So, I've got all of these Raspberry Pi accessories... now what?

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I wrote back in May
(https://blog.omgmog.net/post/so-ive-got-a-raspberry-pi-now-what/) about having
a Raspberry Pi, and very few ideas about what to do with it. Here’s an update on
the subject.

KickStarter is a great thing. People with great product ideas can find people
who would be interested in their products, and those people back the products to
help them reach their funding goal.

I’ve backed a couple of Raspberry Pi related things on KickStarter as of today:

* Sweetbox II, the perfect case for your Raspberry Pi
  (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/677951563/sweetbox-ii-the-perfect-case-for-your-raspberry-pi)
* Mini-ITX Motherboard for the Raspberry Pi - Fairywren
  (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kwang/mini-itx-motherboard-for-the-raspberry-pi-fairywre)
* Kano: A computer anyone can make
  (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexklein/kano-a-computer-anyone-can-make)

Besides using KickStarter, others are independently creating products that
compliment the Raspberry Pi, a couple that I’ve come across and purchased are:

* Pibow Raspberry Pi case
  (http://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pibow-raspberry-pi-case)
* PiGlow (http://shop.pimoroni.com/products/piglow)

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In November I organised a sustainability-themed hack day
(https://blog.omgmog.net/post/sushack-1-building-the-foundations-of-the-oxford-flood-network-stack/)
where we used the Raspberry Pi paired with some custom-made sensors over
white-spectrum radiowaves to monitor flood water levels and push the sensor data
to the internet.

I’ve got plans to do some basic hardware stuff with the Raspberry Pi in the
coming weeks, such as powering a couple of motors independently using the GPIO
pins on the Pi. I’m sure I’ll follow that up on here when it’s done. You can see
the hardware I’m planning to use here on Deal Extreme
(http://dx.com/p/lmr-mr-basic-educational-electronic-robotics-kit-3-aa-45542).

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Published January 09, 2014

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Oxfordshire. He writes mostly about front-end development and technology.

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