{"id":11542,"date":"2014-11-28T20:07:15","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T20:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11542"},"modified":"2014-11-28T20:07:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T20:07:15","slug":"christmas-tree-kit-for-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11542","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Tree kit for the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-whjvh3E-F34\/VHZDogDwp5I\/AAAAAAAAALI\/911waG46zc8\/s1600\/xmas%2Btree%2Bfinished.jpg?resize=560%2C484\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tom Stratford backed Andrew Gale&#8217;s recent Kickstarter for a GPIO Christmas Tree. He&#8217;s now got it and he&#8217;s posted up a short build review over on his blog. <a href=\"http:\/\/mrtomsworld.blogspot.co.uk\/2014\/11\/a-christmas-tree-for-your-raspberry-pi.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read it here<\/a>. If you&#8217;d like to get hold of your own Christmas tree and solder it up, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocketmoneytronics.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">head on over to PocketMoneyTronics<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Stratford backed Andrew Gale&#8217;s recent Kickstarter for a GPIO Christmas Tree. He&#8217;s now got it and he&#8217;s posted up a short build review over on his blog. Read it here. 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