Fun Stuff for Technics Enthusiasts
We are pleased to announce that the PowerBlock and the ControlBlock are now fully compatible with the Raspberry Pi 5. This expands the capabilities of our users and opens new possibilities in your projects.
The ControlBlock got updated! Similar to the PowerBlock it now comes with USB-C and a high-current power switch circuitry for your most energy demanding projects. Of course, it still provides its universal interface for connecting arcade and original game controllers. The power circuitry of the new revision of the ControlBlock now has a dedicated power switch IC and can handle up to 7A . This…
The PowerBlock, a popular soft power button for the Raspberry Pi, got updated! It can now handle more energy hungry accessories due to its re-designed power circuitry with dedicated power switch IC and nearly no voltage drop. Power Switch IC This revision of the Powerblock comes with a completely redesigned and enhanced power switch circuitry. At its heart is a dedicated power switch IC that…
In the following we will learn how to add a power switch for LibreELEC running on a Raspberry Pi. We will use a PowerBlock to not only add a power button, but also a status LED that indicates the power status of you LibreELEC installation. For these instructions we need a Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi accessories like power supply, SD card, ethernet cable a PowerBlock a power button and cables for…
The Raspberry Pi 4 makes a big step in comparison to the Pi 3 when it comes to hardware specifications: A faster CPU, Gigabit network, USB 3 ports, and 4K dual display support are the key features of the recently released Raspberry model. However, as soon as I started using it for more CPU-intensive applications I observed that the CPU temperature can increase to such high temperatures that the…
Tiny Power Button for Raspberry Pi Are you looking for a tiny power button solution for your Raspberry Pi that provides safe shutdowns? You only want a small button to turn off and on your Raspberry Pi without the need for tinkering? Now, the PowerBlockling is our recent tiny gadget and gives you exactly that. Therefore, the PowerBlockling meant to provide a small soft power button and a simple…
Three-way What? Did you ever want to use two add-on boards for the Raspberry Pi at the same time? That was not possible, because the boards were not stackable? Or use a fan and some add-on board ? We might have a GPIO extension board that is just right for you then! The ExtensionBlock is an add-on board for the Raspberry Pi and it is a three-way GPIO extension board for the 2×20 pin header. You…
If you are looking for a power button solution for your Emteria.OS project that makes use of a Raspberry Pi then look no further: The PowerBlock now supports Emteria.OS . Emteria.OS describes itself as “an Android-based, industry-ready software platform for embedded systems.” It can easily be installed on a Raspberry Pi and gives you an Embedded Android environment for your project within minutes.…
Many of you have asked for the possibility to support toggle as well as momentary buttons for safely switching your Raspberry Pi on and off. We are glad to announce that the ControlBlock and the PowerBlock both support these button types from now on! ControlBlock and PowerBlock now support momentary and toggle buttons for a [...]
Our popular add-on boards for the Raspberry Pi “PowerBlock” and “ControlBlock” are fully compatible with the Raspberry Pi 4 now. In a recent post we wrote about the observation that the current ControlBlock and PowerBlock are only working with the recently released Raspberry Pi 4 when manually attaching a resistor to them. We worked on a driver and firmware update to fix that issue as soon as…