{"id":6833,"date":"2017-01-06T23:21:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T23:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6833"},"modified":"2017-01-06T23:25:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T23:25:06","slug":"restart-raspberry-pi-zero-paperclip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/01\/restart-raspberry-pi-zero-paperclip.htm","title":{"rendered":"Restart a Raspberry Pi Zero with a paperclip"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the “limitations” of a Raspberry Pi is that it doesn’t have an on\/off switch. That’s not really a problem – once it’s shut down, a power cycle to the socket (switch on\/off) will allow it to\u00a0boot up but there is another way (ignoring the purchase of expensive in-line power switches<\/a>*, or daughter boards to make the Pi pick up an infra-red remote control signal<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Alex Eames blogged details to fit a reset switch to a Raspberry Pi<\/a> (which I may well do) but what about the Raspberry Pi Zero?\u00a0My son uses one of these plugged into our TV to practice his Python programming and it’s plugged into a USB wall socket so a power cycle restarts several USB devices or alternatively, cables need to be pulled.<\/p>\n

Well, a\u00a0bit more reading<\/a> led me to the idea of shorting GPIO pins 5 and 6, and then some experimentation showed me all I have to do it touch\u00a0pin 5<\/a> with a bent paperclip to turn on the Pi!<\/p>\n