{"id":226,"date":"2012-10-15T16:22:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T16:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=226"},"modified":"2012-10-15T16:22:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T16:22:05","slug":"minipiio-from-zuzebox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=226","title":{"rendered":"MiniPiio from Zuzebox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another couple of add-on boards, but these look very interesting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zuzebox.wordpress.com\/category\/minipiio\/\">MiniPiio \u00ab Zuzebox&#8217;s Blog<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tindie.com\/stores\/DTronixs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buy from Tindie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The L293D board:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zuzebox.wordpress.com\/category\/minipiio\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rpi_and_minipiio_l293d_small1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.78333282470703px; background-color: #ffffff;\">This is a DC Motor controller using the venerable L293D from ST (and others). The L293D is dual H-Bridge driver capable of driving 36V DC and 600mA per H-Bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The MiniPiio Relay2 board:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zuzebox.wordpress.com\/category\/minipiio\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rpi_and_minipiio_relay2_small1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.78333282470703px; background-color: #ffffff;\">A simple two relay DPCO board. Either of the relays can be selected from 8 off the GPIO pins from the Raspberry Pi expansion header.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/zuzebox.wordpress.com\/category\/minipiio\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/minipiio_rs2321.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also an RS232 board and at least another one, but the site is done as a blog so it&#8217;s a little difficult to just see a list, let alone spot where to buy from.<\/p>\n<p>Will edit this post later if I can find more info!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another couple of add-on boards, but these look very interesting. MiniPiio \u00ab Zuzebox&#8217;s Blog\u00a0Buy from Tindie The L293D board: This is a DC Motor controller using the venerable L293D from ST (and others). 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