Just a quick round-up of some new products for the Pi. I have no affiliation to either supplier and haven’t received any review products – just doing a quick summary for those who like buying bits!

Gooseneck Camera Mount

First up is this £3.99 camera mount from ModMyPi.

It plugs into the 3.5mm jack one one end and on the other end has a fixing for one of the mounting holes on the camera. Very simple design, very good price.

Capacitive Touch Sensor

Next is this Adafruit board which allows you to wire up 5 touch sensors and, for instance, detect when your finger touches a wire or touch pad.

Looks interesting and might get one for the Picorder – £8 isn’t bad.

Pibow Timber

Pimoroni, who make all the varieties of Pibow, have launched a new mostly-wooden case.

Made out of spruce hardwood layers (and plastic top-and-bottom), it really is a thing of beauty. At £14.95, it’s a touch pricey for a case, but it’s so pretty I’m not surprised it comes with a bit of a premium. As usual with Pibows, there are slots for the GPIO cable and the camera strip.

PiGlow

Another item from Pimoroni. This is a little board with surface-mounted LEDs.

It comes with 18 LEDs (three each of orange, red, yellow, green, blue and white) and is controlled using an onboard PWM chip which means you can dim the lights independently.

At £9 it’s not too bad, considering what you can do with it. For instance, if you mounted the Pi to the back of a television, you could conceivably achieve mood back-lighting.