The Red Reactor - When Power Really Matters!

A project in Cambridge, UK by Pascal Herczog
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A robust battery charger/power supply that fits neatly underneath your Raspberry Pi, with I2C monitoring and shutdown/reset control
Backers: 408
Average Pledge Per Backer: £67

Funded: £27,242 of £8,800
Dates: Sep 13th -> Nov 12th (61 days)
Project By: Pascal Herczog
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Latest News

Thank you all for your fantastic support!

November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We are absolutely delighted with the success of our Red Reactor Kickstarter campaign, and want to thank you all for your support in pledging for our rewards, the generous bonuses and the fantastic feedback we've had. It has been a wonderful journey,... (Read More)

First draft of Mechanical drawing and 3D model

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We were recently asked about possible custom case designs, and although we didn’t have anything prepared, we appreciate you might want to start thinking about this now. Hence we've put together an initial draft of the Red Reactor mechanical drawing... (Read More)

9 Days To Go !

November 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
What a fantastic journey this has been ! We are nearly at 300% of our funding target and still 9 days left to the end of the campaign. We can't wait to place that manufacturing order and are busy in the background working to get everything ready to... (Read More)

Kickstarter "Project We Love"

October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
We just learnt that Kickstarter has made Red Reactor a "Project We Love" - This means we get featured across the Kickstarter platform, which is fantastic. But it's also a wonderful endorsement in the value of our project and our mission to extend... (Read More)

Announcing our Node-RED Dashboard

October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hot on the heels of our new RR_MQTT client, we’re pleased to announce the release of our Node-RED Red Reactor Dashboard, which gives you a great UI to take full control of your Red Reactor powered system! The dashboard is divided into 3 groups of... (Read More)

Announcing support for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We’re pleased to announce support of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS OS, as we continue to look for ways that we can help you integrate the Red Reactor into your projects. The 22.04 LTS release now supports the 2GB RAM Raspberry Pi 4, and we successfully tested... (Read More)

MQTT Client for Home Automation projects

October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
After our last update we were greatly encouraged by your feedback and loved the suggestion to look at providing an MQTT Client to support your home automation projects. So we are excited to announce our first release of the RR_MQTT client on our... (Read More)

Remote Battery Monitoring

September 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, we have been busy working on some useful software ‘apps’ to support the RedReactor and have uploaded two remote battery monitor solutions to our github site. The first one – RR_WebMonitor – uses python and Matplotlib to create a... (Read More)

We've already exceeded our goal!

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Woooooow, and a special THANK YOU to each of you for helping us to reach our goal in less than a week! We're really excited to see so many pledges from all corners of the globe. It is just so great to see so many people with plans for gadgets that... (Read More)

48 Hours Since Launch

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Totally Awesome - After 48 hours we are at 16% of our target, with another 8 weeks still to go! We have now sold-out of all the early-birds, but, there are still plenty of bargains and discounts to be had.  Once you have hit that pledge button,... (Read More)

What a start ! - Thankyou

September 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow - it's only 24 hours since we launched and already we are almost 10% of the way there with 19 backers. Thankyou so much ! We've had a great start to the campaign and a lot of interest across the net - Facebook, YouTube and Redditt. There are only... (Read More)

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