The slightly-delayed HDMIPi screen is a step closer today with the arrival in the UK of the first working driver board. Cyntech have been posting pictures on Twitter (see above) and Alex Eames from RasPi.TV is now waiting for his…
Category: Crowdfunding
New #RaspberryPi powered Kickstarter aims to make choosing music a social experience
The Sweden-based Blicko team have just launched a Kickstarter to support their hardware/software project which is a jukebox-style music playing system. Here’s what they say on their page: Blicko began when we noticed a problem in the way music is…
Mobile 24/7 power for your #RaspberryPi – a Kickstarter
Just a quick post to publicise a Kickstarter. This one is an add-on board for the Pi that allows you to connect up a wide variety of power sources. It allows you to connect multiple power sources to provide UPS…
Mobile power board for the #RaspberryPi – MoPi
Hamish Cunningham has recently launched a Kickstarter project for a new mobile power expansion board for the Pi. The board, which fits over the GPIO pins (and has holes for another header so you don’t lose the GPIO functionality) is…
Help fund a wearable technology workshop for Girl Guides
This isn’t strictly Pi-related, but it is to do with electronics and education so I thought I’d blog about it anyway! Pi enthusiast (and Babbage the Bear-hugger) and STEM Ambassador Charlotte Godley wants to run an educational workshop for her…
Unite Arduino shields and the #RaspberryPi with the Arduberry
Dexter Industries, creators of the excellent BrickPi and GrovePi have started a Kickstarter to raise funds for the “Arduberry”. Here is some blurb from the KS campaign page: The Arduberry is a simple and inexpensive way to bring Arduino shields…
HDMIPi for #RaspberryPi continues to grow, announces stretch goals and further expansion
Backers for HDMIPi, the affordable HDMI screen for the Raspberry Pi (among other uses!) have received a massive update newsletter from creators Alex Eames and Dave Mellor. I’ll attempt to summarise: They have announced a stretch goal at £200k (which…
Festive fun with the PiRingo LED board for the #RaspberryPi
Just in time for Christmas, ebay and Amazon seller 4tronix have developed a cute little GPIO add-on board for the Pi. It has a ring of LEDs and two switches meaning you can use it in a PiGlow-type way but…
RasPi.TV covers HDMIPi – the 9 inch portable Hi-Definition HDMI screen for the #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames, one of the minds behind the HDMIPi screen has blogged about the project on his own site. Not much more information than on the Kickstarter campaign page but it’s always great to hear from Alex and he even goes…
Affordable HDMI high definition screen for the #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames of RasPi.TV and Dave Mellor of Cyntech have teamed up to create a new Kickstarter for a cheap HDMI-capable screen, primarily for the Raspberry Pi. This is one of the best campaigns for Pi hardware I’ve seen –…