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Would you find it useful to have a 'kit' of accessories or products for and with the Raspberry Pi?

cstanton

We're discussing some ideas for products for the online store, and something we come back to is the idea of 'kits' including collections of products.

These could be focused on the industry, education, a home hobbyist, electrical engineer, or design engineer... but we're curious about what you would expect to see in a kit.

You could inform us with links to actual products, or be abstract about it.

Would you expect to see the single board computer itself in there, such as the Raspberry Pi 5? Or would you want to look for a kit of accessories, based upon already owning the base single board?

And would you want to be able to pick them up at scale, like a classroom amount, or higher?

You have the opportunity here to steer what's available from the online stores Slight smile We might follow up with specifics of what the teams have in mind to stock in the future.

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  • Most of my projects involve sensors and I recently ordered the kit below, https://www.tindie.com/products/52pi/52pi-deskpi-picomate-for-raspberry-pi-picopico-w/, for use as a teaching aid with for my grandson. 
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    This is for a pico but something similar could be done for a Pi5, perhaps with a jumper from the Pi header.  All of the sensors are connected to the pico through traces on the PCB so it is quick and easy to test. Libraries and examples are provided for micro python and Arduino. Grove connectors are also provided to allow sensors to be snapped off and placed elsewhere on a robot or enclosure. 

    Other sensor kits are available but I like how this one is bundled. I’ve taught him to solder but that takes time and we can get this going quickly and the parts won’t be scattered around in boxes like the rest of my stuff. 

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  • Most of my projects involve sensors and I recently ordered the kit below, https://www.tindie.com/products/52pi/52pi-deskpi-picomate-for-raspberry-pi-picopico-w/, for use as a teaching aid with for my grandson. 
    image
    This is for a pico but something similar could be done for a Pi5, perhaps with a jumper from the Pi header.  All of the sensors are connected to the pico through traces on the PCB so it is quick and easy to test. Libraries and examples are provided for micro python and Arduino. Grove connectors are also provided to allow sensors to be snapped off and placed elsewhere on a robot or enclosure. 

    Other sensor kits are available but I like how this one is bundled. I’ve taught him to solder but that takes time and we can get this going quickly and the parts won’t be scattered around in boxes like the rest of my stuff. 

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