{"id":7229,"date":"2013-12-13T09:01:57","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T09:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=7229"},"modified":"2013-12-13T09:01:57","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T09:01:57","slug":"build-your-own-raspberrypi-gertboard-experimenter-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7229","title":{"rendered":"Build Your Own #RaspberryPi Gertboard Experimenter Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.element14.com\/community\/servlet\/JiveServlet\/downloadImage\/38-13453-173113\/carefully-attaching-microswitches.jpg?resize=400%2C500\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Joe Alderson at Element 14 has written a tutorial for creating an experimenter board with the Gertboard. He&#8217;s included all the resources to get you going (including a laser cutter file, but I daresay one can knock one up with a plain old saw).<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0<em>believe<\/em> this is the same board that we saw at CamJam in July at Cambridge Consultants!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.element14.com\/community\/community\/raspberry-pi\/raspberrypi_projects\/blog\/2013\/11\/14\/build-a-gertboard-experimenter-kit\">Read how to do it here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Alderson at Element 14 has written a tutorial for creating an experimenter board with the Gertboard. 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