{"id":11390,"date":"2014-11-08T21:57:24","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T21:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11390"},"modified":"2014-11-08T21:57:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T21:57:24","slug":"diy-raspberry-pi-gpio-leds-and-switches-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11390","title":{"rendered":"DIY Raspberry Pi GPIO LEDs and switches board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piecesofpi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/GPIOboardphoto11-1024x621.jpg?resize=560%2C340\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A blogger\u00a0at PiecesOfPi.co.uk decided that he (or, indeed, she) wanted to build a GPIO board for themselves. So, they&#8217;ve taken a piece of stripboard, some LEDs and a few switches and done just that. He&#8217;s\u00a0posted all the diagrams so you can replicate the board, although he hasn&#8217;t included much in the way of help with the software. Should be fairly easy to knock something up with Python or ScratchGPIO, though. <a href=\"http:\/\/piecesofpi.co.uk\/raspberry-pi-gpio-leds-switches-board\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read all about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A blogger\u00a0at PiecesOfPi.co.uk decided that he (or, indeed, she) wanted to build a GPIO board for themselves. So, they&#8217;ve taken a piece of stripboard, some LEDs and a few switches and done just that. 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