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GERTBOARD - GERTBOARD - ATMEGA328 , ASSEMBLED GERTBOARD, FOR RASPBERRY PI
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Gertboard for Raspberry PI
I ordered the Gertboard from element14 a few weeks ago. The ordering process was easy and the product arrived, in perfect condition, quickly. I had no need to talk to customer service reps, so I have no information on this aspect of the company, but based on everything else, I'm sure they do a good job. The product was as advertised and was nicely boxed. I haven't had a chance to use it yet, so I can't speak to how well it works, but will add to this review later if it turns out there is something to say. My only reason for not giving 5 stars is because it did not come with a cable to allow you to connect to a Raspberry Pi housed in a case. To use the product I either have to buy a cable or take the Pi out of the box. Also, there were no printed instructions (but you can download and print the manual). Overall, I'm very pleased with the purchase.
March 25, 2015
Great AddOn for your Pi!
It comes in a great paper box.
With jumper and a few cables.
With this you can start directly with the test programms.
For me is the Gertboard the best test thing ever.
March 19, 2015
GertBoard
Nice multi-function pre-assembled add-on GPIO expansion board. Allows for the use of the general purpose input/output and learning to communicate via the raspberry pi to toggle the output pins.
December 29, 2014
love it!
I've been playing with the Gertboard for about a week now. I'm very impressed with its capabilities, and I've been even more pleased with the documentation.
Just before this, I was playing with the Embedded Pi. It was extremely frustrating. Not only was there a lack of documentation, but much of it that I found was written in broken English and difficult to understand. I bought both of these boards at the same time, and I finally decided to quit screwing with the Embedded Pi and start playing with the Gertboard. (I'm curious to hear what others' experience was with the Embedded Pi.)
That was an aside to explain how refreshing the Gertboard was. The documentation is extremely thorough, and the examples and schematics are as well. Going through the user manual, with the associated schematics and Python examples, I've learned SO much. I haven't even gotten to the part where I start playing with the onboard Atmel chip!
I'm excited to see what else I can do with this board. It's also exciting to know that the documentation is thorough enough that if I ever wanted to use a piece of this board (a subset of its capabilities) for a specific application, I know EXACTLY how to build it. The board is, of course, rather big, and it's meant for educational purposes, like an evaluation board.
Long story short: I love it.
July 6, 2013
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collapse all answers2 years ago
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CraigV
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It came with 20 jumper tabs, about 10 jumper wires, 6 nylon standoffs, a socketted ATmega328P processor, a 4802 D/A chip, and a MCP3002 A/D chip as well as other chips mentioned in the Gertboard User Manual. I am now using the ATmega328P for recording the times of Geiger counter events and passing the results via SPI for permanent storage in the Raspberry Pi.A:
Yes this board comes with assembled ATmega processor and all the jumpers as given in user manual,http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1683444.pdf
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Customer Order Reference Number : 1057101175Date Order Was Placed : 1/22/13 2:22 PM
Board looks good but no flat cable assembly to connect to pi. Should this have been included?
2 years, 4 months ago
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wpm39
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I just got mine as well. I don't think a ribbon cable is needed as it just piggy backs directly to Raspberry Pi2 years, 4 months ago
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jbisko
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What's the difference between the two boards?Model B looks fully assembled as well.
Please provide pic of GERTBOARD.
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2 years, 2 months ago
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bton
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The Gertboard is an input/output (I/O) extension board for the Raspberry Pi computer. It fits onto theGPIO (general purpose I/O) pins of the Raspberry Pi via a socket on the back of the Gertboard.
The Gertboard gets its power from those GPIO pins, so you will need a power supply for the Raspberry Pi (RPi) that is capable of supplying a current of at least 1A.
Gertboard interfaced along with Raspberry-Pi picture has been attached.
Please download the Gertboard user manual from below link:
http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1683444.pdf
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Looking for a data sheet and maybe some sample code of how I could use this to control an autonomous robot. Any advice would be appreciated.2 years, 2 months ago
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Paris
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Please download the user manual of Gert board from below link:http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1683444.pdf
and you can find more information (software) from the below element14 blog:
http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-51726?CMP=KNC-EU-RPI-ACC-Gertboard-Doc
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I would like to build as much of a gertboard as possible, of course I would want the surface mount parts already on the board.2 years, 3 months ago
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Anonymous
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Unfortunately we have stopped supplying un-assembled Gertboard. we are only supplying assembled gertboard.1 year, 10 months ago
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simtroll
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Yes you can access UART I/O pins of raspberry pi through pins GP14 and GP15 from J2 jumper of GERT board.1 of 1
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