PI ZERO

THIS MONTH IN PI
Community
CROWDFUND
THIS!
The best crowdfunding hits this
month that you should check out…
PROTOZERO
kck.st/1NBfQcO
The ProtoZero is a prototyping board for the Raspberry
Pi Zero. A Kickstarter from Average Man vs Pi, it’s
actually almost over at the time of writing, due to a
short campaign. The good news is that it’s already hit
eight times its funding goal, so you’ll be able to get one
when it comes out. It hooks up to the Pi Zero GPIO and
uses a similar configuration as a breadboard to allow
you to prototype circuits and HATs – you can even
solder all your components onto it and treat it as a HAT.
At £5 they’re pretty cheap, so good for making quick
and cheap HATs for your £4 computer.
RASPIO PRO HAT
kck.st/1WdN3hM
A breadboard that connects to the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO
ports and labels them in a more useful fashion (i.e. by
GPIO number and not by pin number), the Pro HAT is
the new HAT from Raspi.TV and RasPiO. It works right
out of the box, mounted on top of the Pi’s GPIO pins,
which means it can work instantly with the GPIO Zero
Python library as well. At the time of writing, the goal
has been hit, but there’ll still be time to pledge for
one before the deadline. It should be a fantastic little
educational kit for people with a Raspberry Pi.
LIV PI STARTER
igg.me/at/rpi/x
A home air quality kit for Raspberry Pi, it will enable
you to keep an eye on how good the air is inside your
home. Not only that, but it monitors temperature,
humidity, and air pressure and lets you know how it
works. It comes with a nice acrylic box to keep it all in
as well! For a little bit extra, it will also keep an eye on
CO 2
levels for you. Go have a look and see if it’s the kind
of thing you want in your home!
BEST OF THE REST
Here’s some other great projects we saw this month
SUPERGAMEGIRL INSTRUCTIONS
magpi.cc/1NiHXtJ
A few issues ago, we talked
about the SuperGameGirl – it’s a
fun little project that uses a 3D
printed, modified Game Boy case
and powers it with a Raspberry
Pi to create a portable emulation
machine. Its inventor has now put
out a full set of instructions on how
to do it yourself, after spending
some time making sure it could be
followed. Give it a look!
SELF-DRIVING (RC) CAR
People have made automatons in
magpi.cc/1niPfcz
terms of robots with the Raspberry
Pi, but never a fully fledged selfdriving
car… albeit one on the small
side. The technique is roughly the
same, though: ultrasonic distance
sensors, a camera, and some code
to control the car. Read up on how
Zheng Wang made one on his blog
via the link.
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