Joey - a "sidecar" LED display for Raspberry Pi

A project in Sydney, AU by David Meiklejohn - Gooligum Electronics
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The Joey is a little LED display that sits off the side of your Pi and works with all your other add-ons.
Backers: 165
Average Pledge Per Backer: $21 AUD

Funded: $3,453 AUD of $3,000 AUD
Dates: Oct 12th -> Nov 11th (31 days)
Project By: David Meiklejohn - Gooligum Electronics
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Latest News

We're funded!

November 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick note to let everyone know that the Joey has reached its funding goal! Thanks to all the backers who have helped us to reach this milestone - we really appreciate it! Now it's up to Steve and I to deliver - something we're really looking... (Read More)

Standoff mounting hole added

November 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
I'm pleased to announce that, if the Joey is successfully funded, the production version will include a mounting hole, to allow a board standoff to pass through the Joey! What's a standoff hole? Here's a rough view of the updated PCB layout: Joey... (Read More)

Half way through the funding period...

October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
... and 80% funded! We mentioned in the project schedule that "during the Kickstarter campaign we'll test one more batch of prototypes". The new prototypes arrived yesterday: Joey rev 1.4 Although the previous revision (featured in the project... (Read More)

Another example - CPU temp display

October 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
While we wait to see if the Joey will be funded (at 73% of the way there, after only a third of the funding period, it's looking like we'll get there!), I've been playing with the PCB design to see whether it's practical to add a mounting hole -... (Read More)

One week in...

October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
One week has gone past already, and we're more than 60% of the way toward funding! 100 backers have now pledged their support, so Steve and I are keener than ever to make the Joey a reality! Software supportI've been asked a couple of times about the... (Read More)

Fantastic first day!

October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks everyone for helping make "Day 1" for the little Joey board so successful! After less than 30 hours, more than 40 backers have helped get us nearly a quarter of the way to our funding target! We've been asked a few questions already, so I've... (Read More)

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