Questions tagged [cable]
Use this tag for any questions related to the cables needed to connect the Raspberry Pi to power, screens, and other peripherals.
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Is this I2C setup going to fry my Raspberry?
I own a Raspberry Pi 4B and I decided to turn it into a NAS. I recently bought a Geekworm NASPi v2.0 kit, which includes a PWM-controllable fan (X823-A3), a 2.5" SATA shield (X823), an adapter ...
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Can the Pi 5 run on just 1 Amp?
I've been successfully powering my pi 5 from a power bank with no converters (with no peripherals except the fan and a usb wifi adapter). But the behavior I've observed is very strange. That power ...
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Pi with LED Matrix not working properly
I've bought a 64x64 LED Matrix Display, an Adafruit bonnet and a Raspberry Pi 4 2Gb. I have set everything up and tested the Display and set all pixels to red. But only the first and the third quarter ...
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After shutdown/poweroff command, is it possible to damage a pi (4) by leaving the Powercable in?
So I have a Raspberry Pi 4 type C 5V 3A adapter plugged into the power extender thingy at all times. My question is, once you type the poweroff command into the terminal and see the device turning off,...
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Pi-4 with fans and ribbon cable
New to this. I bought a pi-4 kit. It has dual heatsink fans that get connected to pin 4 and 6. however, I want to do other projects and need to connect a ribbon cable to it. how can i do that while ...
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My LAN cable connection doesn't work, when I have usb drive plugged
I bought new raspberry pi 4 with 8 GB ram, and it behaves strange- while it has connected external usb drive, which has it's separate power supply and I power up rpi, it doesn't connect to the local ...
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Can I use a 40 pin GPIO ribbon cable to connect a Pi 4 to a Pi Juice?
So I have a Pi 4 and an official touchscreen and I'm building a portable device to run retropie. I got a heatsink/fan combo which is about as tall as the USBs on the pi and I've ordered a Pi Juice HAT ...
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How to protect picam flex cable?
i was wondering if it may be usefull to have a protection for the flex cable of the picam. My picam will work in really dusty area. I can't find any hardware protection for this cable (or maybe i ...
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Connect flex cable to raspberry
I have an old tablet Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 and I would like to ask if it could be possible to connect to raspberry? Size of flex cable looks similar... Amazon
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Extend Official Display Connections
Is there a type of extender for the official Pi display connections? I don't mean the 15 pin FFC, but the two directly on the display. I'm mounting the driver board separately from the display in a ...
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Raspberry Pi Dashcam feed cable through closed car door?
weird question, i am sure but there is a good reason. We have a bike rack at the back of our van and when we drive I see poorly out the back. I have to use the side mirrors when of course the middle ...
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Connecting jumpercable to gpio pins
My teacher gave me a large group of jumper cables attached to one another. this might be a stupid question but if it's attached like on the on the bottom picture what is the order of the cables? (...
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How to use a stackable Rpi relay HAT to control 220V AC mains power?
So I want to wire two DHT22 sensors (5V) to a Pi and also control a lightbulb with 220V. As a plus this should be very compact and I don't want to solder or use breadboards/jumper cabling. I looked ...
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FFC 12 pin cable with a USB interface
I have this barcode scanner module and I need to connect it to my raspberry pi 3 b+. I am a beginner at this and I don't know how to go about it. I have been searching for weeks. The seller in ...
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Max distance for GPIO cable? [duplicate]
I'm planing on putting up a magnet and a reed switch on my window at home and I'm planing on using a RaspberryPi to sense when it's open/closed. I'm going to pull the wire up in the attic so the ...