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24 alternatives to MATRIX Creator

Raspberry Pi Dev Board w/ 8 Mics, FPGA, MC, IMU, + more

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. MATRIX Creator launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Matrix▲214

    Internet of things for everyone

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Smaller, better, and cheaper: $20

    2014 · raspberrypi.org · its alternatives →

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    The $5 computer

    2015 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →

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    3nd generation with faster processor, wireless and Bluetooth

    2016 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →

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    Make a miniature arcade cabinet with real, working games

    2015 · makershed.com · its alternatives →

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    2nd generation with faster processor and more memory

    2015 · raspberrypi.org · its alternatives →

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    A few months ago, I was inspired by this post on Reddit, titled: Food items should have QR codes that instruct the microwave exactly what to do. Like high for 2 minutes, let stand 1 minute, medium 1 minutes.. I thought this was a pretty cool idea, and that it

    2013 · madebynathan.com · its alternatives →

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    Make your home smart with Raspberry Pi

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tingbot▲119

    Transform your Raspberry Pi into a platform for creativity

    2015 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Pi▲164

    The ML & Data Science toolkit; built for Software Engineers.

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Get a new electronics project every month

    2016 · creationcrate.com · its alternatives →

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    New Raspberry Pi, Arduino & hackable hardware projects, ever

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    I've been hacking away lately, and I'm now proud to show off my newest project - The Icepi Zero! In case you don't know what an FPGA is, this phrase summarizes it perfectly: "FPGAs work like this. You don't tell them what to do, you tell them what to BE." You don't program them, but you rewrite the circuits they contain! So I've made a PCB that carries an ECP5 FPGA, and has a raspberry pi zero footprint. It also has a few improvements! Notably the 2 USB b ports are replaced with 3 USB C ports, and it has multiple LEDs. This board can output HDMI, read from a uSD, use a SDRAM and much more.…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    eNcade ▲63

    A Portable Raspberry Pi Gaming Console (Kickstarter)

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16RP

    2013 · raspberry.io · its alternatives →

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    Build circuits. Write code.

    2016 · zachtronics.com · its alternatives →

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    A big collection of open-source electronics projects

    2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    The $5 computer

    2015 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →

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    Development platform for Arduino users, makers and engineers

    2014 · codebender.cc · its alternatives →

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    Wow, half a year has passed since my last blog. I have to admit, during this period I was a bit disconnected from the physical AI world. I transitioned to a different team at work after their two data scientists were reassigned to other teams, and I had to ramp up quickly to take over…

    Dec 2025 · airoboticist.blog · its alternatives →

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    Quadbot▲127

    Build your own Robot

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Where hardware hackers and makers share their projects

    2014 · hackster.io · its alternatives →

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    pi-top▲75

    A Raspberry Pi laptop you build yourself!

    2015 · pi-top.com · its alternatives →

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