Dark Control : Robot controllers for the Raspberry Pi Zero
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Compact but powerful robot controllers designed to fit perfectly on your Raspberry Pi Zero. Take control of 6 motors and more...
Backers: 177
Average Pledge Per Backer: £33
Funded: £5,815 of £4,000
Dates: Jun 14th -> Jul 28th (44 days)
Project By: Barry Getty
Backers: 177
Average Pledge Per Backer: £33
Funded: £5,815 of £4,000
Dates: Jun 14th -> Jul 28th (44 days)
Project By: Barry Getty
£5,815
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 28 @ 05:30 -0400 GMT
145%
of goal
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Latest News
Quick video - Ardurover and the ESCAPE Board 
July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, we're about 2 days from the deadline - we've past the 100% mark but are still going strongly. We may even get to the "stickers for everyone" stretch goal :) UpdatesMartin Evans ( @lostcaggy on Twitter ) has been playing with and testing both of... (Read More)
100% Funded - Thank you all
July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, late last night we hit 100% of the campaign goal and we still have 8 days left - which is awesome news. I've already started on new board designs to fit in the expansion area and to add a few features / fix a couple of annoyances in the current... (Read More)
Open Sourceness and inspiration
July 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Open SourceWe mentioned the phrase "Open Source" a few times in our video and in the campaign description but I don't think we were really clear about our Open Sourceness :) So earlier in the week I updated the description with the following: We... (Read More)
More Early Duo rewards and expansion boards
July 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Are a few chats amongst ourselves (and with others - thanks) we've decided to move some rewards around - get rid of some and add some others. The main change is the release of 50 more EARLYDUO rewards (so if you're on full duo, then it might be worth... (Read More)
Almost 80% and Julius updates
July 4th - via: kickstarter.com
We have almost 3 weeks of the campaign left and we're almost 80% funded, which is really good and, fingers crossed, we should make it to the funding goal - we just need a push towards the finish now :) Dark Water Julius updatesI mentioned in a... (Read More)
Upgradable boards stretch goal
June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
£7K stretch goal Whilst we'd really really love to get to the 15K stretch goal, we still want to make these boards the best we can if we don't - so we've added an extra stretch goal at £7000 - this will allow us to spend some time prototyping and... (Read More)
Stretch goals and 50%
June 21st - via: kickstarter.com
One week into the campaign and we've hit 50% - which we're all very very happy about :) Even though we're not fully funded yet, I thought I'd use this milestone to announce our initial stretch goals. Stretch Goals After doing quite a lot of sums, we... (Read More)
Liverpool MakeFest and more
June 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Liverpool MakeFestBefore I carry on with updates - just a little announcement that we'll be at Liverpool MakeFest this coming Saturday, 25th June with the Lego ROV workshops and the Dark Control boards and vehicles. Come along and say Hi if you're in... (Read More)
Rain doesn't stop play
June 16th - via: kickstarter.com
The weather has been awful here in the UK, but we haven't let that stop us... Whilst we've been forced to stay indoors we've been working on a node.js library for both boards. To show it off a little bit, we took some inspiration from Google... (Read More)
Almost 25% funded
June 15th - via: kickstarter.com
To be honest, I didn't know what to expect on the first day - but to be at almost 25% is putting huge smiles on our faces. Thanks to everyone for the support, messages and comments so far. I'm overwhelmed! Barry (Read More)
Multiple boards
June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We've been asked whether it was possible to order multiple quantities of a board when pledging. Rather than adding a lot of reward levels for various numbers of each board we decided that the simplest solution would be allow you to increase your... (Read More)
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