Here’s a bit of a novelty on the crowdfunding front. The PiSolMan is a Zero-form-factor add-on board which will take in a power source and also a solar panel to provide constant power to the Pi. It has circuitry on-board…
Category: Crowdfunding
PocketLab campaign to fund two sensor-packed devices that can communicate with the Raspberry Pi
Clifton Roozeboom has been in touch. He and the team at PocketLab are currently running a Kickstarter campaign to fund PocketLab Voyager and PocketLab Weather. They are small devices that are packed with sensors and communicate with a host device over Bluetooth.…
New Kickstarter seeks to put Retro Gaming back in your hands via a Raspberry Pi Zero
Recently announced on Kickstarter, the Raspi Boy is a handheld, battery-powered, Raspberry Pi-driven retro gaming console. It comes as a pre-soldered kit to assemble, with a moulded case and custom circuit board. It doesn’t come with a Raspberry Pi Zero…
Last few days for the Maketronix Alarm – build your own Raspberry Pi-powered alarm system
Zach and Jake are into the last few days of their IndieGoGo campaign for the Maketronix Alarm. It is a simple add-on board for the Raspberry Pi and houses 9 buttons, an LED, a buzzer and a header for a PIR movement sensor,…
Mobile network / Internet of Things add-on boards campaign for the Raspberry Pi adds a video streaming pledge level
SixFab are currently running a Kickstarter campaign for a collection of IoT boards that allow your Raspberry Pi to connect to the GPRS, 3G and 4G networks (as well as a GPS board). They’ve recently added a Video Streamer Pack pledge level…
New crowdfunding campaign for a Raspberry Pi-powered, hobbyists’ alarm system
Zach and Jake are two 16-year olds who are starting up a company called MakeTronix. To launch their company, they are running an IndieGoGo campaign to raise funds to produce the MakeTronix Alarm. It is a hobbyists’ alarm system featuring a…
New Kickstarter seeks to bring an easy Internet of Things to the Raspberry Pi
SixFab (and on Twitter) has just launched a new Kickstarter campaign for a series of Internet of Things add-on boards for the Raspberry Pi. The ‘shields’ are as follows: 4G/LTE 3G GSM/GPRS GPS XBee They are compatible with all models of Raspberry…
New crowdfunding campaign for a Raspberry Pi add-on – the RabbitMax Flex
Leon Anavi has just launched his first crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. He wants to fund the RabbitMax Flex which is an add-on board for the Raspberry Pi. The main board is HAT-sized and hosts the following: a relay a buzzer a button…
New Kickstarter – RGB LED Christmas decoration for the Raspberry Pi, micro:bit and CodeBug
Andrew Gale previously ran a Kickstarter for a Christmas decoration powered by the Raspberry Pi. He has now re-spun his idea and has created a decoration using RGB LEDs. It plugs directly into the GPIO pins of the Pi. He has…
Kickstarter for terrific robot kit featuring Raspberry Pi, Arduino and loads of blinkies!
Plum Geek have previously launched, and successfully funded a series of Arduino-powered robots on Kickstarter. Now, they’ve moved into the Raspberry Pi arena with the Spirit Rover. Inspired by the NASA/JPL Mars Rover, the full kit features a custom circuit…