The skywriter HAT was working a couple of weeks ago (Pi 3 Jessie patched up to date as of about middle of May), but in the meantime something awry as happened. pi@raspberrypi:~/git/skywriter-hat/python/examples $ sudo ./test.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "./test.py", line 2, in <mo…

i2cdetect should return a hit for 0x42, so it looks like the hardware side not playing ball. I’m not sure what could have happened, but I would inspect, and possibly touch up, the HAT header - pay particularly attention to the 6 pins on the left hand side when the header is facing up, those are the…

That’s what I feared. Visually they seem fine, even under a magnifying glass. I tested the pins (especially those 6) with a circuit tester (putting a header in first) and they all generated a voltage. I touched a fine tip soldering iron to the visible piece and it hasn’t made an obvious difference. …

Oups, sorry I meant the right hand side (near ‘er’ of Skywriter)

Thanks - I tried that (both sides near the ‘er’) and no effect. I guess the Hat is stuffed?

Hi, i’ve exactly the same error with completely new skywriter hat that arrive to me last week. i2cdetect also gave the same output. I’ve tried few different sd cards with various raspbian image on two pi’s (pi zero and version b). Every time the same error. Is it possibile that new hat is already…

Does the installer throw any exceptions when trying to install any of the requirements? … I strongly encourage you to start another topic and post the errors you have received there, they may not be identical although they may appear to be. If we go on the basis that they are we may miss something …

[Errno 5] Input/output error with Skywriter HAT

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johnny June 22, 2016, 5:10pm 9

No there were no exceptions.
As suggested i’ve created new topic: link

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[Errno 5] Input/output error with Skywriter HAT

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