With that enabled, restart your Pi (sudo reboot). When it's back up, you'll know it's been activated if you've got a filesystem node at /dev/i2c-0.

At this point, the library should work. Run the gpio command shown below to view some information about the wiringPi version and the Pi that it is running on.

Using this same PSU calculator, with the information you provided CPU, two sticks DDR3, one SSD flash drive) I came up with 146 watts required. So, the Pico 160 watt mini PSU should be enough.

The I2C and SPI interfaces each require some additional configuration and initialization, which we'll cover in later sections.

Okay, now that we have more information, the question is completely different. What you are asking is if you can put this motherboard in a case like this, with a PSU like this.

You should see a sawtooth wave appear on the DAC output. If you connect an oscilloscope, you should get an image like the one shown in the C++ example. Note that Python is much slower than C/C++! The period of the sawtooth wave in the C++ example was around 100 ms whereas the period of the wave in the Python example was close to 1.8 seconds.

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Edit /boot/config.txt, and add the following line. If you previously used raspi-config to enable I2C-1 and SPI, you'll see similar entries near the bottom of the vile.

I am looking at different power supplies and like these, but I cannot figure out whether/how to power this system, because they provide a 24-pin connector, but the motherboard has a 4-pin connector as well.

In fact, because video-cards became more powerful and more power-hungry as well, many modern PSUs (especially the fancy, high-end, modular kinds) even supply even more than the minimum of two 12V rails that the ATX specification calls for (though some don’t actually provide two completely separate rails).

The case is an extra small form factor which can accommodate the Mini ITX board, but it requires an external power supply, similar to the power-bricks that laptops use.

There is a set of command-line utility programs that can help get an I2C interface working. You can get them with the apt package manager.

A window will pop up with different tabs to adjust settings. What we are interested is the Interfaces tab. Click on the tab and select Enable for I2C. At this point, you can enable additional interfaces depending on your project needs. Click on the OK button to same.

We recommend restarting your Pi to ensure that the changes to take effect. Click on the Pi Start Menu > Preferences > Shutdown. Since we just need to restart, click on the Restart button.

As part of the B+ improvemets, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has standardized the interface to add-on boards, in what they call the "Hardware Added On Top" (HAT) specification. It standardizes the physical form factor for add-on boards, and includes a provision for the B+ to automatically identify and initialize HATs at startup. It uses an I2C bus to read a description from an EEPROM on the HAT, similar to cape identification on the Beagle Bone Black.

A window will pop up with different tabs to adjust settings. What we are interested is the Interfaces tab. Click on the tab and select Enable for SPI. At this point, you can enable additional interfaces depending on your project needs. Click on the OK button to save.

As standards loosen and PSU manufacturers start diverging and adding new features to accommodate increasing power-demands, the number of different PSU connectors continues to increase.

The software landscape for the Raspberry Pi has evolved considerably since the introduction of the Pi. Many different operating systems have been ported to the Pi, and the device driver infrastructure has also changed quite a bit.

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What this means is that the PSUs you are looking at are not going to work. They are unlikely to conform to ATX 2.0, and not only do they not have the ATX12V connector, but they max out at around 160W which is almost half of the minimum needed for a board (and CPU) like this.

The Raspberry Pi has three types of serial interface on the GPIO header. You're probably already familiar with the UART serial port, which allows you to open a login session from a serial terminal application, such as PuTTY.

Sometimes the raspi-config tool will incorrectly edit /boot/config.txt while selecting the advanced settings. What happens is an erroneous control-char is placed in the file.

The extra 4-pin (sometimes eight) connector is for the CPU. It provides a dedicated 12V supply to the CPU for when it needs it. That way, the CPU does not draw from the same source as the rest of the components in the system. It is usually called the P4 power connector because when the P4 was introduced it was so power-hungry that it needed more power, so the ATX standard had to be updated to accommodate it.

Then enter the following command. The ./build is a script to build Wiring Pi from the source files. This builds the helper files, modifies some paths in Linux and gets WiringPi ready to rock.

This tutorial will walk you through getting the I2C and SPI interfaces of your Raspberry Pi working. These interfaces aren't enabled by default, and need some extra configuration before you can use them.

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The only allowed connections to the ID_ pins are an ID EEPROM plus 3.9K pull up resistors. Do not connect anything else to these pins!

As the motherboard specification says, it's a 4-pin ATX 12V power connection. Pretty much every modern motherboard has a separate 12V power connector that's either a 4-pin or an 8-pin. The primary purpose of this power connector is to power the VRM that supplies power to the CPU. It must be connected to the power supply for the motherboard to work.

If you've gone through raspi-config and enabled the SPI/I2c from 'Advanced Options', yet the devices are not in the device tree, don't lose hope. There are two files that should be examined. We found that somtimes the raspi-config utility doesn't solve the problem, depending on what version of Pi, where raspbian was sourced from, and when the last update has occurred.

The SPI peripheral is not turned on by default. There are two methods to adjust the settings. To enable it, do the following.

We highly recommend using Git to download the latest version. To check what version you have, enter the following command.

For those programming in C/C++, we recommend looking at the Raspberry gPIo to setup Wiring Pi. For your convenience, we have included the following instructions below.

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Which generates an executable spitest. When we run ./spitest, it will exercise each of the segments of the display. It illuminates a segment in each digit for 5 seconds, before moving to the next segment. It takes about 40 seconds overall.

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If you're directly connecting to the pins on the Pi, they're a little disorganized. I2C.1 is near one end, while SPI and I2C.0 are in the middle of the header. If you're connecting to these pins, be sure to count carefully.

With the binary test.eep in hand, it can be programmed using the eepflash.sh script. It takes a number of parameters, which are explained if you run it with the -h flag. When writing the EEPROM, you'll also have to approve of the operation by typing the full word yes when it prompts (a simple y is not acceptable). eepflash.sh will print out the status of the write -- the 118 bytes written matches the length of the test.eep file we generated above.

For this tutorial, we'll be using a recent version of Raspbian (installed via NOOBS), and the wiringPi I/O library for C/C++ (or spidev/smbus for Python).

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On a Model B+, GPIO0 (ID_SD) and GPIO1 (ID_SC) will be switched to ALT0 (I2C-0) mode and probed for an EEPROM. These pins will revert to inputs once the probe sequence has completed.

There are many peripherals that can be added to a microprocessor over the I2C and SPI serial interfaces. These include atmospheric sensors, EEPROMS, and several types of display.

The 24 pin main power connector was added in ATX12V 2.0 to provide extra power needed by PCI Express slots. The older 20 pin main power cable only has one 12 volt line. The new 24 pin connector added one line apiece for ground, 3.3, 5, and 12 volts. The extra pins made the auxiliary power cable unnecessary so most ATX12V 2.x power supplies don't have them. The 24 pin connector is polarized so it can only be plugged in pointing in the correct direction.

The text file itself needs to be processed into a binary format before it can be written to the EEPROM. The eepmake utility handles this conversion.

The Pi Wedge adapter PCB rearranges the pins, and labels them clearly. We'll be using the Wedge for the following examples.

This will illuminate each segment in each character for 5 seconds before moving on to the next segment. It should take about 40 seconds for the whole program to run.

If you receive an output similar to to the following with the Unknown17, you'll want to update WiringPi on a Raspberry Pi 4 or above.

For a fully configured system, we recommend that you use a power supply unit (PSU) that complies with ATX 12 V Specification 2.0 (or later version) and provides a minimum power of 350 W.

We recommend that you use a PSU with higher power output when configuring a system with more power-consuming devices. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate.

If you look at section 1.7.2 (page 1-10) of the manual where it discusses the EATXPWR and ATX12V power connectors, it explicitly states:

(You can find out the specs by looking at he sticker on the side of the PSU. It will indicate the maximum current that each of the rails can handle.)

With the information above, we grabbed a 24LC256 EEPROM chip, and wired it to our Pi. We strapped all of the address pins to ground, which puts it at address 0x50, which we were able to confirm with i2cdetect.

We recommend restarting your Pi to ensure that the changes to take effect. Click on the Pi Start Menu > Preferences > Shutdown. Since we just need to restart, click on the Restart button.

If you have any problems or questions, our technical support department can help. Please don’t hesitate to contact us. We also love to hear about your projects!

Also, a word of warning: a case that small is almost certain to have heat-dissipation issues (there is also an equally conspicuous lack of cooling information on the site). You will want to ask them about cooling and airflow while you are at it, otherwise you will need to find a way to make sure it does not overheat (cut more holes in the case?)

For more information on connecting hardware to the Raspberry Pi and inspiration for projects, check out the following guides:

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Be aware that SMBus is a protocol layer separate from but built on top of I2C. Some features of I2C may not be available with SMBus. For example, SMBus cannot handle clock stretching, so sensors that require it to communicate will not work with the smbus package.

Older computers put most of their load on 3.3 and 5 volts. As time passed, computers drew more and more of their load from 12 volts. Before this power cable was introduced there was just one 12 volt line provided to the motherboard. This cable added two more 12 volt lines so more of the load could be shifted to 12 volts. The power coming from this connector is usually used to power the CPU but some motherboards use it for other things as well. The presence ‎of this connector on a motherboard means it's an ATX12V motherboard. For dual 12 volt rail power supplies, this connector provides the voltage referred to as 12V2. The power cable which plugs into the 4 pin connector has two black wires and two yellow wires. This cable is sometimes called an "ATX12V" cable or "P4" cable although neither of those are technically accurate descriptions.

The other two serial interfaces are the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and Inter-Integrated-Circuit bus (I2C). SPI on the Pi allows for up to two attached devices, while I2C potentially allows for many devices, as long as their addresses don't conflict.

It's only there to talk to EEPROMs at addresses 0x50 during boot time. User access at runtime is problematic. If you want a general purpose I2C bus on the B+, you'll need to use I2C-1, on pins 3 and 5 of the 40-pin connector, marked SDA and SCL on the Pi Wedge.

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This capability has been carried forward on the A+ and Pi 2 Model B as well. This I2C bus is found on the ID_SC and ID_SD pins (pins 27 and 28 of the 40-pin connector) - but before you get too excited about adding peripherals on that bus, observe the note in the schematic for that port.

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The Serial 7-Segment display is particularly useful for testing serial interfaces, because it can accept command from a UART, SPI, or I2C. Make sure to solder header pins on the 7-segment display before wiring.

Alongside the HAT design guide, there is a directory with some software tools for working with HAT EEPROMs. To use them, download them and then make them from the command line.

You are going to have to either contact the manufacturer of the case to ask them about compatible PSUs (I notice a conspicuous lack of power information on the site), or else perform a case mod to find a way to fit in or connect to a typical desktop PSU.

Pull the EEPROM utilities mentioned above. The file test_settings.txt is a human-readable example of an EEPROM file. For testing purposes, we edited this file, changing the vendor and product fields to relevant information.

In particular, the i2cdetect program will probe all the addresses on a bus, and report whether any devices are present. Enter the following command in the command line. The -y flag will disable interactive mode so that you do not have to wait for confirmation. The 1 indicates that we are scanning for I2C devices on I2C bus 1 (e.g. i2c-1).

Wiring Pi is previously not included with early versions of Raspbian. This required users to download and install it. Luckily, Wiring Pi is included in standard Raspbian systems. If you are looking to update using a mirrored Wiring Pi with small updates to support newer hardware, we recommend checking out this GitHub repository.

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The I2C peripheral is not turned on by default. There are two methods to adjust the settings just like the SPI. To enable it, do the following.

With the implementation of device tree overlays in Raspbian, some of the specific interface enablement details have changed. If you're working with an older install, it might be worth backing up your SD card, and starting with a fresh install.

This map indicates that there is a peripheral at address 0x60. We can try to read and write its registers using the i2cget, i2cset and i2cdump commands.

These represent SPI devices on chip enable pins 0 and 1, respectively. These pins are hardwired within the Pi. Ordinarily, this means the interface supports at most two peripherals, but there are cases where multiple devices can be daisy-chained, sharing a single chip enable signal.

If you're starting from scratch, with a blank SD card, you'll want to install Raspbian. If you've already got a working Raspbian system, skip ahead to the next section.