Raspberry Pi Board Suggestions

[angusgr]

Hi everyone,

We have a few Raspberry Pi boards in the pipeline that I'll be pretty excited to see announced over the next few weeks.

However, we're still curious... what Pi expansions would you like to see? What would scratch your project's itch?

- Angus

[MrHobbyelectronics]

Hi guys,
I would love to see a 3-axis accelerometer module for the Pi, similar to the one that you supply for Arduino.

Nick.

[murray78]

How about adding the RTC module to the breakout board, the DS3232 is compatible with the raspberry pi.

[he1957]

HI Folks,

What would be nice is a version of the "PiBreak Plus Raspberry Pi Prototyping Board" which includes a DC input power socket (and screw terminals) pre-fitted with a wide range DC switching regulator over the input range of about ~5.0 to 15 VDC that provides the 3.3 and 5.0 VDC rails to the Pi board and the input voltage as a pass-through.

Optionally:

1. Space or pads for a couple of DIP chips with pin breakouts
2. Pads for DIP chip or other interconnects ie: a few sets of two pads connected to allow junctions (refer Jaycar HP9556 for ideas).
3. D/A and/or A/D chip mount with breakouts
4. Double length pin header(s) to allow stacking
5. RS232 connection/level converter connecting to the serial I/O ports to allow easy RS232 comms
6. Other ideas welcome

Kinda like a stripped down version of PiLeven with more proto-space.


Cheers,

Harry E.

[angusgr]

Hi Harry,

Thanks for the suggestion. Some good ideas there!


Angus

[ChrisL]

Any chance you might consider a Raspbery Pi PoE (802.3af) expansion board?

I'm considering building something based around your Arduino ethernet regulator:

http://www.freetronics.com.au/collectio ... tor-8023af

Shame it puts out 7.5v, otherwise it might be perfect!

Thanks,
Chris.

[angusgr]

Hi Chris,

We've discussed the idea a little internally, but we don't have any current plans sorry. Thanks for bringing it up though!

Angus

[willieaames]

I've used the GPIO expander before, pretty useful on projects that use a lot of pins. You could get the cable, hack it up, and make your own custom arduino expander.

[dusthead]

Us folks in the home automation community using Raspberry Pi to run Home Assistant have an interest in a shield to give direct support for mSATA SSD sticks. We’re experiencing SD card failures because Home Assistant writes and reads a lot at the same time, also uses a database file, etc so many people have moved to NAS servers or other more reliable storage methods. Some who are more stubborn wishing to keep the Pi, like me, have looked at mSATA SSD as a solution but the only option available right now is a USB bridged expansion board. So, while reliability is much higher and failure rate brought way down, speed was sacrificed. If there was a way to directly connect the Pi with an mSATA SSD shield we could get full speed read/write.

Current solution: https://www.instructables.com/id/Raspbe ... SSD-Drive/