{"id":14946,"date":"2016-06-23T12:31:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T11:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14946"},"modified":"2016-06-23T12:31:31","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T11:31:31","slug":"add-personality-to-your-projects-with-the-mcroboface-for-the-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14946","title":{"rendered":"Add personality to your projects with the McRoboFace for the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/dcd36479c2e0b7cd3c68a244ab830915_original.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14947\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/dcd36479c2e0b7cd3c68a244ab830915_original.jpg?resize=560%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"dcd36479c2e0b7cd3c68a244ab830915_original\" width=\"560\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/dcd36479c2e0b7cd3c68a244ab830915_original.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/dcd36479c2e0b7cd3c68a244ab830915_original.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/dcd36479c2e0b7cd3c68a244ab830915_original.jpg?resize=560%2C419&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/dcd36479c2e0b7cd3c68a244ab830915_original.jpg?resize=260%2C195&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/dcd36479c2e0b7cd3c68a244ab830915_original.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gareth over at 4tronix has just launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/4tronix\/mcroboface?ref=recantha\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter campaign to fund McRoboFace<\/a>: 17 bright (Neopixel-type) RGB LEDs in a &#8220;friendly face&#8221; formation. The board is controllable from a Raspberry Pi, Crumble, Arduino and other base boards. I&#8217;ve featured the board previously &#8211; Robin Newman got hold of an early version and has been using it to highlight sound effects from Sonic Pi (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14939\" target=\"_blank\">view the video here<\/a>\u00a0or below).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/4tronix\/mcroboface?ref=recantha\" target=\"_blank\">You can currently (super earlybird) get hold of a McRoboFace for \u00a35 (plus shipping) from the Kickstarter campaign page<\/a>. It&#8217;s a bit of fun and seems to be a very versatile little board, useful for indicator lights or just for adding emotion to your projects.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4Tronix McRoboFace Conversation controlled by Sonic Pi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D9mkHCmcYJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gareth over at 4tronix has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund McRoboFace: 17 bright (Neopixel-type) RGB LEDs in a &#8220;friendly face&#8221; formation. The board is controllable from a Raspberry Pi, Crumble, Arduino and other base boards. I&#8217;ve featured the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14946\">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":[80,13,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blinkies","category-crowdfunding","category-robotics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Add personality to your projects with the McRoboFace for the Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14946\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Add personality to your projects with the McRoboFace for the Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gareth over at 4tronix has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund McRoboFace: 17 bright (Neopixel-type) RGB LEDs in a &#8220;friendly face&#8221; formation. 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