The Average Man has done an extensive review-and-comparison between the venerable Adafruit PiTFT and a 3.5″ screen from new-kid-on-the-block NeoSec. It really does provide some excellent food-for-thought if you’re looking for a small touchscreen. Read it here.
Category: GPIO boards
Raspberry Pi B+ HATs start to emerge
Ever since the Raspberry Pi HATs (Hardware Attached to Top) were announced, there has been an unspoken ‘race’ to see who would get theirs out first. The Raspberry Pi Foundation are already working on their own one, although we don’t…
Turn a Raspberry Pi PiTFT into a digital frame with a USB stick
Spencer Organ has taken a Pi, the PiTFT and a USB stick, merged them all together and created a small digital photo frame. This is a great use for the PiTFT (although it doesn’t use the touchscreen… yet) and I…
New port labeller board from RasPiO for the Raspberry Pi
Alex Eames at RasPiO has just launched a new product. Following on from his successful port labeller boards for the model B, he has now launched one for the B+. It’s pretty nifty and is narrow enough that it fits inside…
More on Raspberry Pi Model B+ HATs
James Adams, Director of Hardware at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, has posted to the Foundation blog some official information about HAT (Hardware Attached on Top) boards that will be compatible with the B+. I previously covered this announcement on the…
Customisable GPIO plugin board for the Raspberry Pi
Andrew Gale has developed a new, simple add-on board for the Raspberry Pi Model B+ that plugs into the GPIO pins. I think this is the first home-grown board I’ve seen for the B+. It’s got a number of configurations…
Caller ID using a Raspberry Pi
Andy & Chris at AndyPi have worked out a way to use an old modem and an LCD screen to display caller ID. Have a read how they did it by downloading the PDF on their blog page.
Multi-directional cameras with the IVPort for Raspberry Pi
Here’s an interesting board for the Pi. It allows you to connect two cameras (or 4 if you stack two boards) to the Pi and then switch between them. I can imagine this being used for security camera applications where…
Add touch and gesture recognition to your Raspberry Pi
Thanks to RasPi.Today for this one. Thanks to a simple I2C expansion board, you can now add touch and gesture recognition to your Raspberry Pi. The board, called simply the ‘Hover’ is $39 and plugs into the I2C pins on…
New standards for GPIO boards on the #RaspberryPi B+
There are two pins on the GPIO on the new B+ all to do with EEPROM. Now, it doesn’t really matter to most users what these pins do, but for those who are developing add-on boards that plug into the…