pimoroni / pimoroni/plasma-python

plasma library not compatible with RPi 5

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Description

Hi,
I was using the plasma library to light up my picade plasma arcade button. It works fine with the RPi 4. However, it does not work anymore when I switch to RPi 5, it says "No SOC Peripheral address". I believe it could be due to the RPi.GPIO library being used in the plasma library. How can I solve this issue?

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure on an RPi 5 and inspect how the plasma library uses RPi.GPIO to locate the source of the "No SOC Peripheral address" error. Done means the plasma library works with the Picade plasma arcade button on both RPi 4 and RPi 5.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python, raspberry-pi
Domain
embedded-iot
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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