{"id":15844,"date":"2016-11-14T10:17:37","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T09:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15844"},"modified":"2016-11-14T10:20:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T09:20:28","slug":"new-crowdfunding-campaign-for-a-raspberry-pi-powered-hobbyists-alarm-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15844","title":{"rendered":"New crowdfunding campaign for a Raspberry Pi-powered, hobbyists&#8217; alarm system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/maketronix-alarm-diy-raspberry-pi-alarm-education#\/\" target=\"_blank\"><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%2Cf_auto%2Cw_620\/v1479036539\/kx3dq0xigubjborriekg.jpg?resize=560%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zach\u00a0and Jake are two 16-year olds who are starting up a company called MakeTronix. To launch their company, they are running an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/maketronix-alarm-diy-raspberry-pi-alarm-education#\/\" target=\"_blank\">IndieGoGo campaign to raise funds to produce the MakeTronix Alarm<\/a>. It is a hobbyists&#8217; alarm system featuring a GPIO plugin board featuring 11 buttons, a red LED and a buzzer. Also included is a PIR sensor and some jumper wires to attach the sensor to the main board. The team&#8217;s plan is to create tutorials and lesson plans around the board for educational value. The board sells for \u00a311 (earlybird) rising to \u00a312 plus shipping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/maketronix-alarm-diy-raspberry-pi-alarm-education#\/\" target=\"_blank\">on IndieGoGo<\/a>. They&#8217;re aiming to sell at least 100 of them to reach their funding goal of \u00a31200.<\/p>\n<p>Zach&#8217;s hopefully sending me a board to look at very soon and I&#8217;ll report back on what I think of it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zach\u00a0and Jake are two 16-year olds who are starting up a company called MakeTronix. To launch their company, they are running an IndieGoGo campaign to raise funds to produce the MakeTronix Alarm. 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