{"id":18488,"date":"2018-03-13T16:18:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T15:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18488"},"modified":"2018-03-13T16:18:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T15:18:34","slug":"inspire-kids-to-code-with-this-new-diy-raspberry-pi-tablet-makepad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18488","title":{"rendered":"Inspire kids to code with this new DIY Raspberry Pi tablet – MakePad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new Kickstarter has just launched for a tablet, powered by a Raspberry Pi<\/a>. With it’s eye firmly on the children’s market, the MakePad features a 10.1″ touchscreen and is battery powered (8000mAh). It has a built-in 3W speaker for audio applications and comes with a 16GB microSD card with MakeOS pre-installed. MakeOS has been developed specifically for the touch capabilities of the device and includes a Blockly programming language as well as access to Python. It’s probably a reskinned Raspbian as it also includes the LibreOffice suite, Minecraft Pi etc.<\/p>\n

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The MakePad<\/a> comes as a kit that you assemble and reminds me of a mixture of the Kano kit and HDMIPi. They’ve made the sensible decision to have a cut-out for the GPIO pins, although with the Pi ‘around the back’, using it will probably need a ribbon cable and a cobbler. The case is LEGO-compatible so you\/your child can have fun personalising it to your heart’s content.<\/p>\n

Estimated delivery for perks is October 2018 (which seems a bit ambitious to me, but we’ll see). The Super Early Bird devices are still available at $164\/$199 (with\/without a Pi), before rising to $204\/$239.<\/p>\n

You can see the campaign video below and you can visit the campaign here<\/a>.<\/p>\n