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News => New Product Ideas => Topic started by: homeshopper on August 20, 2024, 07:06:17 PM

Title: Olimex RP2040-PICO-PC for Raspberry Pi Pico
Post by: homeshopper on August 20, 2024, 07:06:17 PM
I have an Olimex RP2040-PICO-PC for Raspberry Pi Pico.
On Olimex's web-site there is no instructions of use,
the product description is very vague.
I have looked at the Demo codes:
https://github.com/OLIMEX/RP2040-PICO-PC/tree/main/SOFTWARE
There are three compiled programs, Audio.uf2, DVI.uf2 & SD_card.uf2.
I was able to flash DVI.uf2 to the Pico W,
but nothing outputs from the Olimex RP2040-PICO-PC HDMI port to the monitor.
Only a red light comes on the Olimex RP2040-PICO-PC board, but nothing else happens.
However, I can not find any method or software that will flash SD_card.uf2 to a SD Card.
File Viewer Plus was the only program that would read *.uf2 file formats,
even BOSSA would not work.
I searched for USB file format (*.uf2) both for windows 11 & raspberry Pi 5.
Any ideas what to try next?
I appreciate any help & thank you in advance. Regards, Ian.
Title: Re: Olimex RP2040-PICO-PC for Raspberry Pi Pico
Post by: LubOlimex on August 21, 2024, 08:16:44 AM
"If you don't want to bother with building just use the prebuilt UF2 files, connect the Raspberry Pi Pico to your computer using a micro-USB cable, making sure that you hold down the BOOTSEL button to force it into USB Mass Storage Mode. The board should automatically appear as a external drive. You can now drag-and-drop the UF2 binary onto the external drive."
Title: Re: Olimex RP2040-PICO-PC for Raspberry Pi Pico
Post by: homeshopper on August 26, 2024, 12:04:46 PM
Hi, Thank you for your message, sorry for the late reply.
I did flash DVI.uf2 to the Pico W attached to the RP2040-Pico-Pc board.
A red led lights, but no output from the HDMI.
Do you have anymore suggestions I could try?
Title: Re: Olimex RP2040-PICO-PC for Raspberry Pi Pico
Post by: LubOlimex on August 26, 2024, 01:20:19 PM
Please share some pictures of your hardware setup, upload them to some image hosting web site and post links here. Make sure setup is in the state of usage with all cables connected. Make sure both boards are visible and also the connections to the monitor.