Raspberry Pi Model A+ Review
2) Pi Jumper and Pi Jumper Plus breakout boards – stacks on top of the Raspberry Pi
Pi Jumper sits nicely on the Raspberry Pi Model A+ … and worked right away, including the 3v3 and 5v I2C ports.
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You can see the Edimax WiFi stick and micro USB power cable I used for testing in these shots.
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(click here for the Pi Jumper product page)
Pi Jumper Plus required a stacking header between the IDC cable and the Raspberry Pi Model A+’s 40 pin GPIO header, but other than that, it just worked!
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As a matter of fact, I am sure that Pi Jumper would work with a non-stacking female header with the Model A+
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3) Pi Rtc DIO – Real Time Clock, I/O expander & prototyping board
As I expected, Pi Rtc Dio (Mikronauts latest add-on for the Raspberry Pi) also just plugged in and worked, adding 32 digital I/O’s and a real time clock to the Model A+ (not to mention a nice prototyping area)
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(click here for the Pi Rtc Dio product page)
As you can see below, it mounted nicely on the first 26 pins of the 40 pin GPIO connector.
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4) EZasPi prototyping board – stacks on top of the Raspberry Pi
As you can see, EZasPi also fits – however the mounting holes are for the rev.2 boards, and due to the new mounting holes, the header is offset about 9mm.
This particular EZasPi had a 170 point breadboard and female pin sockets on it, I use it for quick prototyping on top of Pi’s.
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EZasPi Product Page: https://www.mikronauts.com/raspberry-pi/ezaspi/
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