Argon40 Pod Display for Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

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[iam.jasonhoward]

1. Yes, I intentionally said Dragon Ball Z 😂.
2. No, the Pod Display will not fit the Raspberry Pi 4.
3. Link for the Argon40 Pod Case video is in the description.

[TwistedNsanity]

Thanks dude, somehow couldn't find that script literally anywhere

[SavageScientist]

Great job brother, keep the Pi videos rolling.

[fbi]

Dude I'm in love with the products, I'm buying the whole kit right now, it it could fit an rj45 that would be so crazy

[polygon]

Great video! Thanks for keep it clear and to the point!

[GpconnectInfohotspot]

great stuff ! need an ups expansion case now in place of the hdmi/usb one :) can the screen buttons be programmed with our own script ?

[alexrowson]

Hey @iam.jasonhoward. I picked one of these up, using with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2w along with the other pod components (HDMI + Ethernet). But I haven't been able to get any video out. The script installed without errors and I do have controlls on the 4 face buttons, as I can dim and brighten the display as well as turn it off an on. But I only see a white backlight. I have tried plugging in hdmi and see the resolution switch down to 320x240, but then doesn't seem to continue. But I am able to SSH in after this, so it apparently hasn't hung. Any advice that you can think of at this point?

[ftw]

They started selling them in UK.
Now I want to get the whole thing but...do I really need it? Probably not.

[Easy_Victor]

Not bad for using as a camera viewer as well.

[richardtaylor]

Besides the 4 buttons and IR which hich GPIO pins are used to communicate with this display?

[Brickite]

Is there any way to boost the refresh rate the display runs at? it seems to run at about 5-10hz. I was able to run retropie and play games, but playing on the small screen is not that great running that refresh rate.

[goldholder]

Any luck getting emulating something like Gameboy or NES on that thing???

[SMorrisRose]

Besides the install manual, I'm not finding anything from Argon40 explaining how to use the display or audio hardware. I'd like to use a Lite version of the OS and display an image sized to the display, and I get that there is a frame buffer device, but not how to get the image I generate to display on it. Nor is it clear how to get it to produce audio. Obviously, these are pretty basic use cases, so there are users doing it, but I don't see how to become one of those users. As others have observed, there is very little content out there besides yours that deals with these devices, and none if it that I've found includes code samples.

[kdcadet]

Can you use this to make a thermastat?

[edwardseth]

interestingly a friend of mine wanted to control his solar array with a raspberry pie zero 2w but was having a hard time goin out to config the array all the time.. with this and a mini usb charging battery bank he'd be able to do that on site.

[OneZone]

Do not trust Argon40 customer service to provide ANY