{"id":3396,"date":"2013-04-04T11:24:25","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T11:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=3396"},"modified":"2013-04-04T11:24:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T11:24:25","slug":"maplin-stocks-gpio-board-with-terminal-block-for-raspberrypi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3396","title":{"rendered":"Maplin stocks GPIO Board with Terminal Block For #RaspberryPi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maplin.co.uk\/gpio-board-with-terminal-block-for-raspberry-pi-682474\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/N31NT1.jpg' alt='GPIO Board with Terminal Block For Raspberry Pi : Raspberry Pi : Maplin Electronics' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maplin is now stocking (online only, I think) a nifty little GPIO breakout board with push terminals. They say that it&#8217;s similar to the Pi Cobbler (which looks-wise it isn&#8217;t but functionality wise, I suppose it is&#8230; a bit). 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