Alex Eames has just launched his latest Kickstarter. Following successful campaigns for the RasPiO GPIO Ruler and RasPiO Duino, he is now raising funds for the RasPiO Pro HAT. Key features This HAT’s key features are as follows: protected GPIO ports to…
Category: Crowdfunding
Last few days for this Kickstarter to produce a Raspberry Pi Zero prototyping board
I’ve covered this before, but just thought I’d give it a final push. Richard Saville (aka Average Man) is currently running a Kickstarter for this nifty little prototyping board for the Zero. He’s already blown past his funding goal, so…
New LEGO-compatible case for the Raspberry Pi touch screen launched on Kickstarter
Tom Murray, who launched the LEGO-compatible SmartiPi case in October 2014, has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a case for the official touch screen for the Raspberry Pi. The new case, which will be injection moulded, includes…
Prototype your Raspberry Pi Zero projects with the ProtoZero
Richard Saville (aka AverageMan) previously ran Kickstarters for prototyping boards for the full-size Raspberry Pi. Now, he’s taken things smaller and created the ProtoZero. He is now running a Kickstarter to raise funds to produce it. The ProtoZero is a…
Pi Top creators (@GetPiTop) launch crowdfunding campaign for new @Raspberry_Pi desktop
Exciting news on the crowdfunding front today. The creators of Pi Top, the first Raspberry Pi laptop, have launched a new campaign to fund their desktop offering, the Pi-TopCEED. The Pi-TopCEED offers you a Pi-based workstation with a 13.3″ HD…
Pimoroni seek crowdfunded investment for future expansion
Sheffield-based maker/seller Pimoroni are looking to expand and to do it they are going the crowd-funding/investment route. They have launched a campaign on CrowdCube to raise £315,000, for which they are offering 4% of equity. If you’re interested in following their…
Do you wanna build a snowman? You can with this great add-on for the Raspberry Pi
Ryan Walmsley of Ryanteck has just launched a new crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. This one is a soldering kit in the shape of a snowman! Very cute. Earlybirds (there are still some left) are £5 + shipping, with the price then rising…
Raspberry Pi laptop Pi-Top actually shipping
Last year, a team called Pi-Top announced they were going to be launching a crowdfunding campaign for a new Raspberry Pi laptop. The campaign succeeded with 217% of its target funding and the team got to work to deliver the product. Now,…
New LED display add-on slips over the GPIO on the Raspberry Pi – Kickstarter
David Meiklejohn from Gooligum Electronics has just launched a Kickstarter for their new add-on board called the Joey. The Joey slips over the GPIO pins (without a header – it’s all done with friction, similar to the Ryanteck Debug Clip) and sticks out…
Cannybots Kickstarter launched today – includes Raspberry Pi support
Cannybots, who are a regular at the Cambridge Raspberry Jam, have been working on their product for 18 months now. During that time, they’ve gone through several iterations of the product and introduced it to several schools in prototype form. The Cannybot…