Gertboard extender for Raspberry Pi ships to advanced tinkerers

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/10/raspberry-pi-gertboard-stuart-green-flickr.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/17/gertboard-extender-for-raspberry-pi-ships-to-advanced-tinkerers/)If a seemingly infinitely programmable mini computer like the Raspberry Pi (http://www.engadget.com/tag/RaspberryPi/) is just too... limiting, we've got good news: the Gertboard extender (http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/08/raspberry-pi-teases-finished-gertboard-i-o-extender/) has started shipping. The $48 companion board reaching customers' doorsteps converts analog to digital and back for Raspberry Pi fans developing home automation, robotics and just about anything else that needs a translation between the computing world and less intelligent objects. The one catch, as you'd sometimes expect from a homebrew (http://www.engadget.com/tag/homebrew/) project, is the need for some assembly -- you'll have to solder together Gert van Loo's Arduino (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Arduino/)-controlled invention on your own. We imagine the DIY crowd won't mind, though, as long as they can find the fast-selling Gertboard in the first place.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/17/gertboard-extender-for-raspberry-pi-ships-to-advanced-tinkerers/