For our last day of the Raspberry Pi gift guide series we are featuring Pimoroni Project Packs!
Pimoroni create inventive products and incredible projects. Here are a few Rasperry Pi projects from Pimoroni that would would make great gifts!
Pimoroni Pirate Radio – Pi Zero W Project Kit: Build your very own internet-connected radio with Pimoroni’s Pirate Radio Kit!
This kit has just-about-everything you’ll need: Pimoroni’s flashy new pHAT BEAT DAC and stereo amp, a 5W speaker, and a beautifully retro acrylic enclosure to make it look the business. It even includes a Pi Zero W. All you need is to add your own micro-SD card and USB power supply. It’ll take you around 30 minutes to assemble everything (check out Pimoroni’s assembly guide for details). (Learn more)
Pimoroni Mood Light – Pi Zero W Project Kit: Our Pimoroni pals have curated a beautifully modern Mood Light Kit that’ll look great on your bedside table, bookcase, or desk. It’s even internet-connected!
This kit has just-about-everything you’ll need: Pimoroni’s Unicorn pHAT board with 32 programmable RGB Neopixel LEDs, diffuser, power adapter, and a beautifully acrylic enclosure to make it look like a lamps. It even includes a Pi Zero W. All you need is to add your own micro-SD card and USB power supply. It’ll take you around 30 minutes to assemble everything (check out Pimoroni’s assembly guide for details). (Learn more)
Pimoroni Scroll Bot – Pi Zero W Project Kit: A robot friend to sit on your desk and scroll the news, weather, or your Twitter feed – it’s the Pimoroni Scroll Bot!
The Scroll Bot Kit combines the Pi Zero W with the new Scroll pHAT HD board, and masquerades as a friendly orange robot, perfect for sitting on your desk or on a shelf. It’s ideal for scrolling messages or for simple animations and, of course, it takes advantage of the built-in wireless LAN on the Pi Zero W. It’ll take around 30 minutes to assemble everything (check out Pimoroni’s assembly guide for details). All you need to add is your own micro-SD card and a USB power supply. (Learn more)
Pimoroni Pi Zero W Starter Kit: This great bundle from Pimoroni provides everything you need to get up and running with the new Pi Zero W!
It’s got an SD card with operating system pre-loaded, a smart and colorful Pibow Zero W case, and even one of Pimoroni’s lovely Blinkt! multicolor LED strips to take your first steps with coding in Python! (Learn more)
Pimoroni OctoCam – Pi Zero W Project Kit (Pi Included!): Build your very own neighboor cam, desktop cam, or wildlife cam, or security cam, or…or… really any kind of camera! The Pimoroni OctoCam kit has everything* you’ll need, including a Pi Zero W, a super-small 5MP camera, a fun octopus acrylic mount with four suction cups, and a desk stand. It’ll take around 30 minutes to put it all together (check out Pimoroni’s assembly guide for details). (Learn more)
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