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Hi everyone. This is just a quick reminder about Pi Borg’s campaign to raise funds to develop ZeroBorg<\/a>, which is a motor controller board\u00a0suitable for use with the Raspberry Pi Zero. I previously covered it here<\/a>\u00a0and, with the campaign entering it’s final hours, I thought I’d bring it to your attention again just in case you wanted to pledge. The campaign<\/a> is already successful so you can pledge with confidence. Take a look at the campaign here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone. This is just a quick reminder about Pi Borg’s campaign to raise funds to develop ZeroBorg, which is a motor controller board\u00a0suitable for use with the Raspberry Pi Zero. I previously covered it here\u00a0and, with the campaign entering…<\/p>\n

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