Robin Newman, who does some wonderful stuff with Sonic Pi amongst other things, recently received his RasPiO ProHAT experimenter’s kit and set himself a project. The project involved taking the components from the kit and adding a couple of capacitors and…
Category: GPIO boards
MotoZero – a motor controller board for the Raspberry Pi – review
On Wednesday, The Pi Hut launched two new products, which I covered here. The first of these, the MotoZero, is a new Zero-form-factor motor controller board that fits on top of any 40-pin Raspberry Pi. I’ve now had a chance…
Pimoroni’s Drum HAT for the Raspberry Pi reviewed by The MagPi
Taken from a fairly recent issue of Raspberry Pi magazine The MagPi, here is a review of the Drum HAT from the wizarding pirates of the North, Pimoroni. The overall opinion is 4/5 and the board receives a great reaction…
New products from The Pi Hut and Average Man for the Raspberry Pi
Today sees the release of two brand new products, available exclusively from The Pi Hut and designed by Richard Saville (aka the Average Man). The first is a very pretty new motor driver board called MotoZero. It allows you to control four…
Use your Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins at the same time as the SenseHAT
Keith Ellis does a rather good line in tutorial videos over at pi-tutorials.co.uk. Recently, he wondered if it was possible to use the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins with the SenseHAT attached. At first glance, it seems that it’s not possible due…
Controlling a robot arm with analog sliders and a Raspberry Pi
Richard Saville, aka The Average Man, has created a brilliant showpiece for Jams and other events. He’s taken a robot arm controlled by 6 servos and hooked it up to an ABelectronics servo controller board. He added a NiMH battery to…
Read analog sensors on the Raspberry Pi with the Analog Zero – Kickstarter!
A couple of weeks ago, I received from Alex Eames a new board he’d been working on called the Analog Zero. I blogged about it then and have continued to think about it and I really believe it’s the best solution currently out…
More detail on MeArm, Raspberry Pi and Picon Zero mashup
Yesterday, I posted a video (see below) of a MeArm being controlled via a Raspberry Pi and Picon Zero using a PS3 controller. Now, I’m extraordinarily pleased to hear that Robin Newman has posted more details on the project, including…
Controlling a MeArm with the Raspberry Pi and the Picon Zero
I recently reviewed the Picon Zero from 4tronix. It’s a motor controller board with the ability to drive six servos and two DC motors. It’s a great little board and Robin Newman has done something with it that just appeals…
Two motor controller boards for the Raspberry Pi from 4tronix – review
This weekend has given me time to work my way through my ‘review pile’. I’m almost to the bottom of the pile now – just one book to go. In the meantime, however, I tried out two motor controller boards…