Add-Ons For Raspberry Pi That You Should Know About

You didn't buy a Raspberry Pi to simply show it. You would want to make the best use of it, won't you? 

Since its launch, the open source board Raspberry Pi has proved to be a godsend. There have been tons of uses found for the device. Moreover, there have been thousands of add-ons created for it. Some of these, though amazing and very useful, are lesser known. Here are 10 such lesser known ones.

1. Jason Barnett's MotorPiTX board

This is an integrated servo or motor board and integrated power supply for Raspberry Pi. You can use it for various projects, like building your own robots/.

2. Cosma Pabouctsidis Smart IO Expansion Card

Here you will find a smart I/O card that can be stacked on top of a single board Raspberry Pi computer.

3. Pi Supply's Fish Dish

This is an add-on board for your Raspberry Pi that lets you add three LEDs, a switch and a buzzer to it.

4. Pi Supply's Pi Crust (Mounted on Pi)

Want to make your Raspberry Pi easier to connect with other electronics? This is the board to go for.

5. GeekRoo's Fairywren Mini-ITX Motherboard

If this list were set in the order of preference then this add-on would be at the top of the list. It allows you to turn your Raspberry Pi into somewhat of a CPU hub, making it a full-fledged computer.

6. Grasping Hand's SweetBox, Heatsinks & ScorPi

Sweetbox is the smallest case for your Raspberry Pi, while Scorpi is a camera board holder.

7. MausBerry Circuits' Power Supply Ignition Switch

Did you know about this one? This is a car power supply for Raspberry Pi. It is capable of sensing the ignition and then shutting down the Pi safely.

8. Ciseco's Pi Light Bright White LED Display

This one has a series of white LEDs, which can work as a variety of things. These include being a marquee that scrolls for weather information, Twitter feed etc. In addition, it is also capable of displaying static information, like time etc.

9. OpenElectronics' Pi-Pan Tilt Kit

This one provides tilt and Pan movements for your Raspberry Pi-based camera. You can use this add-on to pan the camera from left to right, which means at an angle as big as 180 degres.

10. Alex Eames's HDMIPi HD Screen Prototypes

This is an effort at creating an HDMI screen that is not of sub-standard quality and neither are they expensive. It creates a small HDMI screen using the Raspberry Pi.

Author: Shivam Kotwalia, CodeKill