

I don't see the screen work unless that's running so I am guessing I just need to learn more about the coding/programming side of the pico.
#Thonny wall code
The shell in Thonny has that "init busy release busy" messaging in it, so I'm going to look into the code and learn more about what that's asking.
#Thonny wall manual
So it still feels like something about the code or the way that screen part of the code is started needs a manual intervention. I know that port can power the screen too. The LED is blinking though, so it's already running the script. I have to open Thonny, grab the main.py from the pico and then tell it to run the script and then the screen works. If I plug the pico into the computer usb port with Thonny closed, the LED blink starts but the screen doesn't come on. So at least I know the pico is up and running the code. Interestingly when using wall power the LED blinks but the screen still doesn't come on. I added the blink led script to the start of the program and that runs plugged into the computer and it runs the screen as well. Thanks for the suggestion, I've tried it and it still doesn't work though but I think I'm getting closer! The demo script is under Resources - Demo Codes. Obviously my web searches haven't found anything so any advice or pointers will be very much appreciated. I was hoping someone had come across this or could point me to a better tutorial to start interacting with the e-ink screens on pico. I'm assuming it's something in the epaper demo script that requests info from the computer to start the demo, but I can't figure it out. Step 4: main.py on pico - epaper demo - doesn't run connected to wall power. Step 3: main.py on pico is LED blink script - runs connected to wall power. Step 2: main.py on pico - epaper demo - runs connected to PC. Step 1: main.py on pico is LED blink script - runs connected to PC This cable and powersource has run my pi3 and other heavier things at times so I'm sure it's getting enough juice to activate the e-ink screen lol. When swapping to a "wall powered" USB plug the demo script for the ePaper doesn't run but simple "blink the pico led" ones do - same usb cable etc used. I have Thonny, and when the pico is usb connected to my Windows PC I can get different scripts to run. Actually you don't any Rpi, just put it away and learn the basics with Windows ublox U-Centre.Pi Pico with a Pico-specific e-Paper-2.13 from waveshare. Extendable Socket Grove Port Wearable & Wall mounted Development Platform UIFlow, MicroPython, Arduino. I would suggest newbies to start with Windows ublox u-Centre which is GUI (Graphics User Interface) and therefore very user friendly. until it is within 300mm of an obstacle or wall, then let it turn 180 and drive.

The OP follows the video by the Sparklers which uses CLI (Command Line Interface), which is a bit tedious and easy to go wrong for newbies. For Python, good choices are Thonny 7 shown in Figure 2.16) or P圜harm8. So it should be easy to extract the data, not necessary from Neo-6/7/8M. Actually the GPS NMEA data file is very simple.
#Thonny wall how to
You might like to read my test results Ref 1 on how to use python to print out Neo-8M GPS results.
#Thonny wall install

My Thonny is python 3, but your program is python2, so I need to format a bit: At the moment you really need to reinstall Thonny. Try to build the walls and roof alone, its exactly the same thing. Rpi Thonny python IDE has a problem running a pynmea2 GPS program. Just open Minecraft Pi on one side, and Thonny on the other side of your screen. Gps = "Latitude=" + str(lat) + "and Longitude=" + str(lng) Ser=serial.Serial(port, baudrate=9600, parity=serial.PARITY_NONE, This code from in link #1 seemed to do the trick. When I run it in Thonny IDE, it only says Run gps.py with nothing below. Gps = “Latitude= ” + str(lat) + “ and Longitude= ” + str(lng) Ser=serial.Serial(port, baudrate=9600, timeout=0.5)
#Thonny wall serial
How come I can only run this gps program when I run it in the terminal without sudo? Is there a way to fix this?ĮDIT: The part without the print(gps) and the missing colon is a typo import serial I can't run this gps program in Thonny IDE.
