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- Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:36 pm
- Forum: Networking and servers
- Topic: HDD spin-down with a. hd_idle or b. hd_param - which method to choose?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 473
Re: HDD spin-down with a. hd_idle or b. hd_param - which method to choose?
hello dear LTolledo, first of all: many thanks for the quick reply- HDDs (yes those spinning rust) last more if those are maintained continuously spinning... and tend to breakdown faster if spun up and down, and/or with frequent power on and off cycles... Many thanks for sharing your ideas, thoughts...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:45 pm
- Forum: Networking and servers
- Topic: HDD spin-down with a. hd_idle or b. hd_param - which method to choose?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 473
HDD spin-down with a. hd_idle or b. hd_param - which method to choose?
Dear Raspi-experts and fellows, I use raspbian and am looking for a method to connect an old WD 300GB usb (which is powered externally) hard drive: It is part of a NAS. I plan to use it so, that there may be large amounts of time when it is not in use. That said - it comes to mind that I'd like to a...
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 6:35 pm
- Forum: Advanced users
- Topic: Raspberry Pi 4 External Wifi Antenna
- Replies: 17
- Views: 73342
Re: Raspberry Pi 4 External Wifi Antenna
hello again first of all - a big big sorry bout the wrong citation - i do now want to bring anybody into a. trouble nor want to b. infringe any board rules nor want to c. encourage anybody to work against the rules and legal setup of telecommunication a big big sorry - if i did some mistakes. above ...
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:32 am
- Forum: Advanced users
- Topic: Raspberry Pi 4 External Wifi Antenna
- Replies: 17
- Views: 73342
Re: Raspberry Pi 4 External Wifi Antenna
hello dear fellow pi experts, :) many thanks for this interesting thread. It is very interesting i have done some search on the forum for topics like this and found only a few that cover the topic antenna etc. eg how to improve wifi signal https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=...
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 7:07 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Powering Pi and 3.5" HDD from one (64 Watt) PSU - with Spin-down (hd-idle or hd-idle)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1074
Re: Powering Pi and 3.5" HDD from one (64 Watt) PSU - with Spin-down (hd-idle or hd-idle)
hello you both, good day dear davidcoton and good day dear LTolledo first of all - many thanks for the sharing of your ideas, thoughts in the above postings. davidcoton - you wrote: Just one point of electrical safety. Your photos show the PSU with no mains power connected. When you make the mains c...
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 2:15 am
- Forum: Other projects
- Topic: OpenWRT and Raspberrypi
- Replies: 3
- Views: 702
OpenWRT and Raspberrypi
I'm currently trying to improve WiFi for my holiday (which i spend very often in Spain). in Spain you can find great WLAN and a interesting ecosystem of WLAN-Hotspots. Well i d like to work with OpenWRT as well as with an directional antenna for it. Well - in various situations ( read; locations) we...
- Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:09 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Powering Pi and 3.5" HDD from one (64 Watt) PSU - with Spin-down (hd-idle or hd-idle)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1074
Powering Pi and 3.5" HDD from one (64 Watt) PSU - with Spin-down (hd-idle or hd-idle)
dear friends , fellow pi-experts, i have some old 2.5 and 3.5 HDDs here - its still slightly cheaper than buying new ones off-the-shelf USB HDD drives of the same capacity. So - for the NAS i will use the old ones - and I get to select the HDD of my choice for that enclosure. plan; building up a NAS...
- Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:44 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: claws-mail automation
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1569
Re: claws-mail automation
hi there many thanks for raising this great topic. i am really interested in this question too. So now to how to get this working. What is needed is some sort of X server environment for claws-mail to run inside. This can be a 'dummy' X server such as 'xvfb' (X Virtual Frame Buffer), which was creat...
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 12:22 am
- Forum: Python
- Topic: issues with the installation and setup of python on linux
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1220
Re: issues with the installation and setup of python on linux
hi there - good day dear Dougiel
many many thanks for your quick reply. Great to hear from you.
i will do as adviced.
have a great day.
regards
many many thanks for your quick reply. Great to hear from you.
i will do as adviced.
have a great day.
regards
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:28 pm
- Forum: Python
- Topic: issues with the installation and setup of python on linux
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1220
issues with the installation and setup of python on linux
hello dear experts - i struggle with the installation and setup of python on a linux-machine Passwort: root@mx:/home/martin# root@mx:/home/martin# wget -qO - https://gitlab.com/paulcarroty/vscodium-deb-rpm-repo/raw/master/pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add - OK root@mx:/home/martin# root@mx:/home/martin# ec...
- Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:05 pm
- Forum: Camera board
- Topic: I am very keen on installing motioneye on my Raspi - which camera do you suggest?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 433
I am very keen on installing motioneye on my Raspi - which camera do you suggest?
I am very keen on installing motioneye on my Raspi can i try Raspibian and mainline kernel? - on any Raspberry Pi?. i have heard that Motioneye (not os) works very well with Raspi when installed on top of Armbian-OS. It is told to be great for multiple network cameras as they are cheap and can run 2...
- Mon Dec 30, 2019 9:45 am
- Forum: Off topic discussion
- Topic: finding out the best way to bookmark links and websites - which tool do you use!?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7330
finding out the best way to bookmark links and websites - which tool do you use!?
good day dear Raspberry-Pi fellows, finding out the best way to bookmark links and websites - which tool do you use!? Consider the following case-scenario: you sit in front of your notebook and you just stumbled across an exciting article you really want to read, unfortunatly you have no time at all...
- Wed Dec 18, 2019 6:26 pm
- Forum: Camera board
- Topic: first planning stage: bird-house - data-logging and transport - to a server with Raspi
- Replies: 0
- Views: 938
first planning stage: bird-house - data-logging and transport - to a server with Raspi
Hello and good evening community, I have a bird house in the garden - more precisely in a nesting box - and I want to attach a camera there. To date, great tits have always been inside. There are already many Birdhouse (Vogelhaus)-camera projects and many solutions with a Raspi-base or with the ESP3...
- Sat Dec 07, 2019 5:08 pm
- Forum: Staffroom, classroom and projects
- Topic: Smart BirdHouse; self-publishing youtube birdbox
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7011
Re: Smart BirdHouse; self-publishing youtube birdbox
many thanks for sharing the idea & all the knowledge - all this is very inspiring.
keep up the great project - it rocks
keep up the great project - it rocks
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:54 pm
- Forum: Python
- Topic: install this ide on MX Linux :: the uPyCraft IDE: to work with MicroPython
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1554
install this ide on MX Linux :: the uPyCraft IDE: to work with MicroPython
hello and good evening dear Nobbie - and hello dear Community i want to install this ide on MX - Linux. the uPyCraft IDE .. guess i can use this tutorial: LINK. https://randomnerdtutorials.com/install-upycraft-ide-linux-ubuntu-instructions/ link https://randomnerdtutorials.com/uPyCraftLinux. $ cd Do...
- Sun Sep 29, 2019 10:23 am
- Forum: General programming discussion
- Topic: How add extensions to Visual Studio Code through command line?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2749
How add extensions to Visual Studio Code through command line?
good day dear community, well it is well described to install and extend vscode on win-boxes. i run linux and i also want to run vscode: the question is: some recommeend to use vsc as vscodium - see http://www.vscodium.com today i am interested in extending VScode: How add extensions to Visual Studi...
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:12 pm
- Forum: General programming discussion
- Topic: the Visual Studio Code - i want to get it to work with the RaspBerry Pi
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2250
the Visual Studio Code - i want to get it to work with the RaspBerry Pi
Dear Community, the Visual Studio Code - i want to get it to work with the RaspBerry Pi which extensions do i need to add? The whole design of Visual Studio Code is so that it should be easily be configured for any development language using these extensions. Do i need to install the Arduino IDE? if...
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:56 pm
- Forum: Python
- Topic: Wemos with a serial/USB chip based on CH304G - using for micropython
- Replies: 2
- Views: 756
Wemos with a serial/USB chip based on CH304G - using for micropython
hello dear raspi-experts, this tutorial here - ( regarding the rc car that runs with micropython ) notes the following Step 4: MicroPython Installation cf: https://www.instructables.com/id/MicroPython-IoT-Rover-Based-on-WeMos-D1-ESP-8266EX/ Step 4: MicroPython Installation First, Wemos has a serial/...
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:32 pm
- Forum: Automation, sensing and robotics
- Topic: use-cases: Control DC and Stepper Motors with L298N or with DAYPOWER Motor-9110
- Replies: 0
- Views: 788
use-cases: Control DC and Stepper Motors with L298N or with DAYPOWER Motor-9110
hello dear Raspi-Experts good day, use-cases: Control DC and Stepper Motors with L298N or with DAYPOWER Motor-9110 - different use-scenarios some one have example how to use l298n with motors. Friends of me use it with a raspi based -Control DC and Stepper Motors With L298N Dual Motor Controller Mod...
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:58 pm
- Forum: AIY Projects
- Topic: did you ever run a rc car with a sealed led acic rechargeable battery
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1698
Re: did you ever run a rc car with a sealed led acic rechargeable battery
good day dear Hawaiian Pi
many many thanks for all the ideas - and for all the considering the pros and cons.
i am so glad to be in this forum.
have agreat day
many many thanks for all the ideas - and for all the considering the pros and cons.
i am so glad to be in this forum.
have agreat day
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 2:53 pm
- Forum: AIY Projects
- Topic: did you ever run a rc car with a sealed led acic rechargeable battery
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1698
did you ever run a rc car with a sealed led acic rechargeable battery
dear community,
Did you ever run a rc car with such a battery
to spell it out clear: did you ever run a rc car with a sealed led acic rechargeable battery
what are the advantages /& disadvantages of using such a thing!? love to hear from you
Did you ever run a rc car with such a battery
to spell it out clear: did you ever run a rc car with a sealed led acic rechargeable battery
what are the advantages /& disadvantages of using such a thing!? love to hear from you
- Wed May 01, 2019 12:09 pm
- Forum: Python
- Topic: need some help with classes in Python
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4642
Re: need some help with classes in Python
good day
many many thanks for the quick reply. Thaniks for the tipps. I will do as adviced and do some more research.
Have a great day.
greetings
say
many many thanks for the quick reply. Thaniks for the tipps. I will do as adviced and do some more research.
Have a great day.
greetings
say
- Wed May 01, 2019 10:22 am
- Forum: Python
- Topic: need some help with classes in Python
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4642
need some help with classes in Python
hello dear Raspi-Experts i am going to create a Phonebook class efforts and parts: Design a Python class for a Phonebook. You class should have the following methods - see the little list that i have to implement: init (self): creates an empty list to store names and numbers Add(self, name, number):...
- Tue Mar 12, 2019 8:58 am
- Forum: Off topic discussion
- Topic: can i capture a screenshot with gparted!?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1176
can i capture a screenshot with gparted!?
hello dear Community, can i capture a screenshot with gparted!? the devs they talk about this option: https://gparted.org/screenshots.php Following are several screen captures of various aspects of the GParted application. At the bottom of the page is a screen shot of the GParted Live boot menu. GPa...
- Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:51 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: New installation : (Manjaro 18.02) trying to start kgpg on commandline
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2704
New installation : (Manjaro 18.02) trying to start kgpg on commandline
good evening dear experts on a fresh and new installation of Manjaro 18.02 - with all the updates that i achieved due to the command i found here: https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Pacman_Tips Adding a number to -f/–fasttrack command will return a number of up-to-date and responsive mirrors s...