Things shield replacement?

[JDRoberts]

Some discussion of alternatives in the following thread, both off the shelf and DIY:

Announcing the "ST_Anything" Arduino/ThingShield Project

Some people in the community have used particle in the past: Particle has just announced an open beta for raspberry pi which might substitute for some of these use cases. But the hardware other than the pi is more expensive and you’re going cloud to cloud so it’s not going to work for all these cases. https://www.particle.io/products/development-tools/raspberry-pi-on-particle