Here‘s a good, balanced review from SmittyTone of the Pibrella from Pimoroni/Cyntech. He’s gone into some depth here, particularly reviewing the software library that comes with it. Not sure I agree with the criticism that it looks like a toy…
Category: GPIO boards
Using male and female headers with #RaspberryPi expansion boards
The Average Man has done a great round-up of the ways to use headers in various ways with the Pi. He looks at techniques for breaking them apart and at the various breakout and plugin boards you can use. Read it…
Assembling an RTK motor controller board for the #RaspberryPi
Paul Brown has done an excellent guide to putting together RyanTeck’s motor controller board. Lots of photographs of how to solder the board up. Read his tutorial here.
Assembling the Fish Dish board for the #RaspberryPi
Jamie over at The Pi Hut needed some assembly instructions doing for some of his products. So, he tweeted for volunteers and sent out some bits and pieces to various people. The Average Man volunteered to put together the Fish…
Seven Segments of Pi in the Classroom (Part 6)
Another guest post from Nevil Hunt, creator of the Seven Segments of Pi Part 6 – Soldering is Fun! But respect the 300oC end! Last week I talked about how in the PiDice Workshop pupils learnt how to write Python…
Measure the temperature of cooking meat with the #RaspberryPi
Sébastien Rinsoz has written a tutorial in which he uses a Yocto-Thermocouple to measure and record the temperature of meat in an oven. It’s connected to the Raspberry Pi which triggers the taking of readings and recording them and sending emails etc.…
HDMIPi update brings encouragement for #RaspberryPi users who backed it
Alex Eames has just published an update for HDMIPi, the affordable high-definition screen for the Pi. In it, he reports receipt of the latest version of the screen driver board and explains some of the tests he’s run on it.…
Using the Pi-LITEr board with the #RaspberryPi
The ‘Average Man’ has got hold of a Pi-LITEr board from Ciseco. These tiny boards feature a row of bright surface-mounted LEDs and plug directly into the GPIO. It’s really good for teaching yourself about GPIO and you could make,…
Review of ProtoLab breakout board for the #RaspberryPi from AlienSpec
The Average Man has got hold of one of these lovely prototyping boards from AlienSpec and has written a very detailed review of it’s capabilities here. You can buy one for £15 delivered from their eBay shop.
RasPiO Breakout Pro – a #RaspberryPi add-on board that protects your Pi
Alex Eames has done a great video in which he explains how the new RasPiO Breakout Pro protects the Pi. It has resistors for protecting the Pi from excessive amp draw and diodes to protect the Pi should you connect…