Showing posts with label Raspberry Pi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Raspberry Pi. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 September 2025

HiPi Modules 0.94 Released

 Updates to recognise Raspberry Pi 500/500+

Tuesday, 29 April 2025

HiPi Modules 0.93 Released

Updated for 16GB Raspberry Pi 5

HiPi::Device::GPIO ( sysfs gpio interface ) fixed for latest gpiochip handling

Thursday, 28 March 2024

HiPi Modules 0.92 Released

 Resolves issues in version 0.91 with some Raspberry Pi versions.
( Model A, Model B, Model A Plus, Model B Plus, Zero, Zero W )

Sunday, 25 February 2024

HiPi Modules 0.91 Released

 Updated for latest Raspberry Pi OS

Saturday, 11 November 2023

HiPi Modules 0.90 Released

Supports Raspberry Pi 5

Supports Debian 12 - Bookworm

Refactored OpenThings / Energenie implementation
- refactored encoding / decoding  OpenThings message data
- OpenThings implementation now supports communication
  with custom devices.
- Added 'Float' OpenThings value type

Refactored HopeRFM69 maximum power settings

Refactored negative temperature calculation  in HiPi::Interface::MPL3115A2

armhf and arm64 packages for Bookworm and Bullseye are available from the installation page

Sunday, 19 February 2023

HiPi Modules 0.88 Released

 armhf and arm64 packages for Bullseye and Buster are available from the installation page

HiPi::BCM2835 version 0.66 released

 Module HiPi::BCM2835 updated with lib bcm2835 1.71.

32 bit and 64 bit packages for Bullseye and Buster available at http://hipi.znix.com/archive/bcm2835.html

Saturday, 30 October 2021

Saturday, 28 November 2020

HiPi Modules 0.85 Released

Saturday, 20 June 2020

HiPi Modules 0.84 Released

Updated for changed /proc/cpuinfo Hardware output in latest builds of Raspberry Pi OS
(test suite broken in 0.83 fixed in 0.84)

Monday, 15 June 2020

HiPi Modules 0.82 Released

Updated Energenie and HopeRF69 interfaces allowing use of other  RF69HW and RF69W module breakouts.
HiPi::Interface::MAX7219LEDStrip correction to auto resizing and  scrolling.
Added interface for BMP280 /BME280 sensors

Sunday, 7 June 2020

HiPi Modules 0.81 Released

Updated for Raspberry Pi 4 8GB model
Bug fix in HiPi::RaspberryPi dump_board_info()

Monday, 22 July 2019

HiPi Modules 0.80 Released

Updated alternate function names for Raspberry Pi 4.
Adjusted default SPI speed settings for MFRC522 near field reader.

Monday, 15 July 2019

HiPi Modules 0.79 Released

There's a new release of the modules that handles the new peripheral blocks in the Raspberry Pi 4 for Pull Up / Pull Down settings correctly.

On the RPI 4, current Pull Up/Down settings for gpio pins can now be retrieved.

There is also a new release of HiPi::BCM2835 updated for new peripheral addresses in the RPI 4 and Pull Up / Pull Down changes.

Thursday, 27 June 2019

HiPi Modules 0.78 Released

Updated to support the Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspbian Buster.
Pre-built deb packages are now for Rasbpian Buster.

Thursday, 2 May 2019

HiPi Modules 0.77 Released

HiPi 0.77 release fixes 7 byte tag UID handling for the MFRC522 NFC module.

HiPi::Interface::MFRC522 supports read and write for MiFare Classic 1K and 4K tags with both 4 byte and 7 byte UIDS.

The UID can be read for any 13.56 Mhz ISO/IEC 14443-4 compliant tag.

Wednesday, 1 May 2019

HiPi Modules 0.76 Released

Latest release adds support for MFRC522 NFC modules:

Sunday, 14 April 2019

HiPi Modules 0.75 Released

This release fixes some problems with MAX7219 IC LED strip control. The modules included in the last release only worked with with strips of 8 units. They now work with any number of units.

Also added an interface to the Huawei E3531 mobile USB stick that allows SMS communication and data connection management.

Tuesday, 20 November 2018

HiPi Modules 0.74 Released

Extending use of the MAX7219 IC, a module to control MAX7219 based LED strips has been added.


Documentation at HiPi::Interface::MAX7219LEDStrip

Sunday, 18 November 2018

HiPi Modules 0.73 Released

A new version of HiPi Modules ( 0.73 ) has been released to support the Raspberry Pi 3 Model A +.

Also in this release is module HiPi::Interface::ZeroSeg that provides support for The Pi Hut ZeroSeg Hat.