“I purchased the PiGlow a couple of months ago and instantly fell in love with it. It fits perefectly with my PiBow (also from Pimoroni) and for Christmas I programmed a light display with Scratch for the PiGlow. Super easy install, great Python support and compatibility for Scratch GPIO. The PiGlow is a perfect gift for any Raspberry Pi enthusiast. 5/5 easily.”
“I have this on my pi rev.1.0 (oldie but goodie).
I have been running a binary clock on it since I bought it after some playing around.
its hilarious, and keeps the apartment with a little light at night.”
“The pictures depict the item slightly wrong, the stock seems to actually have a Black Soldermask which looks even cooler and technically is more expensive, grab a bargain that looks cool for anything! Use it for notifications, backglows, or as I do, as a FFT Display, to respond via glowing to music.
Great little thing and only uses two of your GPIO (ignoring Power), and as its I2C, it can be used in conjunction with other I2C devices.”
“PiGlow is lovely. It's really well made, fun and easy to play with. So far, we've used it as a nightlight, had it entertaining us on the Christmas Tree, and linked it to Minecraft so it could light the appropriate colour when Steve stands on coloured blocks - a brilliant demonstration of how something going on inside the computer can affect the outside world. Did I mention how pretty the colours are?”
“This was the first extension that I bought for my Raspberry Pi and it was a great learning tool. I was fascinated by the binary clock example provided in the git repository, mostly because I didn't initially understand how to read the binary display, but once I understood that, I kept it running for weeks. I ended up using this module in a bus tracking application that I developed. The bus I took to work every morning was broadcasting GPS and passenger data, so I created a program that would take this data and display the passenger count on one arm, distance from my house on another, and how much time i had left on the third arm. Honestly, this was a pretty crude way to display the data and it took some getting used to, but it was certainly fun to develop.”
“In my review of the Pibow Ninja case, I mentioned that I when I bought my first Raspberry Pi I wanted a case that looked good, but also needed a way of monitoring my headless usenet automated download machine. I am like a moth and flashing lights grab my attention. This was also the case with the PiGlow!
Running devices like the Raspberry Pi in a headless setup is great, as long as you know that it is working properly, especially if you are running it 24/7! The reason I bought the PiGlow was because with a fancy bit of code, I was able to configure it to display key system stats in the form of twinkly lights!
The PiGlow's size also perfectly aligned with the Pibow case, so I could house this inside the Ninja case and still have access to the lights.
The board itself is very well made, and the LED's are ultra-bright (do not look directly at them when you first get it up and running...), and are perfect for tinkering and hacking at home.
I have also been able to use the PiGlow as a remote-controlled (via a smartphone) mood light (with the help of Pimoroni's Gadgetoid's code), and it is good fun!
If you are experimenting with the Raspberry Pi and want something that is well made and supported by friendly developers, then get the PiGlow. It's a bargain!”
“Although not as blingy as the Unicorn HAT, the PiGlow is fun for making small projects including lights. I'm not sure I was able to unlock its full potential yet, though, since I am new with Python.”
