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        <title>CrowPi1 — ELECROW - FORUM</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>CrowPi1 and Raspberry Pi 5 8GB boot issue solved!</title>
        <link>https://forum.elecrow.com/index.php?p=/discussion/28050/crowpi1-and-raspberry-pi-5-8gb-boot-issue-solved</link>
        <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Raspberry Pi &amp; CrowPi</category>
        <dc:creator>Paladin</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>If you have purchased both of these and your CrowPi will not boot, you may want to download the latest image from Elecrow here: drive.google.com/file/d/1MJhPeJLHH8Pd1Oq7PUz3OGcBsSAGjX22/view?usp=sharing  This worked great for me.</p>
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        <title>CrowPi:when I try to update any apps, it would say it does not have enough storage.</title>
        <link>https://forum.elecrow.com/index.php?p=/discussion/1040/crowpi-when-i-try-to-update-any-apps-it-would-say-it-does-not-have-enough-storage</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Raspberry Pi &amp; CrowPi</category>
        <dc:creator>Jully</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>When the Raspberry Pi's default system space is full and you can no longer perform operations such as installations, and the SD card still has space unused, you can expand the Raspberry Pi's capacity.<br />
Attached is the steps on how to expand the capacity of a Raspberry Pi, please check it out</p>
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        <title>CrowPi lessons code don't work with RPI5?</title>
        <link>https://forum.elecrow.com/index.php?p=/discussion/777/crowpi-lessons-code-dont-work-with-rpi5</link>
        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Raspberry Pi &amp; CrowPi</category>
        <dc:creator>Elecrow</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Please check whether the GPIO library imported is RPi.GPIO or gpiozero.</strong><br />
* RPI.GPIO is applicable to Raspberry Pi 4, and because the GPIO of Raspberry Pi 5 is not directly controlled by the BCM2712 chip, the RPI.GPIO library is not suitable for Raspberry Pi 5 for the time being. We are currently using the gpiozero library.<br />
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<p><strong>If the course code on your CrowPi desktop uses RPI.GPIO library, but you are using a Raspberry Pi 5, you can install the course for Raspberry Pi 5 in the following steps.</strong><br />
1.Open the terminal, and go to a directory where you will place the course. I will place the course on the desktop, so I type <code>cd Desktop</code> and press "Enter" to run this command.</p>

<p>2.Then run the following command to clone the lessons code to CrowPi desktop.<br />
<code>git clone https://github.com/Elecrow-RD/CrowPi_RPI5.git</code></p>

<p>3.After the lessons code is downloaded, you can enter the course code directory through <code>cd Desktop/CrowPi_RPI5/Examples</code>, and then run the corresponding course program in this directory. <br />
For example, when I need to run the buzzer program, I will run<br />
<code>cd Desktop/CrowPi_RPI5/Examples</code><br />
then run<br />
<code>sudo python buzzer.py</code></p>
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        <title>Where I can download the CrowPi image compatible with Raspberry Pi5?</title>
        <link>https://forum.elecrow.com/index.php?p=/discussion/756/where-i-can-download-the-crowpi-image-compatible-with-raspberry-pi5</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 04:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Raspberry Pi &amp; CrowPi</category>
        <dc:creator>Elecrow</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>2024-5-9 Updated download link:</strong> <a rel="nofollow" href="https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1omz8i4UVU-chItRekNViZEYqbhsLtCnn" title="https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1omz8i4UVU-chItRekNViZEYqbhsLtCnn">https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1omz8i4UVU-chItRekNViZEYqbhsLtCnn</a><br />
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<h2>How to flash the image to the SD card?</h2>

<p><strong>Step1:</strong>  Insert the SD card into your computer. Use <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/" title="sd formatter">sd formatter</a> to format your SD card.</p>

<p><strong>Step2:</strong> Use the image burning tool to burn the image file to your SD card.</p>

<p>For the image burning tool, you can choose <a rel="nofollow" href="https://etcher.balena.io/" title="balenaEtcher">balenaEtcher</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="https://win32diskimager.org/" title="Win32DiskImager">Win32DiskImager</a> or <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/" title="Raspberry Pi Imager">Raspberry Pi Imager</a>.<br />
Take Raspberry Pi Imager as an example, select use custom in os, select the image file you just downloaded, and then select your SD card. Click next and confirm.<br />
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<p><strong>Step3:</strong> After the image is burned to the SD card, insert the SD card to Raspberry Pi5 and turn on CrowPi. You will see there's a folder name "CrowPi" on the Desktop.<br />
<img src="https://forum.elecrow.com/uploads/editor/7k/xwlbs6kn704d.png" alt="" title="" /></p>

<p><strong>Step4:</strong> Run <code>cd Desktop/CrowPi/Examples</code> to enter the course folder , and then run <code>sudo python buzzer.py</code> (or other programs) to run the course code.</p>
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        <title>CrowPi1 FAQs</title>
        <link>https://forum.elecrow.com/index.php?p=/discussion/104/crowpi1-faqs</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2021 08:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Raspberry Pi &amp; CrowPi</category>
        <dc:creator>tony</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Image problems</strong></p><p>1.<a href="https://forum.elecrow.com/discussion/101/where-can-i-download-the-crowpi1-latest-image#latest" rel="nofollow">Where can I download the CrowPi1 latest image?</a></p><p>2.<a href="https://forum.elecrow.com/discussion/267/image-for-crowpi-compatible-with-8g-raspberry-pi-4b/p1?new=1" rel="nofollow">Where can I download image for Crowpi which compatible with 8G respberry pi 4B?</a></p><p>3.<a href="https://forum.elecrow.com/discussion/756/where-i-can-download-the-crowpi-image-compatible-with-raspberry-pi5/p1?new=1" rel="nofollow">Where I can download the CrowPi image compatible with Raspberry Pi5?</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Lessons problems</strong></p><p>1.<a href="https://forum.elecrow.com/discussion/100/where-can-i-download-the-crowpi1-lessons#latest" rel="nofollow">Where can I download the CrowPi1 lessons?</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Software problems</strong></p><p>1.<a href="https://forum.elecrow.com/discussion/103/how-to-install-all-the-dependency-packages-needed-by-the-crowpi1-image-base-on-standard-rasberryos#latest" rel="nofollow">How to install all the dependency packages needed by the CrowPi1 image base on standard RasberryOS?</a></p><p>2.<a href="https://forum.elecrow.com/discussion/373/how-to-set-crowpi-lock-screen/p1?new=1" rel="nofollow">How To Set CrowPi Lock Screen</a></p><p>3.<a href="https://forum.elecrow.com/discussion/423/install-the-gparted-tool-to-resize-the-crowpi-partition/" rel="nofollow">Install the GParted tool to resize the CrowPi partition</a></p><p>4.<a href="https://forum.elecrow.com/discussion/1040/crowpi-when-i-try-to-update-any-apps-it-would-say-it-does-not-have-enough-storage" rel="nofollow">When you try to update any apps, it would say it does not have enough storage. </a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Hardware problems</strong></p><p>1.<a href="https://forum.elecrow.com/discussion/102/how-can-i-know-all-the-information-of-crowpi1-on-board-modules#latest" rel="nofollow">How can I know all the information of CrowPi1 on-board modules?</a></p><p>2.<a href="https://forum.elecrow.com/discussion/297/how-to-disassembly-the-crowpi#latest" rel="nofollow">How to disassembly the CrowPi?</a></p><p>3.<a href="https://forum.elecrow.com/discussion/367/is-crowpi-compatible-with-raspberry-pi-4#latest" rel="nofollow">Is CrowPi compatible with Raspberry Pi 4?</a></p>]]>
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        <title>CrowPi 1 - Service Manual</title>
        <link>https://forum.elecrow.com/index.php?p=/discussion/383/crowpi-1-service-manual</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2022 03:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Resources Download</category>
        <dc:creator>Crow137</dc:creator>
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        <title>How to disassembly the CrowPi</title>
        <link>https://forum.elecrow.com/index.php?p=/discussion/297/how-to-disassembly-the-crowpi</link>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Raspberry Pi &amp; CrowPi</category>
        <dc:creator>Elecrow</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<h2>Here&nbsp;are&nbsp;the&nbsp;steps&nbsp;to&nbsp;disassembly&nbsp;the CrowPi:</h2><h3>1.Remove the screws on the base board and pry the board forcefully.<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XG6TpB4f2-Et6x7pO7eiXC5zX8YC_UHw/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow"> Click here to watch the video.</a></h3><div>
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<h3></h3><h3>2.Remove the screws that hold the flat cable</h3><div>
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<p><br /></p><h3>3.Use the torx screwdriver to remove the screws that hold the acrylic plate, then pry the plate forcefully.(Be careful not to damage the camera)&nbsp;</h3><div>
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<p><br /></p><h3>4.Remove the screws that hold the flat cable</h3><h3>5.Remove the copper pillar that holds the sreen</h3><h3>6.Unplug the HDMI and USB (touch) cables</h3><div>
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<p><br /></p><h3>7.Remove the crowatil cable on the back of the board</h3><div>
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<h3></h3><h3>Once&nbsp;you&#39;ve&nbsp;done,&nbsp;you&#39;ve&nbsp;completely&nbsp;dismantled&nbsp;the&nbsp;CrowPi.</h3><div>
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        <title>How To Set CrowPi Lock Screen</title>
        <link>https://forum.elecrow.com/index.php?p=/discussion/373/how-to-set-crowpi-lock-screen</link>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2022 07:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Raspberry Pi &amp; CrowPi</category>
        <dc:creator>Elecrow</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<h2>Question:</h2>
Is there a way to set up the CrowPi so that I can have a lock screen where I  have to enter a password to unlock the CrowPi？

<h2>Answer:</h2>
Raspberry Pi OS has a lock screen installed. You need to add it to the menu by configuration.
Before that, you need to set xservice to keep the screen lit first, othervise you'll not be able to wake up the screen by touching the screen, tapping the keyboard or clicking the mouse.

<b>Set xservice to keep the screen lit</b>
1. Open the system file lightdm.conf
<pre><code>sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf</code></pre>

2. Modify the parameters of lightdm.conf
Find the 'xserver command' under the SeatDefaults section, delete the #, and modify it to 

<pre><code>xserver-command=X - s 0 -dpms</code></pre>

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<div>Parameter meaning:
- s : set screen saver not to start, 
- dpms: turn off power saving management.</div>

3. Save and exit: Ctrl+X, press Y and press Enter

4. Reboot the system.
<pre><code> sudo reboot</code></pre>


<b>Add Screen Lock to the menu</b>
1. Open the terminal to modify the configuration file. The command is as follows:
<pre><code>cd ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels 
sudo nano panel</code></pre>

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2. Find the content of Plugin {type=menu..., and add the following content at the end of the configuration section:
<pre><code> 
      separator {
      }
      item {
      name=Lock…
      image=gnome-lockscreen
      action=/usr/bin/dm-tool lock
      }
</code></pre>

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3. Save and exit: Ctrl+X, press Y and press Enter

4. Reboot the system, you can see that there is a lock screen icon in the start menu.

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5. Click it to lock the screen. 

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        <title>Is CrowPi compatible with Raspberry Pi 4?</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2022 01:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Raspberry Pi &amp; CrowPi</category>
        <dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[Q: "Raspberry Pi 2-3" is printed on the Raspberry Pi installation area on the motherboard. Is CrowPi compatible with Raspberry Pi 4?

A: The CrowPi is compatible with RPI2/3/4, the silk screen on mainboard is a mistake. We did not notice this problem and forgot to modify the silk screen. 
The only different is the HDMI connector:
By default, we insert the micro HDMI connector for RPI4(HDMI connector for RPI2/3 is in the accessories bag). Please install the RPI4 as shown in the figure below then you can use it:
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        <title>What is some practical everyday uses?</title>
        <link>https://forum.elecrow.com/index.php?p=/discussion/238/what-is-some-practical-everyday-uses</link>
        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2021 09:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
        <category>Products &amp; Technology</category>
        <dc:creator>nicholasperratt</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>Hi there, I&#39;m wondering what practical uses I could do with the crowpi1, it has so many things to be tinkering and toying with that surely all of those components could be used in practical everyday uses. I&#39;m looking to get ideas.</p>]]>
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