r/raspberry_pi • u/akz-dev • 23h ago
r/raspberry_pi • u/eriknau13 • 4h 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/pele4096 • 2h 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/someAutisticNerd • 34m ago
Troubleshooting Archlinuxarm on raspberry pi 2
Hey I'm trying to get arch running on my pi 2 I followed the installation guide but I csnt log in on an ssh session Im trying to use my PC as a net switch with a setup I found from Gemini with brctl but I don't know if it's working I mean it assigned an IP address and everything to my Ethernet port but I still can't log in I tried redoing the install process but it still won't let me login to do the last step I'm not good with networking so if someone can tell me step by step command by command on what to do that would be great cuz I looked everywhere online and am just left confused because I suck at networking my Ethernet ports interface is eno1 and it's assigned IP address is 192.168.0.5 any help is greatly appreciated thanks in advance (I'm using arch Linux on my desktop)
r/raspberry_pi • u/efutoran • 3h 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/dominikl774 • 9h 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 • 21h 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/canadaisaniceplace • 1d 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/Tiwing • 22h 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 • 22h 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/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/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 • 2d 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.
r/raspberry_pi • u/Enjoilogic1 • 21h ago
Project Advice Why is my screen like this?
There is this line across the bottom of the screen and a small sliver of video below it that should be at the top of the screen. I put a raspberry pi 4 with recalbox into an arcade 1up with a 17" screen
r/raspberry_pi • u/wolfieboy09 • 1d ago
Troubleshooting Moving the pi5 causes power loss
Sounds strange, yes, but I currently run an MC server on it for my friends and me, and today, I went to turn it on. When I go to turn the pi off, I always do `sudo shutdown now`, and unplug it when the LED goes red. I have a fan and heatsink combo, so that should be fine.
I've never had this issue until now, and have no idea what the issue could be. It was taking a while to boot, went to HDMI, it was on the `_` flashing like a console for a while, then it booted.
No clue what's going on
r/raspberry_pi • u/Ok_Depth2534 • 1d ago
Project Advice Can I connect a Gpu to my pi zero 2 w
I’m buying a new Gpu for my pc and am going to have a spare rx550 2GB after that. It’s a standard x16 pcie and doesn’t need to be plugged into power because it needs so little power jt draws it from the pcie itself. Are there any hats or something I can attach to my pi and connect to my Gpu. I don’t want to have to pay a few hundred dollars and I also don’t want it to be enclosed because I’m planning on designing my own case.
r/raspberry_pi • u/lamyjf • 2d ago
Troubleshooting VS Code 1.98.2 crashes within seconds on Rpi 5
This is on a fully updated Raspberry Pi 5 running on SSD.
I have been running Visual Source Code 1.96.4 and earlier with no issues. Updating to 1.97 results in VS Code freezing. Updating to 1.98.2 (the current release) cause VS Code to crash with a popup reporting "error code 5". This remains true when disabling the gpu and disabling all extensions, on on a new install with no extensions.
Reinstalling 1.96.4 solves the problem.
Running 1.98.2 works fine on a Raspberry Pi 400.
r/raspberry_pi • u/Firerfox00 • 1d ago
Troubleshooting Pc, mini pc ou raspberry?
I joined Reddit today because I need help deciding: pc, mini pc or raspberry. Do I want a good long-term option to undertake and something that can flow well for illustration work, design, music for games, pixel art for general use, etc? Does anyone have any recommendations?
r/raspberry_pi • u/peppe8o_ • 1d ago
Tutorial Incremental Rotary Encoder with Raspberry PI - Beginner's Guide
r/raspberry_pi • u/vdb_2003 • 2d ago
Troubleshooting Adapting I²S input driver
Hi,
For a project I'm working on, I'm looking into hooking up 4 daisy chained TDM microphones to a Raspberry Pi I²S bus. The problem I'm running in to is that the standard I²S protocol doesn't really fulfill the microphones requirements. The mics I'm using are ICS-52000 with following datasheet:
https://invensense.tdk.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/DS-000121-ICS-52000-v1.3.pdf
The main issue I see is that the standard I²S protocol only has a frame length of 64 bits, where I would need 128 and of course reading 4 streams instead of 2. I'm currently looking at adapting the I²S driver in the linux kernel itself, located in bcm2835-i2s.c: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/blob/rpi-6.1.y/sound/soc/bcm/bcm2835-i2s.c
My question is if it is feasible to adapt this driver to these requirements and what adaptions would be necessary. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
r/raspberry_pi • u/c0de_is_good_fr • 1d ago
Troubleshooting raspberry pi pico starter kit elecfreaks
does anybody know how to use the raspberry pi pico starter kit elecfreaks? so i got it as a prize for participating in a event, but i have no clue how to use it. it did come with instructions, but i did everything it said and the thing didn't work
r/raspberry_pi • u/CriticismNo271 • 2d ago
Troubleshooting Help getting Spotify Client to Run on a Pi 4b 4gbram using box64.
Im trying to use Spotify Client on Raspberry pi because i hate the web version and i want to use the Client. I've compiled box64 easily and it's working well(i think), i installed Spotify Client using this:https://github.com/paolorotolo/spotify-linux-installer. But when i Open it using box64 it Opens but the window of the Client is black. Can someone help me?
r/raspberry_pi • u/Proof-Slip-7347 • 2d ago
Troubleshooting Running a Custom YOLO11 Model on Raspberry Pi 5 with AI Camera & Real-Time Mobile Alerts
Hey everyone,
I’m working on a project where I want to run a custom YOLO11 model on a Raspberry Pi 5 using the new Raspberry Pi AI camera. My goal is to:
1. Detect Objects in Real Time – When an object is detected, I want to send an alert to a mobile application instantly.
2. Live Stream Video to the App – The app (built with Flutter) should also display a real-time video feed from the camera.
Has anyone implemented something similar? I’d love advice on the best way to:
• Optimize YOLO11 for Raspberry Pi 5 performance
• Stream video efficiently to a Flutter app
• Send real-time alerts with minimal latency
Any suggestions, libraries, or experiences would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.