# What about other external components than the printer? **URL:** \ **Category:** DevTerm\ **Tags:** hardware\ **Created:** [June 30, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/what-about-other-external-components-than-the-printer/8692 "2022-06-30T19:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jan-peter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jan-peter/32/6450_2.png) [@jan-peter](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/jan-peter)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/what-about-other-external-components-than-the-printer/8692/1 "2022-06-30T19:56:35Z")
What do you think? Will we see other components than the printer? Have you see someone working on something? What would be cool/useful? ---
**Author:** ![ChipMaster](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/chipmaster/32/6412_2.png) [@ChipMaster](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/ChipMaster)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/what-about-other-external-components-than-the-printer/8692/2 "2022-06-30T22:51:09Z")
I did see this other ongoing topic: > [@Designing a Ext. Prototyping Breakout (With Raspberry Pi Hat Compatibility)](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/designing-a-ext-prototyping-breakout-with-raspberry-pi-hat-compatibility/6482): > > This thread is for discussing designing an Ext. breakout module for prototyping and potentially connecting raspberry pi hats. Some Design Considerations Cheap Usable as just a PCB (no extra components) 2.54mm spacing with through-hole connectors Compatible (or at least safe) with raspberry pi hats Compatibility I’ve been spending some time getting an iteration worked out. Below are some schematics, layouts, and pin assignments. The main image I’d like to draw attention to is the pin assignm… I need to catch up with what’s going on there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jan-peter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jan-peter/32/6450_2.png) [@jan-peter](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/jan-peter)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/what-about-other-external-components-than-the-printer/8692/3 "2022-07-02T18:17:14Z")
Other than that? What about the SDR people? RPi 40 Pin Breakout? NFC Programming table? … DNA sequencing? ---
**Author:** ![jan-peter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jan-peter/32/6450_2.png) [@jan-peter](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/jan-peter)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/what-about-other-external-components-than-the-printer/8692/4 "2022-07-16T09:27:57Z")
Ethernet Pcie out (CM4) SDR ---
**Author:** ![jan-peter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jan-peter/32/6450_2.png) [@jan-peter](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/jan-peter)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/what-about-other-external-components-than-the-printer/8692/5 "2022-07-18T21:56:03Z")
**Audio interface with the focus on podcasting**. Minimum 2 xlr connections with the right voltage supply with analog gain control or something similar ---
**Author:** ![yatli](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/yatli/32/6253_2.png) [@yatli](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/yatli)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/what-about-other-external-components-than-the-printer/8692/6 "2022-07-19T05:30:54Z")
- +1 Audio interface (also want MIDI!!) - I figure DT could be a really cool oscilloscope/logic analyzer However, for these applications to work, we have to first figure out how to reduce the noise – could be power rail or gnd, but it’s really noisy isn’t it ---
**Author:** ![jan-peter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/jan-peter/32/6450_2.png) [@jan-peter](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/jan-peter)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/what-about-other-external-components-than-the-printer/8692/7 "2022-07-19T21:35:55Z")
Uuuuuh Nice Tell me about your oscilloscope idea. 😍