Video out module: image too big for the SD card?

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A do-it-yourself thermal imager, compatible with the FLIR Lepton 2.5, 3.1R and 3.5 sensor with Arduino firmware

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Video out module: image too big for the SD card? #44

Closed mapperfr closed 5 years ago

mapperfr commented 5 years ago

I'm trying to flash the video module image to the SD card on Windows 10 with Etcher but it appears that the image is too big for the SD card: image appears as being as large as 7.95 GB, while the SD card only has 7.82 GB available. Am I the only one experiencing this? Not a critical issue as I could switch for a bigger SD card, but if it's a recurring issue it might be worth mentioning it on readme file? I'll try on macOS and report back here.

mapperfr commented 5 years ago

Same issue on macOS.

maxritter commented 5 years ago

The size of the SD card can vary, depending on the manufacturer and model.

If you use the 8GB model from Sandisk, the image should fit. For other cards, following this tutorial may help: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=62233

mapperfr commented 5 years ago

My bad! I didn't pay enough attention that a Sandisk SD Card was specifically needed and bought another brand. The link to the article on ebay doesn't work here however (France). I fixed it by using a 16 Gb Sandisk SD card bought locally (a bit overkill but I bought it before reading your comment!).