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| Authored by: betajet on Friday, October 26 2012 @ 02:40 PM EDT |
| You might be able to get a Gertboard kit from someone who's decided to wait for
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| Authored by: Ian Al on Saturday, October 27 2012 @ 02:02 AM EDT |
Gertboard FAQ
at Element14 Community:
Updated 22 October 2012 18:32
GMT
Q. Why is the Gertboard Kit now unavailable?
A.
Thank you for your interest in the Gertboard Kit. Due to overwhelming
popularity, we have sold out and will no longer be accepting orders for the
Gertboard Kit.
However, we will have new and exclusive products
coming very soon. We will announce it on the Community as products become
available.
We will also be launching a few new groups to help you
with your Raspberry Pi builds. So stay tuned.
It looks like I will
be buying more products from the accursed Element14.
BTW the Element14
professional Raspberry Pi case is in a disgusting raspberry pink. However, it
can be used with or without case screws which makes it possible to install and
remove the GPIO ribbon cable with ease. It comes with 'light pipes' (clear
plastic components) that pipe the LED light to the indicator slots.
My
other favourite is from ModMyPi, but the top of the case has a knockout for GPIO
access which looks unsightly when knocked out and I had to manufacture my own
light pipes using a piece of acrylic sheet (Perspex) with sawn slots divided by
black tape for each LED.
The other case I like is the Maplin 'rainbow'
case formed from laser cut acrylic sheet layers in multiple colours. The top is
clear which shows off the board and the LEDs. It has a tidy slot for the GPIO
cable, but the four securing screws need to be removed together with the top
couple of layers in order to install and uninstall the GPIO header cable. Since
I have quality cases for all my Pis, I will probably buy only one, once they are
back in stock.---
Regards
Ian Al
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