{"id":15789,"date":"2016-11-01T19:29:54","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T18:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15789"},"modified":"2016-11-01T19:29:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T18:29:54","slug":"new-crowdfunding-campaign-for-a-raspberry-pi-add-on-the-rabbitmax-flex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15789","title":{"rendered":"New crowdfunding campaign for a Raspberry Pi add-on &#8211; the RabbitMax Flex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c1.iggcdn.com\/indiegogo-media-prod-cld\/image\/upload\/c_limit%2Cw_620\/v1477729672\/ormvkdmr2gvr4tkiac8k.png?resize=560%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leon Anavi has just launched his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/rabbitmax-flex-raspberry-pi-hat-for-iot#\/\" target=\"_blank\">first crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo<\/a>. He wants to fund the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/rabbitmax-flex-raspberry-pi-hat-for-iot#\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>RabbitMax Flex<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0which is an add-on board for the Raspberry Pi. The main board is HAT-sized and hosts the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a relay<\/li>\n<li>a buzzer<\/li>\n<li>a button<\/li>\n<li>an IR transmitter (IR LED)<\/li>\n<li>an IR receiver (IR photo sensor)<\/li>\n<li>an RGB LED<\/li>\n<li>slots for 5 I2C sensors<\/li>\n<li>slot for a 16&#215;2 LCD display<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s a bit of an odd beast but is designed to be a home for your Internet of Things projects. The I2C headers are particularly useful and you can get I2C sensors to go along with the Flex HAT as part of the campaign reward levels. Rewards start at 20 Euros and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/rabbitmax-flex-raspberry-pi-hat-for-iot#\/\" target=\"_blank\">take a look at the campaign here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leon was kind enough to send me one of the early boards to take a look at. I&#8217;m halfway through writing the review at the moment, but I thought I&#8217;d post this quick blog to make sure you didn&#8217;t miss out on the Earlybirds! Definitely worth a look!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RabbitMax Flex Raspberry Pi HAT\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UCUjd38M-po?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>Leon Anavi has just launched his first crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. He wants to fund the\u00a0RabbitMax Flex\u00a0which is an add-on board for the Raspberry Pi. The main board is HAT-sized and hosts the following: a relay a buzzer a button&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15789\">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":[13,20,26,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crowdfunding","category-gpio-boards","category-internet-of-things","category-sensors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New crowdfunding campaign for a Raspberry Pi add-on - the RabbitMax Flex - 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=15789\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New crowdfunding campaign for a Raspberry Pi add-on - the RabbitMax Flex - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leon Anavi has just launched his first crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. 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