ControlBlock, PowerBlock & Co.

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  Powerblockling not shutting down
  retropie issues retropie 4.5 powerblockling • • XlSpudgun  

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  Glad to hear that!
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  ControlBlock not communicating with RasPi 3B+
  controlblock • • paulmalko  

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  No problem. Glad to hear that things are working for you now!
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  PowerBlock at powerstrip with switch powers on unintendedly
  powerblock power supply power strip • • superpie3k  

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  @petrockblog Still interested. Sent you an e-mail. Thanks.
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  Powerblock
  power on power block stops booting • • bernard  

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  For me it is the first time to hear of such a behaviour. Does the PowerBlock work fine afterwards or has it become just unreliable at all? Maybe there was some sort of voltage transient that caused the malfunction of the PowerBlock IC.
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  ControlBlock Installed - But Doesn't shut down PI
  retropie issue controlblock ra • • k0zmir  

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  Glad to hear that!
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  ControlBlock LED continuously blinking and power button not working
  led controlblock2 power button • • kdbdallas  

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  Hello, we recently identified a bug in the ControlBlock driver. I am very sorry for that! Your observations see to match the symptoms caused by that. We released an update yesterday and that should also fix your problems.
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  Powerblock Pi4 Power Supply Connector
  drivers pi 4b usb c • • garyt977  

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  @petrockblog Thanks so much!
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  Check if game is running using command line
  command line retropie 4.5 fan control • • hansiatisch  

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  I like that suggestion even more than mine :-)
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  Advice for wiring a button to PowerBlock
  powerblock wiring push button • • anuraj1  

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  Glad to hear that :-)
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  Gamepadblock not working
  gamepadblock • • Rakaan  

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  Can you please send me an email? We will arrange a replacement I we cannot solve the issue.
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  Undervoltage when using powersupply through ControlBlock
  controlblock undervoltage • • m2306  

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  The power switch on the ControlBlock lead to a small voltage-drop at the switching component (as does every electronically component). From other projects I know that especially additional USB devices can be problematic. I guess that when you disconnect, one or both USB devices (SSD, converter) the under voltage disappears. Alternatively, you could get an active USB hub that powers the additional USB devices and keep the connection between the RPi and the USB devices.
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  Installing on Blast16 image?
  install powerblock • • CopperCircle  

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  Glad to hear that! I have updated the instant scripts such that the libc6 and libc6-dev packages are also automatically installed.
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  Powerblock driver fails to install
  retropie powerblock • • Truthkeeper  

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  Glad to hear that!
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  PowerBlock install fails RetroPie v4.5.1
  powerblock • • LinuxArcadeGuy  

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  @BuZz Thanks a lot Jools! :-)
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  PowerBlock driver quick installation fails
  raspberry pi power block retro pi • • TacticalToast  

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  Worked for me too! Thanks!
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  Could not successfully build powerblock - PowerBlock Driver (opt/retropie.../build/powerblock not found)
  retropie 4.4 powerblock • • mikealves  

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  For future note: I removed the dependency to WiringPi now. Please see also https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/23328/powerblock-driver-quick-installation-fails/5.
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  PowerBlock will not instal on 4.5.1
  install powerblock • • Spazims  

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  It is fixed now. Please see https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/23328/powerblock-driver-quick-installation-fails/5.
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  ControlBlock service won't start with v1.6 board
  controlblock install error • • EmbeddedMan  

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  @petrockblog It appears that I can get the service running by commenting out the line "[ -x "$DAEMON" ] || exit 0" and then starting the service. This also allows the service to run on boot. So, why does this line need to be commented out? I'm confused why this would work for everyone else and not my setup (even though I started from a completely fresh RetroPi 4.5).
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  Powerblock Pi4
  retropie powerblock pi 4 • • ezra84  

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  Good to hear all is working well! I still need to buy a Pi 4 so it will take some time for testing it out.. Thanks for the support!