Category Archives: Raspberry pi

Raspberry pi touch screen large screen mode

By | October 11, 2024

I have a kiosk product with a 800 x 400 touch screen that I want to use a 1080p headless display in VNC for code debugging. The display on vnc will default to the touch screen resolution which is very low. During dev you will want to use these three commands to set it higher.… Read More »

Change you raspberry pi default username

By | October 7, 2024

First see if you can see your pi using If you get a ping back your raspberry pi is communicating. Then ssh into your pi using You might get an error so just generate another key using. Now you should be able to login Now lets create another user called “tempname”. It will be deleted… Read More »

Make your raspberry pi talk with google translate.

By | October 7, 2024

So I am making a media player and want to be able to hear the songs I add by pressing buttons. So when I add songs I want a mp3 for the song name created. You can do this with gtts a library that will translate text into speach.

Building Circuit Python on your Mac

By | June 29, 2024

First install virtual box from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Install ubuntu desktop using this guide Once ubuntu is set up install vscode. Then install git for Install sudu apt-get install git Install sudu apt-get install git Install git hub desktop for linux. I really like github desktop and is helpful for painless stashing. sudo sh -c ‘echo “deb… Read More »

Raspberry Pi 2 W Video player

By | January 13, 2024

Overview I want to create a headless video player using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and an inexpensive HDMI monitor. The Zero does not have audio output so a i2s amp will be added to the mix. Create a Raspbian image Raspberry Pi run on a operating system based off of linux. The easiest way… Read More »