{"id":16012,"date":"2016-12-05T20:08:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T19:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16012"},"modified":"2016-12-05T20:11:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T19:11:00","slug":"mobile-network-internet-of-things-add-on-boards-for-the-raspberry-pi-add-a-video-streaming-pledge-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16012","title":{"rendered":"Mobile network \/ Internet of Things add-on boards campaign for the Raspberry Pi adds a video streaming pledge level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/sixfab\/raspberry-pi-iot-shield-family-power-to-the-shield\/?ref=raspberrypipod\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16016\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iot-add-on-boards.png?resize=560%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IOT add-on boards\" width=\"560\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iot-add-on-boards.png?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iot-add-on-boards.png?resize=300%2C128&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iot-add-on-boards.png?resize=560%2C240&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iot-add-on-boards.png?resize=260%2C111&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/iot-add-on-boards.png?resize=160%2C68&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sixfab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SixFab<\/a> are currently running a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/sixfab\/raspberry-pi-iot-shield-family-power-to-the-shield\/?ref=raspberrypipod\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter campaign<\/a>\u00a0for a collection of IoT boards that allow your Raspberry Pi to connect to the GPRS, 3G and 4G networks (as well as a GPS board). They&#8217;ve recently added a <em>Video Streamer Pack<\/em>\u00a0pledge level for $199 which includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a Raspberry Pi 3<\/li>\n<li>a 4G\/LTE Shield<\/li>\n<li>a Raspberry Pi Camera<\/li>\n<li>a USB Cable<\/li>\n<li>an SD Card<\/li>\n<li>and a Pi PSU<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To go along with this pledge level, they&#8217;ve released two videos. One shows how to add your Pi to a drone:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Turn Your Raspberry Pi into the Open Source Drone Youtube Live Video Streamer\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F44R5PaV25M?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<p>and the other shows you how to set-up your Pi&#8217;s SD card to live stream video from the camera:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prepare SD Card for Raspberry Pi into the Drone Youtube Live Video Streamer\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lRd4BhN4BHk?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<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/sixfab\/raspberry-pi-iot-shield-family-power-to-the-shield\/?ref=raspberrypipod\" target=\"_blank\">find out more about these great add-on boards from the Kickstarter campaign page<\/a>. Hurry, though, as the (already funded campaign) closes in 11 days. There are some great value boards on there, in addition to the video streamer package, and I recommend taking a look if you&#8217;re interested in remote IoT operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SixFab are currently running a Kickstarter campaign\u00a0for a collection of IoT boards that allow your Raspberry Pi to connect to the GPRS, 3G and 4G networks (as well as a GPS board). 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