Kickstarter at 332% – Last week for The Missing Boards for the Raspberry Pi

May 18, 2016 Grove, IOT, Kickstarter, Python Raspberry Pi Software, Raspberry Pi, SwitchDoc Products

Kickstarter at 332%. Last week for The Missing Boards for the Raspberry Pi Pi2GroverREVISED ANGLED

The Missing Boards for the Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a fabulous board.  You can do almost anything with one of these inexpensive computers.   However, after using the Raspberry Pi for a number of years, we have determined what boards are really missing in the Raspberry Pi ecosystem.  It is made even better with a Pi2Grover IOT prototyping board.   The three missing boards for the Raspberry Pi are:

1) A inexpensive way of rapid prototyping with the Pi (Pi2Grover)

2) An inexpensive flexible Analog to Digital Converter (Grove 4 Channel 16 bit ADC)

3) A way of adding additional GPIOs with out adding complexity (Grove Digital Extender)
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All Three Specifications Released

What are Grove Connectors?

Grove connectors are a standard way of connecting modules together without soldering.  They are keyed so you can’t plug them in backwards.   See our Grove Tutorial here.

 

Example of the Grove 4 Channel 16 Bit ADC in Use

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WeatherPiArduino is a weather station controller board designed to interface to Arduino and Raspberry Pi computers.  It is an interface board developed by SDL GroveSwitchDoc Labs to allow the user to easily build a fully functioned Weather Station while allowing customization of functions.

WeatherPiArduino is derived from Project Curacao.  Generation 1 of this board was deployed and tested in Curacao before Generation 2 was released to production.  The full WeatherPiArduino article was published in Raspberry Pi Geek magazine in September, 2014 and a follow up article was published in April, 2015 (including the new lightning detector).  The WeatherPiArduino comes with a SwitchDoc Labs DS3231/EEPROM board.

Combine the WeatherPiArduino with a SunAir or SunAirPlus board to create a solar powered weather station.

What sensors does the WeatherPiArduino support?

Interfaces on WeatherPiArduino Board

  • I2C for Raspberry Pi
  • I2C for Arduino
  • RJ11 Plugs installed for SwitchDoc Labs WeatherRack Wind Vane, Rain Bucket, Anemometer computer connections for Raspberry Pi and Arduino

I2C devices Included with the WeatherPiArduino Board

Plug in I2C Interfaces provided

I2C Device Specifications