Stackable 8-Relay Card for Raspberry Pi 2/3/Zero

A project in Cupertino, CA by Mihai Beffa
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Add up to 64 relays to Raspberry Pi for your Home Automation projects. DIY Smart Sprinkler Controller for under $5/zone!
Backers: 186
Average Pledge Per Backer: $42

Funded: $7,753 of $4,000
Dates: Jun 2nd -> Jul 2nd (30 days)
Project By: Mihai Beffa
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Latest News

Preparing for shipping

June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers,  We are approaching the end of this campaign. In order to ship on time, we need your mailing address. PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK AND ENTER YOUR ADDRESS If you are already registered in our database, please enter your email and press the... (Read More)

All PC Boards ready for assembly

June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Just received confirmation from the factory that PC Boards have been manufactured for all the orders (and some spares, of course). All components have been ordered, we expect to start testing in one week and to ship on schedule.  (Read More)

First Article Passed Test

June 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Since we promised "GET IT FAST" backers to ship first week of next month, we accelerated the release of the first 200 boards. Today we got the news that the first article is ready for testing, plugged into a Raspberry Pi, connected to the local... (Read More)

Power Supply for the 8-Relay Card

June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
The 8-Relay card needs about 600mA@5V if all relays are ON. Raspberry Pi, depending on the version used, might require in excess of 1A. It is safe to assume that one pair Raspberry + 8-Relay would need 2A.  We purchased a limited stock of wall-mount... (Read More)

Adding items to your pledge

June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Our previous campaign for the Mega-IO Expansion Card resulted in several add-ons which became quite popular with our backers.  LED Card to show the status of 32 relays or IO's DIN-Rail Adapter for Raspberry Pi/Zero Break-out Card for Raspberry Pi... (Read More)

8 Relay Card Campaign at one week mark

June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
One week into our campaign we are almost 90% funded. In order to keep our commitment for "GET-IT-FAST" backers, we released the first 200 boards for fabrication and should have them all tested and ready to be shipped by the end of the month. We'll... (Read More)

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