One of the difficulties of using retro tech these days is power. Back in the (pre-USB) day, every device had its own, specific power requirements: voltage, wattage and polarity of barrel connector. And big, chunky ‘wall warts’ to go with them. I’m using three old portable devices at the moment, and they all have different AC adaptors.
I bought a case for my Pi very early on. It seemed sensible: I don’t keep the Pi permanently plugged in, so it’ll always get plenty of handling – not something you want to subject on a naked board to. I got a cheap one – the SB Components case, covered below – but have since begun to wonder whether I needed something better: a case that’s most suited to regular opening and closing while I slip on and off various GPIO add-ons.
Continue readingOver at The Register, you can read my round up of five of the latest Raspberry Pi books:
