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by M0TQM
Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:10 pm
Forum: Orange Pi Zero
Topic: Little snag in 4.1.6 beta
Replies: 1
Views: 5311

Little snag in 4.1.6 beta

Hi all I was forced to install beta today because BM API stopped working on the 3.x version. Here are my observations and solutions: - After install the wifi used for configuration does not come up - connect ethernet cable and you will access it that way - After configuring wifi network and issuing ...
by M0TQM
Sun Mar 15, 2020 7:44 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Can't connect to wifi & wpa_supplicant.conf dissapears
Replies: 8
Views: 4715

Re: Can't connect to wifi & wpa_supplicant.conf dissapears

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by M0TQM
Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:41 am
Forum: Orange Pi Zero
Topic: Armbina Stretch - kernel 4.14.x
Replies: 8
Views: 13767

Re: Armbina Stretch - kernel 4.14.x

Some observations to share... Running image from 9 Jan 2019 I observed the following issues (kernel 3.x): - Transmissions were breaking up and loss was way too frequent, reaching in excess of 20% - even on parrot testing or when listening to TGs - Behaviour was consistent and similar to thermal thro...
by M0TQM
Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:36 pm
Forum: OLED Screens
Topic: Non-OLED/Nextion Screens
Replies: 2
Views: 8028

Re: Non-OLED/Nextion Screens

Uses the hardware SPI pins (SCK, MOSI, MISO, CE0, CE1) as well as GPIO #25 and #24. GPIO #18 can be used to PWM dim the backlight if you like. All other GPIO are unused.
Definitely SPI, I tried to connect one to my hotspot and no surprise it didn't work. Nextion is serial HMI, this one is SPI based.
by M0TQM
Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:06 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: jessie-backports
Replies: 4
Views: 2611

Re: jessie-backports

Do you need any help working through upgrade to Debian 10 Buster or similar?