The Raspberry Pi Thread [6]

Adafruit sells those LED strips in long lengths, and there are some that can be cut to shorter lengths. Neopixel is I think one wire for the Data and the Dotstare use two, one for clock and one for data.

caperjack said:

got some interesting items[I think anyway] at the big fleaMareket at the noth sydney mall. mine is blue, having a bugger of a time trying to take it apart ..,has a small card to put into it and then move the directional button to make the colors behing the anaminal .think i should be able to put a small screen or breakout into it ,maybe ,might even beable to make the buttons work ,lol

2000 Burger King Nintendo Pokemon Game Boy Color Fast Food Toy | eBay

At some point I'm going to buy one of those spudger gismos. iFixit Jimmy – Pimoroni
I have bought a pack of these, iFixit Opening Tool (pack of 5) – Pimoroni
Great for removing a PICO from an Omnibus, PICO pack or solderless breadboard without bending any pins. It was a pack of 5 so if your intown drop by and I'll give you one. Should also work for removing a Hat or pHat from a Pi.

Bullseye has been released. Operating system images – Raspberry Pi
Only just noticed, downloading as i type this, haven't tried it yet. I'll likely load it up on my Pi 400 latter today.

2021-10-30:
* Based on Debian version 11 (bullseye)
* Desktop components (lxpanel and all plugins, libfm, pcmanfm) now built against GTK+3
* Applications (piwiz, pipanel, rc_gui, lxinput) now built against GTK+3
* PiXflat GTK+3 theme updated with numerous changes to support the above
* GTK+3 : toolbar icon size setting added
* GTK+3 : ability to request client-side decoration on windows added
* GTK+3 : setting for indent for frame labels in custom style added
* mutter window manager used instead of openbox on devices with 2GB or more of RAM
* mutter : title bar icon behaviour and appearance modified to match openbox
* mutter : additional keyboard shortcuts added
* mutter : various performance enhancements
* mutter compatibility added to screen magnifier
* Numerous changes to Appearance Settings application to support GTK+3 and mutter
* Updater plugin added to lxpanel to detect and install software updates
* File manager view options simplified to either list or icons, with separate menu option for thumbnails
* New file manager toolbar icons
* KMS used as default display driver
* Modifications to HDMI audio output selection to support the above
* xcompmgr enabled when openbox is running under KMS
* New default camera subsystem based on libcamera
* New camera demo applications (libcamera-still and libcamera-vid) have replaced raspistill and raspivid
* Legacy camera subsystem removed from 64-bit RPi OS (still available on 32-bit)
* Chromium upgraded to version 92.0.4515.98
* VLC media player upgraded to version 3.0.16
* Spurious drive removal warning after use of SD card copier removed
* Bookshelf application now includes Custom PC magazine
* Various translation updates - Italian, Korean, Polish, German, Armenian
* Startup wizard now installs Japanese fonts if needed
* Progress and information dialog boxes for lxpanel plugins now common to lxpanel, rather than in individual plugins
* Icon handling code for lxpanel plugins now common to lxpanel
* Package with 4K version of Raspberry Pi wallpaper added to Recommended Software
* Python Games and Minecraft removed from Recommended Software - neither is compatible with bullseye
* Bluetooth pairing and connection dialogs updated for compatibility with more devices
* Bluetooth devices always disconnected before removal to speed up removal process
* Bluetooth pairing dialog now only shows devices which offer services which are usable by Pi
* Separate Bluetooth unpair dialog removed - unpair now an option for each individual device
* Bug fix - mutter : header bar colours not updating when theme is changed
* Bug fix - GTK+3 : tooltips being displayed incorrectly at bottom of screen
* Bug fix - lxpanel : crash when using keyboard shortcut to enable magnifier when magnifier not installed
* Bug fix - lxpanel : lockup in Bluetooth plugin when connecting to certain devices
* Bug fix - lxpanel : discoverable mode icon could get out of sync with underlying Bluetooth system state
* Bug fix - piwiz : missing cities in timezone list
* Bug fix - piwiz : country-specific language packages not being installed
* Bug fix - bookshelf : now waits for longer between packets before timing out
* Bug fix - accented characters now displayed correctly in localisation dialogs
* Raspberry Pi firmware e2bab29767e51c683a312df20014e3277275b8a6
* Linux kernel 5.10.63

Bullseye - the new version of Raspberry Pi OS - Raspberry Pi

Reflashed the card in my Pi 400, no issues I am aware of. Imaged that card on my Windows PC via the Pi imager.
I then reimaged the card from my Bread Board rig, on my Pi 400 after installing the imager. sudo apt rpi-imager
That didn't go so well. when I put it back in the Pi 3B+ I got the resizing message and reboot. Then the splash screen, then nothing? Just a flickering backlight on the 7 inch touch screen. I'm going to reimage that card on my PC and try again. and maybe hook up an external monitor.

caperjack said:

This is interesting ,the bullseye bonus. I have 2 Pi 4,8Gig that will make use of this upgrade ,wheather I need it or not!
Bullseye bonus: 1.8GHz Raspberry Pi 4 - Raspberry Pi

"If" they have the correct stepping on the CPU. Mine don't so won't get the extra clock speed.