{"id":4678,"date":"2013-06-17T05:36:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T05:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=4678"},"modified":"2013-06-17T05:36:55","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T05:36:55","slug":"product-review-a-slice-of-pi-for-raspberrypi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4678","title":{"rendered":"Product review: a Slice of Pi for #RaspberryPi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypioneer.com\/2013\/06\/17\/product-review-a-slice-of-pi\/?utm_source=feedly\"><img src='\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2-1024x7681.jpg' alt='Product review \u2013 A Slice of Pi | Raspberry Pi-oneer' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oxford-based Peter Haban has done a mini-review of the Slice of Pi GPIO breakout board. Seems like a very useful little board.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.raspberrypioneer.com\/2013\/06\/17\/product-review-a-slice-of-pi\/?utm_source=feedly\">Read the review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxford-based Peter Haban has done a mini-review of the Slice of Pi GPIO breakout board. 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