The Average Man has got hold of a prototype of a MicroUPS which is an interruptible power supply. It’s currently running as a campaign on crowdfunding site IndieGoGo. Read the review here and take a look at the IGG page…
Category: GPIO boards
Review of Farnell sensor board for the #RaspberryPi
Matt Hawkins, over at Raspberry Pi Spy, was lucky enough to be sent a Freescale Xtrinsic Sensor Board by Farnell. The board includes: MPL3115 – High-Precision Pressure Sensor (50 to 110kPa, 2.5v) MAG3110 – Low-power 3D Magnetometer MMA8491Q – 3-Axis, Digital…
Using the Wolfson audio card with the #RaspberryPi
Over on Element14, Tim (aka packetgeek) has been road-testing a Wolfson audio card. He’s been working towards creating a Softsqueeze client with the card and he’s fully documented the procedure. Read it here. Although the review score (54/60) is high,…
Getting started with the #RaspberryPi Pi Co-Op
Matt Hawkins over at Raspberry Pi Spy has done a nice beginners intro for the Pi Co-Op board in which he makes an LED blink. It’s a simple example of what can be done with the board but worthwhile as…
#RaspberryPi 7-segment temperature monitor
The Average Man previously wrote a tutorial on creating a prototype of his 7-segment temperature monitor. He’s now taken an EZasPi prototyping board and made a more permanent version. You can read more about the board and his use of it…
The RasPiO Analog board for the #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames (from RasPi.TV) gave me one of his new boards to take a look at. It’s called the RasPiO Analog. It gives you the ability to add analog inputs to your Raspberry Pi. It’s essentially a GPIO plugin prototyping board…
Building a #RaspberryPi karaoke machine
Over on the Element14 community, Sumit Rai has been posting up a step-by-step guide to building a karaoke machine. He’s even managed to work out how to use the Wolfson Pi audio board to do it, although details on that…
Review of 7 Seg for #RaspberryPi
Carl Monk backed Tom Garry’s IndieGoGo campaign and bagged himself a 7 Seg for Raspberry Pi kit. He soldered it together and tried it out and has now given his frank opinion in this review. Read it here.
Win a Pi Crust for your #RaspberryPi
The Average Man has recently reached 300 Twitter followers and has decided to run a competition. You can win one of these special edition Pi Crust boards (pictured above) by simply tweeting a particular message. The message can be found…
Assembling the RasPiO duino for the #RaspberryPi
Alex Eames has been very busy of late. Not only has he been running the HDMIPi project but he’s also been working on a series of GPIO boards. One of the latest, the RasPiO duino, which brings the power of…