Gert had told me back in July that he was working on this and I’m pleased to say that it’s finally found it’s way to market.

The Gertduino is a Raspberry-Pi add-on which offers the same functionality as an Arduino-Uno but with some extra features thrown in. The board features an Atmega328 microcontroller, runs of 5V, has the 16MHz oscillator and has connectors which are 100% Arduino-Uno compatible. It also contains the reset switch, 2 user push buttons, and 6 LEDs. The board also has a RS232 level converter which will convert the signals form a UART to the RS232 standard voltages (And invert them as per that same standard).

The Gertduino is £18.87 plus VAT and shipping which brings it out at £27.38.

Farnell are doing their usual sterling job of marketing it by a) keeping it quiet amongst the community and b) grouping it in with the Gertboard, even though it’s not, by calling it the Gertboard Gertduino.

Read more and you can also buy from Element 14/Farnell.