I put in an order yesterday for an assembled Gertboard, an additional RPi, a cable breakout from Adafruit, and a wire connector kit. I decided on getting the Gertboard after looking through the user manual. I am convinced that it gives a lot more control over what the RPi can do in terms of interfacing that what I have available with the PiFace. However, right now I will deal with the PiFace and report on the pros and cons of making my Robotic interface.
The key detail that told me this would be a good buy was the fact that the Gertboard has a plug panel arrangement. You only patch in the items that you wish to use. There are different groupings of capability on the board, but you only have to interface to some of them, and arrange them in any order you wish. Good design for experimentation!
This is a blog mostly about techie things, what I am doing to my apartment network on the cheap, IOT, 3D Printing, Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, ESP32, ESP8266, Home Automation, Personal Weather Stations, Things That Go Bump in the Night, and some side issues that need discussing. Remember, sometimes the journey to an end is as much fun as the goal achieved!
