A Slice of Frustrating Pi

Anyone else met with a wall of unhelpfulness when dealing with the folks at rasbperrypi.org?

As a part of my project to turn a Pi 3 into a little computer (similar to CJE’s RaspberryRO but in a smaller case) I had decided that it might be worth removing one of the USB ports and routing an internal cable for other USB things inside the case (yes I know it will void warranty). I asked the folks at raspberrypi.org if they could tell me the pin-out of the USB ports and they pointed me to a schematic that I had already seen (which is a single page and very unhelpful…doesn’t mention the USB ports). I said that this was something I had already seen and it didn’t have any information of the USB and simply got a one-liner in response:

“The reduced schematics shown on the website is the only information that we can share.”

This strikes me as particularly unfriendly and unhelpful.

The original email that I sent stated quite clearly that if I get my prototype working with a Pi 3 I would be looking to create a custom PCB and use one of their Compute Modules to make my own system but the response I got doesn’t put me in a very good mood to buy more of their stuff if I’m honest. Maybe I will look at Olimex or SolidRun…

Did anyone ever get RISC OS working on a Hummingboard?

Anyone else met with a wall of unhelpfulness when dealing with the folks at rasbperrypi.org?

Not I.

This is a USB standard, so no need to go to RPF. Try a search for “USB socket pinout”.

 V+  Red
 D+  White
 D-  Green
 GND Black

V+ is towards the side with the HDMI connector. If in doubt, use a voltmeter.

This strikes me as particularly unfriendly and unhelpful.

They provided the information they had. Did you ask in the Forum, which is the usual place for such questions when other searches fail?

Not I

Maybe it’s just me then.

They provided the information they had

I think they could have been nicer about it.

Did you ask in the Forum, which is the usual place for such questions when other searches fail?

Clearly I should have. I did search the forum but couldn’t find anything sensible.

I’ve made PCBs before so happy with the process (used my oven at home for reflow work and it came out a treat). I know it’s possible and relatively inexpensive to do the PCB side of things but to get it into a “product” would probably be the hardest part for me….have to get some prototype cases off maplin and get practicing with the dremmel.

The time, money and stress it would take would probably mean it will be cheaper and better in the long run to just get a Titanium board…

Depending on what you want to do you can get panel mount female USB A connectors with a male USB A connector on the other end of the cable. Same goes for HDMI and whatever else. So if you want to stuff a Pi into a case that’s large enough that you can fit those bits it’s a way to go without mangling anything.

I’ve been tempted to make a small computer like that for a while…closest I’ve got has been a little board that had an STM32 chip on it and did some funky things with voltage current and CAN networks. Didn’t have a video out though…