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Is it possible to use pins 32-53 as GPIO on a Raspberry Pi4

My scenario is that I have a raspberry pi 4 using GPIO 2-27, and I am able to freely set the pins as inputs or outputs print("Setting pins 2-8 as INPUTS with PUD_UP") for pin in range(2, 9): ...
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Is it possible to set a timeout property when connecting to a Raspberry Pi using pigpio

Pretty much when you try to connect to a raspberry pi remotely using pigpio, there doesn't seem to be an innate way of setting a timeout property in terms of how long should it attempt to connect to a ...
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ST7789 TFT shows blank screen

I have ST7789 display and I am trying to connect it and manage from Raspberry 4B (python). I'm currently using ST7789 python library, but anything I do the screen is always blank. Screen is only light ...
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Run once until conditions change

What I'm trying to accomplish: if the room lights go off, the monitor should dim. If the room lights go back on, the monitor should get brighter. On a Rpi4B, I'm trying to use ddcutil in combination ...
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Accessing multiple GPIO's from multiple Docker Containers

I am running into an issue with Docker Containers and RPI4 GPIO. Everything works great if the containers are run by themselves. Ex. Container 1 runs and provides output and then I stop it, then I am ...
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Python - Could Not Determine Platform Error

I am using the following tutorial to make a moisture sensor using a Raspberry Pi 4: https://www.instructables.com/Measuring-Soil-Moisture-Using-Raspberry-Pi/ When I have run my code, I get the ...
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Raspberry Pi send 3.3v signal for 100ms

I am working on a Image Classifier which will work on a RPi and after classifying the image from a camera it will need to send two 3.3v signals form two different GPIO pins for 100ms (based on the ...
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Raspberry Pi GPIO Output Inversion

I have just started playing around with a Raspberry Pi. I have been trying out some initial sensor testing and am confused if I am not getting an intuition, or if I am doing something wrong. Basically,...
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Raspbian/Stretch docker GPIO RuntimeError: (This module can only be run on a Raspberry Pi!)

Hello Stack overflow community, I am working on running a docker image with GPIO and run into a GPIO runtime error: This module can only be run on a Raspberry Pi! When I was running the code, this is ...
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PyCharm IDE can't find RPI.GPIO module

On the advice of TheZadok42 I installed PyCharm 2020.3.3 on both my Windows machine and my Raspberry PI 4. I have also bought and installed the FreeNove Ultimate Starter Kit for Raspberry on both. ...
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PyQt5 GUI with Raspberry Pi Hardware

I am writing a code for object testing using basler camera and created an PyQt5 based GUI for it. My GUI works fine but now i have to integrate external hardware for it. for. ex. I have to select and ...
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RPi.GPIO add_event_detect are sometimes ignored

I'm working on a project that is using GPIO(BCM) 17, 27, 22, 5 and 6. Events on pin 17 are detected pretty well, but GPIO 27 is really reluctant to trigger events. they seems to get detected with a ...
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Need a hand with this script to check service status

Sorry I am a beginner in programming. I encountered a problem that I cannot figure out to complete the script in a way I expected. Expected : This python script will identify a service [Webmin] is ...
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