Element14 and the team that drafted the PiFace have launched a new series of unique Raspberry Pi accessories and updated the trendy PiFace Digital and Control & Display. These PiFace and SHIM accessories are launched for Raspberry Pi. It follows the launch of the Raspberry Pi model B+ this July. The PiFace Digital 2 helps to anticipate and regulate real world applications and is a uncomplicated and easy way to connect switches, motors, lights and more to the Raspberry Pi aiding it to interact with the world around it.
PiFace and SHIM accessories
The PiFace Digital 2 includes segments like switches, relays and digital and analog I/O that will aid to connect to sensors, lights, motors, etc. and be regulated by the Raspberry Pi board. You are going to go portable with the PiFace Control and Display 2 which means that you no longer need a monitor, mouse and keyboard.
It also includes a character display that will show you the information and the menus, and regulate the Raspberry Pi with onboard buttons or with an IR remote control. The PiFace Control and Display 2 is excellent to be used in XBMC media servers, internet radios or in other Raspberry Pi applications, and enhanced LCDproc open source software keeps record of how the system is performing.
The new accessory SHIM RTC (from PiFace) is the one that boosts supplementary functionality without having to losing Raspberry Pi GPIO. It is attained with a differently designed thin layer PCB and pin through holes, that enable it to sit on top of the Raspberry Pi and has ample space to add additional add-on accessories.
The SHIM RTC (Real Time Clock) means the Pi can keep a record of the existing time with correctness without actually putting GPIO header to use, an easy plug and play integration and enhancement for designs and/or applications requiring time stamps. It also has a battery back-up that can be used to make sure of the on-going timekeeping action in situations where the power is down.
The SHIM Adapter is a Raspberry Pi GPIO extender, which makes it very simple to connect extra add-on accessories, attach wires, work with breadboards or easy approach to pin testing all at the one time. One set of holes are located over the Raspberry Pi headers the other set of holes on the SHIM Adapter can hold header pins, wires, etc., this helps to back the users application and also we do not have to cover up the header pins for supplementary add on boards.
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