Raspberry Pi to Arduino shields connection bridge

Hi team!

the Cooking Hacks team is happy to announce at last the new development board we have been doing to use with Raspberry!



The idea behind the Raspberry Pi to Arduino shields connection bridge is to allow to use any of the shields, boards and modules designed for Arduino in Raspberry Pi. It includes also the possibility of connecting digital and analog sensors, using the same pinout of Arduino but with the power and capabilities of Raspberry.

In order to make complete the compatibility we have created the arduPi library which allows to use Raspberry with the same code used in Arduino. To do so, we have implemented conversion functions so that you can control in the same way as in Arduino all the I/O interfaces: i2C, SPI, UART, analog, digital, in Raspberry Pi.

Let's summarize what we can do using this shield along with the arduPi library:

- Connect any Arduino Wireless module in Raspberry. Some examples: XBee 802.15.4/XBee ZigBee, RFID, NFC, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Pro, Wifi, GPRS, 3G

- Connect any sensor (analog 0-5V, digital) to Raspberry Pi with a precession of 16b using the ADC integrated. Connect also complex sensors through i2C and UART buses

- Connect any Arduino specific shield such as: Radiation sensor shield, CanBus, Relay shield,...

- Connect any electronic module or actuator which works over i2C, SPI, UART

All the information can be found in this tutorial: Raspberry Pi to Arduino shields connection bridge

For further information or any question which may arise we will be pleased to help you.

Best.

Cooking Hacks Team

Looks great,
Can't wait to see some in the wild, been seeing discussion on this pop up here and there

Thanks for the update!!
Will it be available in the USA?

Yes, it is available through our website and we ship worldwide.

Does this mean the touchscreen shields will work ?

Hi. Could you specify the Touchscreen you want to use? We will be glad to test them with our shield.

http://www.adafruit.com/products/376
if you could get X running on these id defiantly buy

Can I connect a motor shield?

This looks great. Just ordered one!

I just received this in the mail today, thanks for the swift and excellent service.
I have some Arduino shields I plan to try out with it, including a TFT shield I purchased from Adafruit

Thanks!

This is sweet. I've been eyeing the Arduino shields and modules as expanders for the RPi. You folks has a real winning product!

Question, if sales are successful, will you be looking to create similar backplanes for other platforms, such as the BeagleBone?

I just received this in the mail today, thanks for the swift and excellent service.
I have some Arduino shields I plan to try out with it, including a TFT shield I purchased from Adafruit

Thanks!

You're welcome!! We'd like to see your feedback about the shield.

Can I connect a motor shield?

You can use 3.3V servo motors and if the motor shield works at 3.3V, there should not be a problem.

This is sweet. I've been eyeing the Arduino shields and modules as expanders for the RPi. You folks has a real winning product!

Question, if sales are successful, will you be looking to create similar backplanes for other platforms, such as the BeagleBone?

We have not tested Beagle Bone and we aren't reselling it yet, but if we start selling it, we will have to make similar shields for them.

For anyone interested:

http://intelligentheating.wordpress.com ... -dc-motor/

This uses the Cooking-Hacks shield and a modified Arduino motor-shield.

I've also uploaded a video of the shield being used to switch a fan on and off:
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http://intelligentheating.wordpress.com ... neak-peek/[/url]

Thanks

Does the shield use a resonator or a crystal?

Hi, How many PWM pins it gives? Can I have 4 ouputs and 3 inputs at the same time?

Hi, How many PWM pins it gives? Can I have 4 ouputs and 3 inputs at the same time?

For PWM I generated it myself using C threads. That seems to be the most common method I have seen from folks using the shield (and others).
My understanding is that there is only one pin on the Pi's GPIO with PWM, however you can generate it yourself, this article is pretty handy:

https://projects.drogon.net/software-pw ... pberry-pi/

hi ,i m a new to linux.how can i use this lib?

hi ,i m a new to linux.how can i use this lib?

its a hardware module..