Geekroo Technologies have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the first Compute Module motherboard. The CoMo Booster is a 4-layer PCB with the following features: Built-in 150Mbps WiFi Built-in RTC (Real Time Clock) Programmable Power Management Unit(PMU), can…
Category: Crowdfunding
TiddlyBot – the cute and cuddly #RaspberryPi robot from @ThePiBot
Harry Gee and the Agilic team have just launched a Kickstarter to raise funds for their TiddlyBot. It’s a very simple, very small robot powered by the Pi. It’s designed to be used for education, either in schools or at…
Simple LED board for the #RaspberryPi almost funded but needs more backers
The MyPiFi board from Paul Brown is a small GPIO push-on board that gives you three LEDs and a button and is ideal for anyone who wants to a) learn to solder and b) learn to program. At just £6 (currently,…
Simple GPIO board for teaching soldering and using your #RaspberryPi
Paul Brown has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for his MyPiFi LED board for the Pi. It’s a very simple board that requires self-assembly (including soldering) of the through-hole components. It looks very simple to put together…
Matboard: easy-to-use GPIO board for the #RaspberryPi from a father-and-son team
Father-and-son team Martin and Matthew Brabham have worked together to build a GPIO board for the Pi. The Matboard features 4 LEDs, 4 buttons, 4 relays, a darlington pair transistor buffer to drive the relays and buffer the inputs and a prototyping…
New British #RaspberryPi case and robotics solution on Kickstarter
The Little British Robot Company and Kre8 have teamed up to bring to market a construction-grade cardboard case system and robotics kit. They’re currently running a Kickstarter campaign to judge the size of the market and to raise funds for…
Review of 7 Seg for #RaspberryPi
Carl Monk backed Tom Garry’s IndieGoGo campaign and bagged himself a 7 Seg for Raspberry Pi kit. He soldered it together and tried it out and has now given his frank opinion in this review. Read it here.
Assembling the RasPiO duino for the #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames has been very busy of late. Not only has he been running the HDMIPi project but he’s also been working on a series of GPIO boards. One of the latest, the RasPiO duino, which brings the power of…
A Day with the RyanTeck #RaspberryPi Budget Robotics Kit
At the weekend, I had the privilege of taking the RyanTeck Budget Robotics Kit for a test drive. I took pictures as I went along and I’ve now written up my experiences. You can read my full account and review, including…
Cheap #RaspberryPi robotics kit offer coming to an end soon
Ryan Walmsley is currently running an IndieGoGo campaign for a cheap robotics kit for the Raspberry Pi. For £33 you get: A RTK-000-001 RPi Motor Controller Board Kit (to drive the motors) A laser cut out robot chassis (which is larger…