On Friday 02 June 2017 18:35:32 Bertho Stultiens wrote: > On 06/03/2017 12:20 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > [snip] > > >> The problems seem to stop now that I have attached a bench-PSU set > >> to 5V directly on the 40-pin header's 5V input. I needed to > >> increase the voltage to 5.1V after the red LED still was blinking > >> once in a while (probably indicating too much noise on the power > >> line with my long wires without decoupling capacitor on the end). > >> > >> It may be worth checking the actual 5V line for noise too. > > > > 5mv? 4 amp box, haven't had a problem. > > And you do not see any red led on the pi blink then? > > If yes, then you man need to add decoupling. > Solid as a rock. > > [snip] > > > One thing I've noted is that in one switch starts both the monitor > > and the pi, the monitor isn't ready I assume to respond to an EDID > > query by the time the pi issues it. So I've had to pull the pi's > > power plug for about 2 or 3 seconds mid-boot. Then plug in the teeny > > usb plug again, and I get video on that reboot. > > > > Is there quick and likely dirty way to make the pi wait 2 or 3 > > seconds before loading things up? > > See: > https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/boo >t.md > > - bootcode_delay - seems the one you are looking for.
Absolutely Bertho. I just set a 3 second delay & we'll see how the next reboot works. > From the docs: "This is particularly useful to insert a delay before > reading the EDID of the monitor, for example if the Pi and monitor are > powered from the same source, but the monitor takes longer to start up > than the Pi." Thank you Bertho. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
