Raspberry Pi Zero W?

adamspc

@BuZz First I would like to say Thank You! I do have a question for you, I've got an external LED connected to a ground and GPIO14 like I did previously on a Pi Zero and it always worked, however on the Zero W it lights up for a moment and then turns off rather than just staying on to show when it's powered. Any chance there is something I can do in the software on my end to get this working that you would be aware of?

Add this to your config.txt
dtoverlay=gpio-poweroff,gpiopin=14,active_low="y"

I understand it's related to the bluetooth affecting the TX pin. That's how I fixed mine.

FlyingTomahawk

I tried to setup my FC30 8bitdo controller with my Pi Zero W used RetroPie image version 4.1.20 from the google drive link above.
During the setup process (following the Docs guide) I get this message.

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Tried it 4-5 times with the same result.
I then gave it a try on my Pi Zero 1.3 with Zero4U attached to it and all went just fine.
Anyone else has a 8Bitdo controller successfully installed?

Fruitybit

@FlyingTomahawk
http://www.uugear.com/portfolio/is-zero4u-compatible-with-raspberry-pi-zero-w/

Looks like they're on it, I'll need a ring myself!

FlyingTomahawk

@Fruitybit said in Raspberry Pi Zero W?:

@FlyingTomahawk
http://www.uugear.com/portfolio/is-zero4u-compatible-with-raspberry-pi-zero-w/

Looks like they're on it, I'll need a ring myself!

I have two Pi Zeros one normal v1.3 with a Zero4U attached to it and one plain Pi Zero W v1.1.
I used the Zero4U on my regular Zero so that I can use a WiFi and Bluetooth dongle.
But you're right it should work with Ferrite ring on a Zero W.

Now my problem is I cannot setup my FC30 8Bitdos with the Pi Zero W.
But I had no problems setting them up on my regular Zero 1.3

Fruitybit

@FlyingTomahawk Sorry, I thought you were using zero4u with the pi0w, wherever there's a stick I'm on the wrong end of it!

Dochartaigh

@BuZz said in Raspberry Pi Zero W?:

@Flavor That isn't needed - can just update via retropie-setup (need to update underlying system packages for zero support) or via sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. No need to manually copy any firmware files.

I'm stuck on the rainbow screen on my Pi Zero W just like these two people. How would I run these apt-get's if the Zero W is frozen on that screen?

Hope I don't have to re-do everything for the 45,768th time and spend another 2.5 weeks scraping everything again...

EDIT For anybody experiencing the above, update your Pi when it's on a regular Pi Zero. When you then switch the SD card to the Pi Zero W it'll launch RetroPie as usual. I'm still testing the WiFi and Bluetooth but it seems to work.

SIB217

@tashman I went to the Drive link, but the images are not there. Does anyone have the working image for the Pi Zero W?

Thanks!

herb_fargus

@SIB217 https://retropie.org.uk/download

SIB217

@herb_fargus I've tried this image and it doesn't work with the Pi Zero W. I thought there was an updated img that people were using?

tashman

@SIB217

The standard 0/1 image on the download page should now work with a Pi Zero W. Can you try it again? If it's still not working please let us know the exact issue you're seeing.

SIB217

@tashman I downloaded the image and used both Win32DiskImager and Etcher to flash it to my SD card. It doesn't boot in the Zero W. I was able to use NOOBS and get to the bootloader, but obviously RetroPie isn't available.

BuZz

@SIB217 Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

Please start a new topic.

SIB217

@BuZz Ok, I can but since I am just looking for the update img file everyone mentioned
here, I assumed I would post here.

Flavor

@SIB217 As far as I understand, that update image was only a temporary fix until a new RetroPie update was released. It is obsolete, now.

SIB217

@Flavor Oh ok. Not sure if the latest img is supposed to be the updated version, but I still have the same issue. Trying got post a new topic with my info, but I can't seem to figure out how to add a tag LOL

SIB217

@Flavor How do I add a tag to my new topic, so it will let me post?

Flavor

@SIB217 I think it should include Pi Zero W support. Have you tried a regular Raspbian image to see if your hardware works properly?

SIB217

@Flavor Yeah I was able to install Raspian Lite with NOOBS and it worked fine. I am building this for a friend and would prefer the RetroPie, so it will just boot into it for him.