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    ON/OFF Button without using GPIO's?

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      Charononus @funkybunch
      last edited by

      @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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      • funkybunchF
        funkybunch @Charononus
        last edited by

        @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.

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          ExarKunIv @funkybunch
          last edited by ExarKunIv

          @funkybunch

          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

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          • funkybunchF
            funkybunch
            last edited by

            to solder on the back of the pie, could be a reasonable solution.

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              ExarKunIv @funkybunch
              last edited by

              @funkybunch

              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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              • Starcade2084S
                Starcade2084
                last edited by

                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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                  funkybunch @Starcade2084
                  last edited by

                  @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.
                  0_1497609657058_17494855_312890385797250_4091988365656719360_n.jpg

                  When mine would looks like this... i think i have to solve at the back of the pi.

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                  • simonsterS
                    simonster
                    last edited by simonster

                    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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                    • ExarKunIvE
                      ExarKunIv @funkybunch
                      last edited by

                      @funkybunch

                      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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                      • funkybunchF
                        funkybunch
                        last edited by

                        0_1497621561688_Foto.JPG

                        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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                          ExarKunIv @funkybunch
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                          @funkybunch

                          wow

                          that is really far away

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                          • funkybunchF
                            funkybunch
                            last edited by

                            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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                              ExarKunIv @funkybunch
                              last edited by

                              @funkybunch

                              did the pins push through?

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                                A Former User @funkybunch
                                last edited by

                                @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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                                • funkybunchF
                                  funkybunch
                                  last edited by

                                  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.

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                                  • funkybunchF
                                    funkybunch @A Former User
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                                    @arkive thanks. Good to hear that is not a general problem. I ask for a new one.

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