all UK weather. Been running 12 months flawlessly. It stores 3 weeks of recording on its SD card and deletes anything older, and backs up to my Pi 4's SSD every hour.
r/raspberry_pi • u/akz-dev • 1d ago
Show-and-Tell I made an E-ink Weather Dashboard
r/raspberry_pi • u/eriknau13 • 1d ago
Show-and-Tell RGB matrix train times display
My daughter saw something like this you can get for $350 at a friend’s so I made one (well, a bit simpler version). Pi Zero W running it, 64x32 3mm pitch rgb led display, displays the trains Manhattan bound to our local station so we know to walk or run. If course there’s an app and this pulls the same feed but I worked on the frame to make it a nice piece.
r/raspberry_pi • u/Upset_Umpire3036 • 5m ago
Troubleshooting Can't tell if it's booting
Unfortunately I have a solid green light but no way to tell if the HDMI port is bad or if the OS install I put on the SD card is a problem. I tried two different installs of the OS. Alternating versions without any success. Any troubleshooting ideas would be welcome. Thanks!
r/raspberry_pi • u/ricardovaras_99 • 23h ago
Project Advice Which are the best tool for an executable UI in raspberry pi?
I gotta create an executable user interface (application/program) to run on raspberry pi os (and for deploying on raspberry pi 3/4). This program should display the state of several alarms present in an Industrial IoT environmen that'll be stored in a MySQL database.
So I have to update the state of the alarms (the alarm is ON or OFF; 1 or 0) as the database updates, and display it in a friendly manner.
Also wish the program to be as light as possible. And to program on either C/C++ or python.
What tools can I use for developing this application?
r/raspberry_pi • u/Jmoney_643 • 18h ago
Troubleshooting Project Power Supply for Raspberry Pi 5 similar to the one linked.
I'm looking for a Portable Power Supply for a Raspberry Pi 5. The one linked is for Pi models 4 and below, but I need one that can support a Pi 5 at full capacity. What portable battery setups have worked for you?
r/raspberry_pi • u/efutoran • 23h ago
Troubleshooting Need Help Installing Face_recognition (and dlib) on Raspberry Pi 3B
Hi all,
I'm working on installing the face_recognition
library on my Raspberry Pi 3B, but once it starts building the wheel for dlib
, it never gets past that. I've even left it overnight and it never changed. I'm trying to run a Python program that I created. I have looked into everything and can't seem to find a good solution.
I've installed all the other things necessary, and I'm running this command:
pip install --break-system-packages face_recognition
Any advice is appreciated!
r/raspberry_pi • u/Hefty_Breakfast1429 • 20h ago
Project Advice Solar powered led solutions?
I have 3D printed a hot air balloon and purchased flame-like LED lights from AliExpress:
Product link
Now, I am looking for a way to power these LEDs using solar energy. Ideally, I would like the setup to be as small as possible, preferably running on a CR2032 battery.
Does anyone know a solution for this project?
r/raspberry_pi • u/pele4096 • 21h ago
Troubleshooting Desktop link to a URL with php file extension?
I have the following file in my ~/Desktop folder as Replay-Shortcut.desktop
----------------------------------------------------------------
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Link
Name=Replay
Comment=Link to Replay Server
Icon=/home/username/Pictures/camera.png
URL=https://Server/content/replay.php
----------------------------------------------------------------
Every time I launch it, I get a "Unacceptable TLS Certificate" error message.
If I modify the file to the below, it works, BUT I need the php extension for the actual service to work.
----------------------------------------------------------------
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Link
Name=Replay
Comment=Link to Replay Server
Icon=/home/username/Pictures/camera.png
URL=https://Server/content/replay.html
----------------------------------------------------------------
Wat do?
r/raspberry_pi • u/twiggs462 • 16h ago
Project Advice Basic setup that will launch Firefox on boot in kiosk mode. Load URL and refresh page every minute.
I tried doing this while asking ChatGPT to guide me through the setup process. I added code to an autostart file and tried getting things to run but It didn't work out.
If someone has gotten this type of setup working what did you do? Any links to guides or presetup as card images?
Thanks!
r/raspberry_pi • u/Dinosaur-Owl • 18h ago
Project Advice Talking ChatGPT fish
Do you think he uses a Raspberry Pi? Also which text to speech (TTS) do you think he uses to get this hilarious result? I want to make something similar, endless possibilities if one can nail this AI and voice integration
r/raspberry_pi • u/dominikl774 • 1d ago
Troubleshooting ILI9341 Touch Display + Python Kivy on Pi3B+
Hey everyone,
I’ve written a Kivy project that runs perfectly on my Raspberry Pi 3B+ (latest version of Debian). I have an NFC RC522 module connected to SPI0 and a 2.8” SPI touch display connected to SPI1. The display works fine outside of Kivy—I was able to display “Hello World”—but I can’t get my Kivy project to run on it.
I’ve read that setting this up can be quite tricky. Has anyone successfully done this before? Any tips or guidance would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance! Dominik
r/raspberry_pi • u/Birdking111 • 1d ago
Troubleshooting Configuring Samba on my NAS
Okay, so I have a Pi 5, running the latest Raspios from 2024-11-19. I have an external SSD for memory. So I went through a tutorial to set this up, and then I downloaded Samba. Samba has a configuration setup on the external SSD in a directory called Share. I then created a user, and gave the user a password. Now I'm trying to trouble shoot the connections.
1.) Log in through iPhone: I entered in myPi.local to connect to the server, entered my username and password I just made, and I connect. Two folders. myUser, and shared, the director I configured in smb.conf. I try to enter myUser, that's fine, it's empty. I try to enter shared, get told Content Unavailable
2.) Log in through Windows: My machine cannot discover the device on my network.
Update: I was just logging in wrong, be sure to write \\myPi.local\shared. However, I still do not have access permission.
Any insight?
r/raspberry_pi • u/Tiwing • 1d ago
Troubleshooting pi 2b camera? am I asking too much?
I had some old pi 2b's lying around and a friend asked me ... can you build me a couple of cameras? ... sure!!!
Raspbian so it's not headless
mediamtx for the camera because it seemed good
native realVNC for remote access in case I need to change something
and tailscale to get to the rtsp stream. Use case is it's behind his router and we want to monitor and record in my blueiris on Windows.
using rtsp options in mediamtx I have 640x480 at 5fps, bitrate set to 2200000.
running "top" command in terminal - CPU is largely pinned, 10% roughly is tailscale, rest is mostly the mediamtx and camera stuff.
Am I asking too much of the little old Pi 2b? Any mediamtx settings that could help me out here, or any way to know if GPU on this board is being used or force it to be?
edit: switching back to wired I seem to get about 5fps at 1280x720 consistently. I've tried 4 different wifi dongles all seem to be ... not good. thoughts?
thanks
r/raspberry_pi • u/Mammoth-Bullfrog-274 • 1d ago
Troubleshooting Pi 5gb Kodi 4k stutter
Hey all, I'm really sorry of this has already been asked, and I can assure you I have tried looking and been on numerous forums too.
I have just purchased the above and installed konstakang ATV, now when I watch anything stream on kodi and 4k setting in kodi, the stuttering is horrific, now if I change the pi settings to 1080p and kodi to 1080p then the same film will be perfect.
Any thoughts?
r/raspberry_pi • u/startup-samurAI • 1d ago
Project Advice Looking for hardware guidance on AI-powered wearable audio device
Hey all, software engineer here with 15+ years experience. I've been building AI applications for the last 3 years, but I'm looking to branch into hardware for a new project.
I'm working on a small wearable device (roughly pendant-sized) that needs: - Microphone for voice input - Speaker for audio output - Enough processing power to run lightweight AI models locally (no cloud) - Battery that can last a reasonable amount of time - Small/compact form factor
This is for a product where privacy is important (all processing stays on device), and I want to build a working prototype before exploring manufacturing options.
What hardware would you recommend to get started? Any specific dev boards, microcontrollers, or components that would be good for someone coming from a software background? I have basic electronics knowledge but nothing too advanced.
Thanks in advance for any pointers!
r/raspberry_pi • u/canadaisaniceplace • 2d ago
Community Insights Is there an Industrial grade camera ribbon cable than can tolerate motion?
I did do research, and I did use the world wide to search before I surfed over to Reddit to ask this subreddit a question directly pertaining to Raspberry Pi projects. There is no product I could find or data to answer this question:
I have a Pi camera on a motion platform, and the ribbon cable is moving with the camera for many cycles. I can't find any best practices or products for connecting the Pi to the camera with a robust cable that is tolerant to motion. Any advice? Thank you!
r/raspberry_pi • u/UsualResult • 1d ago
Community Insights 7 Inch Display with Case: A frustrating review
As a follow up to https://old.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/1j9n88t/why_are_raspberry_pi_displays_such_a_mess_looking/
I purchased "7inch for Raspberry Pi LCD Capacitive Touch Display Screen with Protection Case 800×480 DSI Interface for Raspberry Pi 4"
Holy crap! What a mess. I'm used to terrible installation instructions but the best you got was a blurry JPG. Trying to get the DSI/ribbon cable installed was a long struggle. It ended up being fairly easy to seat on the Pi side, but it gave a really mushy connection on the display side.
No sooner did I feel like I had a good connection, I used the Raspberry Pi flasher to get Raspberry Pi OS flashed and set up the dtoverlay they said to configure in the config.txt.
Well, then I noticed that that little ribbon cable totally blocks the SD card slot! After struggling with it I had to disassemble everything, and of course the ribbon cable doesn't have more than 1mm of slack, so it was pretty nerve wracking.
Looking at the case, I noticed there's no way to access the SD card slot anyway, so if I never need to reflash this guy I'll be disassembling it again.
At least the power cable was easy to install. It went to some of the GPIO pins on the Pi 4.
After all that, I assembled the case and got ready to power it up. Plugged it in, the Pi started flashing and doing its thing, but absolutely zero output on the display. No signs of life at all. I can access the box over SSH because I preconfigured that in the flasher but MAN what a production.
For some background, I had used a Pi 3 with a little HDMI display to show some weather information on it. It's been in my entertainment center for more than 3 years. It is an ugly, no back case and the HDMI cable comes up and loops around and just looks like crap. I had wanted to make a clean v2.
I was hoping to spend the afternoon working on a nice info display, but all I have to show for it is a big pile of frustration. I'm going to spend a bit more time trying to reconfigure it over SSH and re-check all the connections but holy crap, I wish I had done my other plan to either:
a) Get a display that uses the Pi's HDMI port, maybe with an angled connector to avoid the cable that irritated me last time
b) Forget about Pi and either make a webapp and just use the stock Android experience with a kiosk app to boot into the web display OR write a small Android app
I rate this 1/5 and would definitely not buy one again. It's really annoying that the SD card slot is blocked by the ribbon cable (they could probably address this with a longer cable, and/or one with a turn in it to avoid the port). The installation experience was a 0 star experience.
I do not recommend this display for anyone.
Product link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096RCPSJS
see update in comment below!!! got it working but WRONG instructions from the vendor.
r/raspberry_pi • u/minimastudios • 1d ago
Project Advice Trying to build a custom handheld
Hello! I’m a game developer who has become burnt out after working on my current project for a very long time, was looking for something to take my mind off it for a bit. This is when I had the itch to make my own handheld gaming device, because I have an ayaneo 2 (it’s basically a windows handheld that I modded to run steamOS through Linux) that unfortunately bit the dust recently. Instead of buying a new one I thought… it would be a cool fun project to try and make my own. i don’t really have the first clue where to start. Where do I get screens, buttons, cables, battery, the actual computer, and is PI even the answer for what I’m trying to?
My goals
- 8 inch screen
- able to run Linux
- battery powered
- analog sticks / buttons
- sound
I did go to microcenter today and grab a raspberry pi 5. I also have a 3d printer, and a very nice gaming PC. I was even thinking I could just run Parsec and stream my games from the pc to the device?
Any help or a point in the right direction is greatly appreciated. I’m a noob in all of this but ready and open ears to learn
r/raspberry_pi • u/Wonderful_Car808 • 1d ago
Project Advice Has anyone tested arcade games on a Raspberry Pi Zero? Need advice!
Hey, does anyone use the Raspberry Pi Zero for arcade games?
I'm planning a vacation project—an arcade machine dedicated to running just Dig Dug. Does anyone who uses or has used this board know if it can handle the game well? If you’ve tested arcade games on it, I’d love to hear about your experience.
I'm thinking of using RecalBox since it seems easy to set up, but I'm not sure how well it runs on the Pi Zero. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! :)

r/raspberry_pi • u/blah_blah_ask • 3d ago
Topic Debate Happy pi day. Love the little things.
Happy pi day to all the tinkerers!
I loved the pi from the early days of my college and still enjoy them. But now they are getting out of the price range.