Using pi-topPulse as a HAT

pi-top Accessories pi-topPULSE
#1

HI. A few years ago I had a Pi-top laptop and bought a Pulse to go with it. I no longer have the laptop, but still have the Pulse.

At the time I also used the Pulse as a HAT on a Pi 3, and there was no issue installing the software and making it work.

However, it’s a different story in 2024, and despite many hours of searching, and tinkering with software sources, etc, I can’t find any specific software (lots of dead links) and I can’t get the Pulse to be recognised. This is with a 3A+ and a 4B. I also briefly tried Pi-top OS (rather than Raspberry Pi OS), but didn’t get far with that either.

I’d be really grateful if someone could point me in the right direction! It cost me £50 at the time, and I always hoped to make proper use of it some day.

Thanks

#2

Hi @vgnmnky,

The Pulse software was integrated into the main pi-top SDK repo, including usage examples. You can use this with pi-topOS or install it on Raspberry Pi OS in it’s entirety or as subpackages (pulse is in the general one pip3 install pitop.pitop)

The old pt-pulse package is no longer published but I have made the repo public again as it includes the old Readme and a few other useful bits missing from the new SDK.