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Pi Crust Breakout Board for Raspberry Pi

Pi Crust Breakout Board for Raspberry Pi

Got a Raspberry Pi and want to explore i/o options while maintaining the overall footprint of your project? If the answer is yes, then checkout maker Joe Walnes’ Pi Crust breakout board. With convenient headers and clear labels, the Pi Crust is the a great choice when you want to cram as much as you can into a tight enclosure. But don’t expect to buy one off-the-shelf. If you want a Pi Crust, you’ll have to order the parts and assemble it yourself.

Hummingbird: “Pre-Arduino” for Kids

Hummingbird: “Pre-Arduino” for Kids

Arduino was conceived as an open source microcontroller for artists, designers, and others who aren’t necessarily techie/programmer types. Of course, all sorts of makers have flocked to this technology because of its versatility. But in spite of its relative ease of use, there’s still a barrier to entry for new users. Like kids. For that reason, BirdBrain Technologies’ Hummingbird looks promising. They call it “pre-Arduino.”

Moonlight Skiing, Tron-Style

Moonlight Skiing, Tron-Style

Inspired by a post on Makezine last year about a crew of EL-wire brandishing surfers, the folks at Switchback Entertainment made a short video for Salomon Freeski TV featuring EL-wire embellished skiers (and some seriously drool-worthy powder shots). The video was filmed using only small headlamps, moonlight, and EL wire as light sources. Compounded by […]

LushOne Synthesizer Kit

LushOne Synthesizer Kit

Iain Sharp built a single-board, open source modular synth packing some pretty cool features: The LushOne kit is designed to provide the core functions of a modular synthesizer in a low-cost single board design. The LushOne can be controlled from a MIDI keyboard or PC interface to allow you to play the instrument with equipment […]