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| − | The Gertboard is one of the [[RPi Expansion Boards|expansion boards]] | + | The Gertboard is one of the [[RPi Expansion Boards|expansion boards]], sold for some time in a kit form. It was nicknamed after Gert van Loo, its developer and one of the principal Hardware Engineers for Raspberry Pi, and was announced on 17th December 2011: [http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/482] |
[http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/411 Introducing Gertboard] | [http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/411 Introducing Gertboard] | ||
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| + | [http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1734 Gertboard Availability Announcement] includes links to assembly and user manuals. | ||
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| + | As of 2013-01-22, it is now possible to order pre-assembled Gertboard through Element 14: http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-51726?ICID=raspberrypi-gert-banner | ||
| + | User manual is available at : http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-51727/l/assembled-gertboard-user-manual?ICID=gertboard-techdoc | ||
''Additional Details can be found on the Raspberry Pi Forum [http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/educational-applications/gertboard here].'' | ''Additional Details can be found on the Raspberry Pi Forum [http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/educational-applications/gertboard here].'' | ||
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| + | [http://www.raspi.tv/downloads Gertboard test suite has been released in Python.] These are written to be functionally identical to the original C programs, but have been rewritten from scratch. There are versions for WiringPi for Python and RPi.GPIO. | ||
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[[File:Pcbavrpict.gif|thumb|500px|The Gertboard ([http://elinux.org/images/5/59/Pcbavrpict.gif click to enlarge])]] | [[File:Pcbavrpict.gif|thumb|500px|The Gertboard ([http://elinux.org/images/5/59/Pcbavrpict.gif click to enlarge])]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:52, 23 January 2013
Back to RPi Expansion Boards.
The Gertboard is one of the expansion boards, sold for some time in a kit form. It was nicknamed after Gert van Loo, its developer and one of the principal Hardware Engineers for Raspberry Pi, and was announced on 17th December 2011: [1]
Gertboard Availability Announcement includes links to assembly and user manuals.
As of 2013-01-22, it is now possible to order pre-assembled Gertboard through Element 14: http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-51726?ICID=raspberrypi-gert-banner User manual is available at : http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-51727/l/assembled-gertboard-user-manual?ICID=gertboard-techdoc
Additional Details can be found on the Raspberry Pi Forum here.
Gertboard test suite has been released in Python. These are written to be functionally identical to the original C programs, but have been rewritten from scratch. There are versions for WiringPi for Python and RPi.GPIO.
