Reboot on power restore

[Winetec]

Hi
Not having an option to reboot the pi on power restore after a power fail means you can't use it in unattended situations. Bit of an oversight if you consider where it fits into the market and what most of us would use it for. Can't see too many using it as a desktop computer!

Can element14 please release the firmware so it can be modified to fit real world situations.

Cheers

[hoopsurfer]

+1, I've also asked support at Embest directly for the same. Without ability to change the firmware this will be difficult to solve.

[haebler]

+1 on this. Really need the Pi to boot up unattended on power restore.

Apparently the MCU is a STM8S005K6. The good news is there is a 4-pin "MCU program" header on the board. You can find an STM8 programmer (ST-Link V2 Mini STM8 STM32) for about <$7 on Amazon. Bottom line, flashing a new firmware is possible and low cost tooling for it exists.

Now, it would be nice if the vendor could release either the source or an updated firmware with auto-power-on ...

[xBenny82]

+1 for Alway on state or Last power state.

[PHIL-IP]

+1 for a choice : Alway on state or Last power state

[xBenny82]

Use this solution pi-desktop/pi-desktop#2 (comment)