ON/OFF Button without using GPIO's?
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Is there a good solution for start and shutdown the Raspberry pi (in my case a pi3) without using the GPIO's?
The Problem is, that they are already in use. I can use the hard reset button for start and reset, but i'm looking for a solution to shut down.
I'm thinking about a keyboard shortcut for save shutdown and start. Is starting possible with usb-device?
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@funkybunch said in ON/OFF Button without using GPIO's?:
Is there a good solution for start and shutdown the Raspberry pi (in my case a pi3) without using the GPIO's?
The Problem is, that they are already in use. I can use the hard reset button for start and reset, but i'm looking for a solution to shut down.
I'm thinking about a keyboard shortcut for save shutdown and start. Is starting possible with usb-device?
You can shut down from emulation station.
Also are you really using all of the gpio pins? If so wow, I'm curious what your running.
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@Charononus At the moment i use the menu to shutdown.
I get a pi2scart and connect a crt. Not every pin is used, but i don't want destroy the pi2scart to connect a button to unused pins. -
i under stand not wanting to destroy anything, so if using a GPIO is the only option (i have not heard of a USB being used for power on and off)
i say solder it to the underside of the Pi.
i have done that for my pi to clean up the wires -
to solder on the back of the pie, could be a reasonable solution.
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that's the only thing i can think of
the pins are not that close together so fear of jumping anything should not be there
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You could try using a Borkin Button, which uses the 3.5mm audio jack and a small amount of soldering. ETAPrime did a video on it a while back:
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@Starcade2084 nice idea, but i have to use the 3.5mm jack for audio via scart or does the button works via y-adapter while 3.5 is use for audio out?!
i looks like this, but at my version the pins on the pi2scart are way too short for connection anything.
When mine would looks like this... i think i have to solve at the back of the pi.
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Hi @funkybunch
Just looking at your picture: Are the pins on the Arcade Forge, pass throughs of the pins on the Pi? If so, you could still use the GPIO method.
EDIT: Sorry, just seen your comment that the pins are shorter than this picture. Back to the drawing board then.....
Si
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i dont know if @Starcade2084 way will work if a y splitter, i think that someone else asked that too, dont know what came of that.
if it dont work, i still think that soldering two wires is the way to go. all that you need to do is find some GPIOs that are open and change that in the shutdown script
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That is (was) my board. The connector wasn't close enough to the board. so i tried to set it closer. the worst idea i ever had!!! I asked Jochen, if another board got the connector closer (hopefully it will fit on the pi correctly. mine was crooked) and order a second one.
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I think it could be a bad delivery/batch of boards but technical it worked perfectly until i try to solve myself 🙈
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did the pins push through?
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@funkybunch said in ON/OFF Button without using GPIO's?:
I think it could be a bad delivery/batch of boards
Nah man, it's just very shoddy "craftsmanship". They should never send it to you like that. I'd ask for a refund.
I bought a Pi2Scart from them myself and it's fine. However the SCART cable I bought with it fell apart instantly - literally. But they refunded it without any problems.
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No. I tried to remove the tin solder, but it won't work. So i gave up and tried to solve it like before. My solving skills are not the best... 😔 I think the board is broken now.
That is the reason i avoid solving and searching for other solutions. -
@arkive thanks. Good to hear that is not a general problem. I ask for a new one.
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