Sensors Kit compatibility and Raspberry Pi 5
March 2, 2024, 13:28
Hello guys ! I'm very new to the raspberry pi world and I would like to know if the sensors that i can see on the internet, said to be compatible with RPi 4B and older ones, could be so with RPi 5 or not ? Thanks π
link?
this is a pure example but i've seen a lot of them
any sensors in particular? because the gpio is the same most should work with the pi5
but if it has to use drivers or anything then i would double check, to sumarise it though for basic stuff like distance sensors your fine
Ok thank you
Do you have any starter kit of sensors to have best fun discovering the capabilities of the RPi 5 ? Better than the one I linked π
https://thepihut.com/products/camjam-edukit this is the one i got and its served me well
thanks a lot
although the one you linked comes with a lot more stuff
im jealous of the distance sensor
the fact is i'm studying electronics in engineering class in France π
nice
so i'm used to use resistors and capacitors, and stuff like that
but i wanted to make my own projects, implying sensors
that kit doesnt really have any sensors
cause we don't use that kind of stuff in class, yet i expect
yeah i've noticed
i mean unless you count the button as one lol
haha
wrong reply
it is actually ^^
action sensor
so i suggest you get another bigger kit
yeah i'm gonna search for one on amazon
shall i find one with sensors? itd help if youd name one in particular that you are interested in
the basic ones, humidity, temp, gyroscope...
and many others if possible
i want to make the most of it
as much different projects as possible to get to know how the Pi work and to code with Python, cause i'm only used to java
this one looks good then
ive seen another person get the same one, i think its a good quality kit
i don't know, there aren't that much sensors
i've seen a arduino kit sensors with 27 sensors
but don't know if compatible
this one
looks good but I don't think that comes with a breadboard and gpio wires so you might want to get those along with resistors
There is nothing special about them that makes them compatible with a specific Raspberry Pi model. The kit has just electronic components that can be used with Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Beaglebone and so on.
yes because its only electronics. I was thinking your talking about sense hats at first
Other thing, I realised that RPi 5 doesn't have ADC gpio, so that many sensors can't be implemented directly on it. Does it worth it adding a Pi Pico to collect data from the sensors and sends it to the Pi 5 ? Cause Pi Pico has some adc ports
i cant recommend the rpi pico anymore its wayy overpriced, you can get rp2040 chip controllers from aliexpress for half the price with more features like neopixel
Okk
Do you have any other idea to use analogic sensors with my RPi ?
Or do I have to purchase an Arduino ? :/
Then connect it to my RPi..
just purchase an rp2040 chip board
its the same chip as the rpi pico
but actually, i think there are adc converters available by themselves
Yeah I found some on Amazon but don't know the quality
I'm gonna rather take a rp2040
Does it work with 5V sensors
Cause the kit I found is primarily made for Arduino
Ok I'll finally use a MCP3008-I/P, a adc converter that costs a baguette π₯
But since I'm very new to that kind of electronics because I'm only used to solder on PCBs, not to use breadboard (that I never used actually ^^), that will be all fun to meeee
french currency? π
Of course π
What do you think of it ? <@1071178789939331253>
Ok I'm gonna go for a sense hat first
Easier to setup and cheaper
It should be compatible with RPi 5, does it ?
Close to all models of Raspberry Pi have the same 40 pin header. So electrically they are compatible. And than i comes to the HAT and drivers. Some HATs hasn't updated drivers for Pi 5, check with the vendor.
And that HAT is more complex than the kits you ref to earlier
More complex but easier to install π
And less things to buy
Agree
looks good now it has resistors but do you have a breadboard and gpio wires?
Not yet that's the reason why I should rather buy a hat to start discovering sensors and then buying all that stuff later
HATs is a perfect for that, I have designed some HATs with just a couple LEDs, buttons and sensors (DS18B20 and a socket for a accel sensor) for that purpose
They didn't respond to me yet I want to geeeet one π
Okok I did some research on the internet it seems to work fine with RPi 5 π
I'll buy oneeee
Nice, I suspect that it will work with a Pi 5 but I can't vouch for it.
unless it uses drivers your pretty safe
I've just seen that the temp sensor is just above the CPU so the values aren't really relevant.. does someone know about a good extender for the 40 gpio ?
To set the hat on the extender
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/40-pin-gpio-extension-cable?variant=32246715580499 something like that but available in my country (France) on Amazon preferably
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No answer = No one know ! And that should be easy to find with a bit googling.
Sorry π
i did some research and i did find some but very expensive for what it is
try ebay then
okay i received the sens hat, it doesn't fit on the RPi 5 directly due to the 4 Poe pins placed very badly :/
luckily i bought a gpio ribbon extension cable, 5 actually in the pack π
expecting to get it tomorrow
ok good
What do I risk by plugging the cable on the wrong side of the hat ??
Cause I have no idea on which side it comes out
From the cable
possibly killing your pi
Oh great
well just plug it in and make sure the corner gpio goes to the correct corner on the end of the cable
simple
The correct corner ?
like pick a gpio pin on the corner
and just make sure that the other side lines up with that corner
also you might want to use a marker to mark both sides of the corner for the future
It might be because I'm french but I didn't understand that very well π
π
lol
Sry
ok so the way I'd do this is id take the gpio extender off
then act like your putting the hat on and mark a corner on the hat and the corresponding corner on the pi
Another pic with delay haha
now see how it one side starts off white and the other starts off red?
make sure the white side is plugged into the corner with the marking on both the pi and hat
make sense?
White and red ?
the gpio extender
just the colours
I got it
I might be tired
Just to make sure
Since the hat goes that way
I want to plug it that way
The white side goes to the white side and the red one to the red one
It says that it doesn't detect it :/
I enabled I2C
I downloaded sense-hat
Ok ! It seems that I need to apply pressure on the hat to guarantee the connection
The pins might not be inserted correctly without pressure
hmm
do you need to constantly apply pressure?
Yeah
I used a clothespin to keep pressure on it :/
Maybe I haven't plugged it entirely? But I don't want to break it, I forced a bit already and didn't get deeper
Ok I forced even more and it plugged in, may not be able to get it out but it works fine
ok
need any more help now?
No that's fine thank you very much for your help
Now I'm gonna have fun with programming a game and play it on the hat haha