Brits rattle tin for custom liquid crystal display Raspberry Pi funbox

Tingbot case with touchscreen – 'a platform for innovative programs'


A London-based "networked studio of invention" is rattling the tin down at Kickstarter for the internet-related Tingbot – a custom case for the Raspberry Pi with lcd touchscreen which promises to transform the fruity minicomputer into "a platform for innovative applications".

For a pledge of just 50 quid – and that compares favourably with a no-frills display for the Pi.

you'll get a self-assembly kit containing a custom 320x240px three.2 inch screen module, which connects instantly to the Pi's GPIO, a programmable four push-button board, case end caps and a polypropylene case wrap, to be had in a fetching range of colours.

The Tingbot's components

at the same time as the Pi visible above isn't always protected, as the conventional disclaimer goes, you will additionally experience Tingbot OS, a committed OS based on Raspbian, and Tide, the Tingbot Python improvement surroundings. currently, there is a beta model of Tide for Mac, and a windows version is outwardly in the offing.

One element the Tingbot does not boast, and which a few Kickstarter commenters reckon is a chunk of a must-have, is a integrated speaker. The Tingbot group's Ken Smeed informed us: "we are exploring diverse alternatives for audio integration (other than USB) which we would really like to introduce as stretch dreams. the first might be extending the audio to the rear of the case so the 3.5mm jack may be without difficulty reachable.

"the second (for onboard audio) might be a small speaker that would attach to the indoors of the case. this may possibly want to include an amplifier because the onboard sound output is pretty negative at the Pi."

A view of the Tingbot

So, what can you do with Tingbot? The blurb explains: "We want to open Tingbot up to each person who wants to revel in the amusing and pleasure of being innovative with generation. you can layout photographs, draw, connect to easy statistics feeds and make amusing interactive apps. Use the touchscreen to make a doodle pad or make the programmable buttons manage a robot. You’re loose to make anything."

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