{"id":9999,"date":"2014-06-08T17:30:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T17:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=9999"},"modified":"2014-06-08T17:30:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T17:30:10","slug":"matboard-easy-to-use-gpio-board-for-the-raspberrypi-from-a-father-and-son-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9999","title":{"rendered":"Matboard: easy-to-use GPIO board for the #RaspberryPi from a father-and-son team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/900987827\/matboard-a-easy-to-use-gpio-board-for-raspberry-pi\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ksr\/assets\/002\/047\/241\/d2e9558be0eca92dcc168a4f7c0c5d8a_large.JPG?resize=560%2C374&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Father-and-son team\u00a0Martin and Matthew Brabham have worked together to build a GPIO board for the Pi. The Matboard features 4 LEDs, 4 buttons, 4 relays, a darlington pair transistor buffer to drive the relays and buffer the inputs\u00a0and a prototyping area. It&#8217;s their hope that it will inspire people to pick up their Pis and get making! You can get a kit with all the parts to solder together yourself for \u00a321 (rising to \u00a324 post-earlybird) or a pre-soldered one for \u00a329. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/900987827\/matboard-a-easy-to-use-gpio-board-for-raspberry-pi\">Read more and support this great family project on Kickstarter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father-and-son team\u00a0Martin and Matthew Brabham have worked together to build a GPIO board for the Pi. 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