{"id":10478,"date":"2014-07-23T11:41:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T11:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=10478"},"modified":"2014-07-23T11:41:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T11:41:47","slug":"new-standards-for-gpio-boards-on-the-raspberrypi-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10478","title":{"rendered":"New standards for GPIO boards on the #RaspberryPi B+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspi.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Raspberry_Pi_model_B%2B_topdown.jpg?resize=560%2C327\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are two pins on the GPIO on the new B+ all to do with EEPROM. Now, it doesn&#8217;t really matter to most users what these pins do, but for those who are developing add-on boards that plug into the pins, it could make all the difference. According to James Adams of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, these pins can be used to allow add-on boards, called HATs (Hardware Attached to the Top) to program the Pi on boot-up and create new and exciting behaviours. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/raspberrypi\/hats\" target=\"_blank\">read the current technical specs and documentation by visiting this GitHub site<\/a> (although it&#8217;s currently a work-in-progress) and you can hear more from James about the potential of the EEPROM pins by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspi.today\/raspberry-pi-hats-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\">reading this interview on Raspi.today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two pins on the GPIO on the new B+ all to do with EEPROM. 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