{"id":14262,"date":"2016-03-03T11:03:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T10:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14262"},"modified":"2016-04-01T16:26:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T15:26:17","slug":"piborg-launches-new-motor-controller-for-the-raspberry-pi-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14262","title":{"rendered":"PiBorg launches new motor controller for the Raspberry Pi Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/291558b51d525706bfce144804cf52e4_original.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14444\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/291558b51d525706bfce144804cf52e4_original.jpg?resize=560%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"291558b51d525706bfce144804cf52e4_original\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/291558b51d525706bfce144804cf52e4_original.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/291558b51d525706bfce144804cf52e4_original.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/291558b51d525706bfce144804cf52e4_original.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/291558b51d525706bfce144804cf52e4_original.jpg?resize=260%2C195&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/291558b51d525706bfce144804cf52e4_original.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.piborg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">PiBorg<\/a>, the small company based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire who created the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piborg.org\/doodleborg\" target=\"_blank\">Doodleborg <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piborg.org\/diddyborg\/rededition\" target=\"_blank\">Diddyborg <\/a>robots (as well as lots of other boards, bots and, of course the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nHH98fsYK-8\" target=\"_blank\">excellent turntable at this year&#8217;s Pi Wars<\/a>), have this morning announced the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/frobotics\/zeroborg-robotics-for-the-raspberry-pi-zero?ref=raspberrypipod\" target=\"_blank\">their first Kickstarter campaign<\/a>. The campaign will raise funds for the development and production of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/frobotics\/zeroborg-robotics-for-the-raspberry-pi-zero?ref=raspberrypipod\" target=\"_blank\">ZeroBorg<\/a>. The ZeroBorg has the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Very small &#8211; only slightly larger than the Zero.<\/li>\n<li>Can control four motors (or two stepper motors) independently &#8211; as shown in the picture above.<\/li>\n<li>4 H-bridges.<\/li>\n<li>An on board fast blow fuse at 5A,<\/li>\n<li>Designed to run off a 9V power source (max range 2.7V to 10.8V. To power the Pi Zero 7V minimum),<\/li>\n<li>2 analogue inputs, which are great for sensors,<\/li>\n<li>I2C communication, allowing daisy chaining to other boards,<\/li>\n<li>Fully soldered and ready to use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are\u00a0several reward levels starting at \u00a310 (plus shipping) for an\u00a0Earlybird motor controller board only, \u00a320 (plus shipping) for a board with a 9V battery clip, IR sensor and power regulator (allowing you to run the Pi and controller board off a 9V battery and to control it via IR remote control), and various others with various combinations. <em>I&#8217;ve gone in at the \u00a320 level<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Myself and Tim Richardson visited PiBorg recently and caught sight of the board. It&#8217;s incredibly cute and has a lot of possibilities for battery-powered motor operation.<\/p>\n<p>See\u00a0the campaign video below and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/frobotics\/zeroborg-robotics-for-the-raspberry-pi-zero?ref=raspberrypipod\" target=\"_blank\">visit the campaign for more details and to pledge here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/frobotics\/zeroborg-robotics-for-the-raspberry-pi-zero\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PiBorg, the small company based in St Ives, Cambridgeshire who created the Doodleborg and Diddyborg robots (as well as lots of other boards, bots and, of course the excellent turntable at this year&#8217;s Pi Wars), have this morning announced the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14262\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,20,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crowdfunding","category-gpio-boards","category-robotics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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