Eric Thompson

LowVoltageLabs.com

Why is the Raspberry Pi significant to me?

The story starts with a kid named Eric

Early 80s - learn to program

Mid 80s - connect to the outside world

Early 90s

- Degree in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University
- Learned more programming languages

- Learned Unix and the command line

- Built PCs for myself and family

Mid 90s

First professional job

VersaLogic Corp

2000s

What happened to that Eric kid?

(And really how is this Pi related?)

Late 2000s

Learned about the Maker Community and Arduino

Low Voltage Labs

2009 - First product an Arduino Shield

Raspberry Pi 

• Inexpensive $35
• Ran full OS - Linux! 
• GPIO - connect to the real world again

Raspberry Pi Projects

Raspberry Pi Projects

First Raspberry Pi Product

Product ideas 2014

Pi Traffic Light

40-pin GPIO

Low Voltage Labs on Amazon

Future ideas

Bad habit of building boards

Future ideas

Build a real HAT

Future ideas

(not totally Pi related)

Soldering Kit Products

Custom products

Questions?

Eric Thompson

@LowVoltageLabs

LowVoltageLabs.com