Just like with the
GoPiGo board, the brain of the
GrovePi+ board is an ATMEGA328 microcontroller which allows the GrovePi+ and Raspberry Pi to communicate data back and forth.
The GrovePi+ board features 5 different types of ports and a total of 15 ports, including four I2C ports, three analog ports, seven digital ports, one GrovePi serial port and one Raspberry Pi serial port.
Both the I2C and Raspberry Pi serial ports are directly connected and used by the Raspberry Pi to access dat though you can also send data directly from the GrovePi+ to the Raspberry Pi.
All ports on the GrovePi+ are accessible by the Raspberry Pi and should you need more digital ports, you can turn the analog ports on the GrovePi+ into digital ports by using the
pinMode() method.The Raspberry Pi model I will be using with the GrovePi+ board is the
Raspberry Pi B+ that I am using with the
GoPiGo robot car.
Building the GoPiGo robot car was really a fun electronic project to do and with the latest addition of sensors from the
GrovePi+ starter kit, it will be great to put those sensors to work!
As a rule of thumb, heavy mice are best for wrist flicking while lighter mice are best for tracking because of the lower inertia required. H...
Anyone who is in the market for cute and quirky earbuds are likely to find the Cleer Roam NC very appealing. Roam NC are a pair of anc earbu...
The Edifier TWS NB2 Pro earbuds are a more refined version of its predecessors - the TWS NB and NB2 - and, it's also the successor since...
They say that the best camera it's the camera that you've got in your hand at the moment that you need it. Unless you're a photo...
The Blon Mini earphones are truly and really eye catchy and out of the ordinary with a miniature replica design of Chicago's famous Clou...
Pyro is the masked pyromaniac character in the video game Team Fortress 2 and, it's also the name of the latest Roccat mechanical keyboa...
A successful backpack looks nice, fits well and has enough organization to carry one's belongings. There is no question that the style a...
A device full of hot air, the Beldray Climate Cube is a cooling fan that blows hot air, quite literary, via a nifty revolving mechanism that...
Massive monitor screens, huge speakers and Vegas style RGB lights makes for the ultimate dream gaming setup, although it isn't needed fo...
A computer keyboard and mouse are essential and, with good reason, because without them you can't use a computer! While the keyboard and...