{"id":17103,"date":"2017-07-13T14:05:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T13:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17103"},"modified":"2017-07-18T15:22:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T14:22:47","slug":"new-hat-for-the-raspberry-pi-from-pi-top-puts-the-art-in-steam-introducing-pi-toppulse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17103","title":{"rendered":"New HAT for the Raspberry Pi from pi-top puts the Art in STEAM &#8211; introducing pi-topPULSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pi-topPULSE.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17105\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pi-topPULSE.jpg?resize=560%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pi-topPULSE.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pi-topPULSE.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pi-topPULSE.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pi-topPULSE.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pi-topPULSE.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pi-topPULSE.jpg?resize=560%2C560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pi-topPULSE.jpg?resize=260%2C260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pi-topPULSE.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/pi-topPULSE.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pi-top.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pi-top<\/a> have just announced the launch of the <strong>pi-topPULSE<\/strong>. This innovative add-on board (HAT-compatible) for the Raspberry Pi sports the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-canvas-width=\"264.9948577616613\">7&#215;7 <strong>RGB LED matrix<\/strong> array<\/li>\n<li data-canvas-width=\"246.38737484883856\">\n<div data-canvas-width=\"77.96228076188711\">2-watt 4\u2126 <strong>s<\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\"><strong>peaker<\/strong> which is powered through an I2S amplifier<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-canvas-width=\"246.38737484883856\"><strong>Microphone<\/strong> (200Hz to 11KHz response with automatic gain control)<\/li>\n<li data-canvas-width=\"246.38737484883856\">\n<div data-canvas-width=\"544.953323145387\">Cloud-based voice service integration with <strong>Amazon Alexa\u00a0<\/strong>(Pi 3 only)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-canvas-width=\"246.38737484883856\">Fully-assembled<\/li>\n<li data-canvas-width=\"246.38737484883856\">Comes with <strong>magnetic fixings and pin-connector<\/strong> for use inside a pi-top or pi-topCEED.<\/li>\n<li data-canvas-width=\"246.38737484883856\">Includes <strong>magnetic stand-offs<\/strong> for use as a regular HAT on top of the Pi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are plenty of example programs and demos to download and for pi-topOS users, there are lesson plans included for you to use.<\/p>\n<p>The board is completely compatible with all 40-pin Raspberry Pis and has the necessary bits and pieces to work with the pi-top ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.rs-online.com\/web\/p\/semiconductor-development-kit-accessories\/1367934\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy one for \u00a339.99 (presumably plus VAT) from RS Components UK here<\/a> or, if you&#8217;re in Europe, <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/de.rs-online.com\/web\/p\/semiconductor-entwicklungskit-zubehor\/1367934\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>buy one for E51.99<\/strong> here<\/a>. Alternatively, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepihut.com\/products\/pitop-pulse-hat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buy one here from The Pi Hut for \u00a348 (inc VAT)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Opinion<\/h2>\n<p>This board looks terrific and has a great feature set. It&#8217;s due to retail for $49 (around \u00a345 &#8211; a bit spendy, but it does bring an awful lot of functionality with it) and will be available from <strong>RS Components<\/strong>. Other resellers will no doubt come on-line soon enough. What impresses most is the inclusion of both a microphone and a speaker, which no other add-on board (that I know of) for the Pi offers. How well the software works remains to be seen, but given that they promise integration with Amazon Alexa, you have to imagine that the software backs the hardware up.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, with integration with Alexa, they&#8217;ve rather stolen the march on the Google AIY project kit that came with a recent issue of The MagPi. With the hardware for that project not yet available, the pi-topPULSE offers an immediate solution.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be getting hold of one of these boards as soon as I can &#8211; I&#8217;ll let you know what I think of it!<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, here&#8217;s the RS Components un-boxing video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UNBOXING the pi-topPULSE - new Raspberry Pi Accessory\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KRAergqGHDE?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<h2>More opinion<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the launch coverage from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/raspberry-pi-transformed-into-amazon-echo-by-smart-assistant-add-on\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tech Republic<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/turns-raspberry-pi-into-an-amazon-echo-with-pi-toppulse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZDNet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Launch video<\/h2>\n<p>You can see the launch video below!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing pi-topPULSE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D2Rq2mG7qD8?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>pi-top have just announced the launch of the pi-topPULSE. This innovative add-on board (HAT-compatible) for the Raspberry Pi sports the following features: 7&#215;7 RGB LED matrix array 2-watt 4\u2126 speaker which is powered through an I2S amplifier Microphone (200Hz to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17103\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17105,"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":[54,56,4,20,25,134,47],"tags":[242,453],"class_list":["post-17103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accessories","category-art","category-audio","category-gpio-boards","category-home-automation","category-pi-top","category-rpi-shopping","tag-pi-top","tag-pi-toppulse"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New HAT for the Raspberry Pi from pi-top puts the Art in STEAM - introducing pi-topPULSE - 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=17103\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New HAT for the Raspberry Pi from pi-top puts the Art in STEAM - introducing pi-topPULSE - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"pi-top have just announced the launch of the pi-topPULSE. 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