I purchased a Pimoroni HyperPixel - 4.0" for my RaspberryPi3+ only to find out that the installation routine at pimoroni website, curl https://get.pimoroni.com/hyperpixel4 | bash, runs and says it does not support my version of my OS (https://downloads.ubiquityrobotics.com/).
Has anyone gotten this screen to work? Github has the source files, could I compile them on my raspberry pi and would it work then?
Thanks
Yeah, the installer is as far as I know written for Raspbian. The default official OS of the Raspberry Pi.
Github has the source files. Could these be compiled under my OS and operate correctly?
That I don’t know? Thats above my skill level.
Hey!
It involves a lot of tinkering to get a new os on a pi! Try the SDCARDFORMATTER: SD Memory Card Formatter | SD Association and the Raspberry Pi Imager: https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/ . I know that I am 2 years late but this should work for new os! Just format the card on the sdcardformatter then go to the imager then press choose os, click custom .img and select the image, then press choose sd card, choose it, then click write!!
Hope this helps,
Alex
Getting another OS on a Pi isn’t all that hard, its getting the Hyperpixel to work with that “other OS” that’s the issue. The Hyperpixel does everything through the GPIO header, it doesn’t use the HDMI jack etc. The Pimoroni supplied install software will only work with / run on PiOS / Raspbian.
The Pi Foundation Imager is what I use these days. I use it to install Motion Eye OS for my Pi Pan Tilt camera setups. You don’t need the SD formatter, not normally anyway, not unless your card is really messed up. The imager reformates it anyway. It doesn’t hurt to have it on hand though to setup cards for storage etc.
Yeah - SD card formatter should only be used for messed up cards (I completely messed it up - sonic pi error, whilst fixing i deleted EVERYTHING XD)
I don’t really know - I have never used hyper pixel so I can’t really help!
Sorry,
Alex