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Message started by Fernando on Oct 21^st, 2017, 3:17pm

Title: Sense Hat On Older R-Pies!
Post by Fernando on Oct 21^st, 2017, 3:17pm

A simple job of doing this for the R-Pies Models A & B... But it is versions 2.0 (v 2013/2014, not v. 2012/ early 2013). Just need a GPIO Extender for it, which is nothing more than a header with a extended pins on it.

Should also work with the Pimoroni's Enviro pHat.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=104&t=109521

EDIT: Note: Though this is for the Older Jessie and Wheezy Raspbian Linux for the Raspberry Pi, the newer version of Jessie and Scratch does not need for the Sense Hat Python Libraries installed. You just need to add the code (from the webpage):

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dtparam=i2c_arm=on
dtoverlay=rpi-sense

If you're using NOOBS you have to use the easy config editor to make this change, see here.

If you've using an image file installed directly you can get away with just running these two commands from a terminal and then rebooting.

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sudo bash -c "echo 'dtparam=i2c_arm=on' >> /boot/config.txt"
sudo bash -c "echo 'dtoverlay=rpi-sense' >> /boot/config.txt"

But both need the Enviro pHat's Python Libraries installed as it is not part of the standard Raspbian Library. More on that later.