ARDHAT: Raspberry Pi gets Real.

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Arduino compatibility on a HAT, with Real-World connectivity and Real-Time performance, for Pro-Makers, Learners and Educators.
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Average Pledge Per Backer: £75

Funded: £25,527 of £25,000
Dates: Apr 9th -> May 9th (30 days)
Project By: ubIQio
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Latest News

At the Three Quarter line, final push for Touchdown!

May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Flotilla Compatibility?

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We're enormous fans of the Pimoroni Flotilla and believe it will be a great addition to the maker/education community. So we'd love to get your opinion on whether we should bake a Flotilla compatible connector into Ardhat. (There's already a... (Read More)

Here comes the sun!

May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We've been putting the final touches on the Ardhat production PCB design over the last few days, and are super pleased to announce we've upgraded the LiPo charger chip slightly which allows us to to add 6V solar panel charging capability to Ardhat.... (Read More)

Learning and Teaching Javascript Robotics with Ardhat

April 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Ardhat was designed with Robotics and IoT in mind, and is compatible with mesh sensor network nodes like moteino/emon/jeenode (see http://bit.ly/ArdhatIoT) But when it comes to coding, although Ardhat has bindings for many languages, the preferred... (Read More)

Beauty

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
As many of you will recognise from the characteristic purple PCB colour of the PCB shots, the first 3 versions of the Ardhat board were manufactured by OSHPark. Well we've just been in discussions with our PCB fabricators about the final colours for... (Read More)

Spread the Word

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
At ubIQio we're all about Open Source projects - we have no marketing people, no marketing budget, and we don't use any dirty tricks to get people's attention - we just rely on word of mouth - so please help us spread the word!  (Read More)

Over Halfway There!

April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Ardhat for Pi purists

April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
We've had lots of great feedback from you, our backers (thank you!), and some folk have asked for an option to use the battery, power management , real-time clock, sensor, switch and radio features of Ardhat, but in a pure Pi form factor, so that... (Read More)

A Clear Winner!

April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
We've received the Laser cut TopHats, and here's a picture of a PiBow case with one fitted. The Arduino shield headers protrude into the laser cut slots, so the TopHat provides real security for the Raspberry Pi from metal objects which can be a... (Read More)

Ardhat unleashes Real Time Processing for Windows 10

April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Microsoft has announced support for Raspberry Pi 2, and with Ardhat you can easily add not only battery support, but also a complete Real-Time processor that you can program from Visual Studio Express! Ardhat and Raspberry Pi keep your options open!... (Read More)

Ardhat meets Johnny Five

April 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Ardhat means more than integrated hardware; it means integrated software too. And the preferred environment for programming Ardhat is javascript, using node.js with Johnny Five. Johnny-Five takes its name from the star of the cult classic Short... (Read More)

More Juice for your Pi creations!

April 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Great news for all our backers! We have just heard from our new battery suppliers that we will be able to improve on our best in class battery performance with an even higher capacity battery of 2050mAh.  And with no increase in cost, thanks to our... (Read More)

Ardhat does IoT

April 16th - via: kickstarter.com
With its complete power management and long-range ISM radio, Ardhat + Raspberry Pi are perfect partners for building IoT systems. One of the great Arduino projects out there is the Moteino from Felix Rusu's LowPowerLab. It's a long-range IoT node,... (Read More)

Your wish is our command!!

April 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We've had a lot of folk ask us for a reward that includes the TopHat. So we've added  a new reward , the I+ , that lets folk easily order the most popular Ardhat, but with a TopHat included. Ardhat TopHat showing Arduino Motor Shield Another popular... (Read More)

Sweet!

April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's a great excuse to consume a whole barrel of Italian Amaretti Virginia. Ardhat lets you drive long strings of Smart LEDS directly from a Raspberry Pi.  These LED strings, based on the popular WS2812, require 5V power and signalling in order to... (Read More)

Ardhat's on the ball!

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Great for STEM ! When you put 3 great hacking tools together in one place, you can really do some cool stuff! Eben Upton was recently interviewed by Mike Powell talking about using MatLab/Simulink with a Raspberry Pi, and one of the stars of the... (Read More)

Putting on my TopHat

April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
 We're getting lots of interest in the Ardhat 'TopHat'!  Although the rewards shipped to backers will be laser cut clear acrylic, (with engraved pin names and Ardhat logo) here are some images of the 3D printed version. (The files have gone to the... (Read More)

Great write-up on Ardhat from Atmel

April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Who better than Atmel themselves to get what Real Time, Real World processing is all about? http://blog.atmel.com/2015/04/10/ardhat-is-a-raspberry-pi-compatible-hat-for-makers/Thanks guys!  (Read More)

Ardhat Real-Time comes to Ubuntu!

April 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Ardhat is HAT compatible, so that means it works with Odroid-C1 too! Pins used by Ardhat were carefully chosen not to conflict with the special purpose pins on the Odroid-C1, such as  AIN and 1.8V. Ardhat on Odroid-C1 And that means Real-Time... (Read More)

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