David Whale and Ryan Walmsley recently ran workshops for students to be facilitators at future events for school children. Part of this was to create a client/server chat application using Python. They have kindly released all their notes and code…
Category: Programming
Review of Raswik by Ciseco for #RaspberryPi
Ajit over at Open Gardens has done a quick review of the Wireless Inventors Kit by Ciseco. Read the review here
Picorder (version 10) gets a walk-through construction video #RaspberryPi
My Picorder has reached another version. This time it’s got a proper case and lots more sensors. With the help of Amanda, my step-daughter, we shot this putting-it-together video that shows all the parts and bits-and-pieces that go into the…
#RaspberryPi Car Cam with GPS data & map
Martin O’Hanlon has continued his project to install a Raspberry Pi and camera in his car and now overlays the recorded video with a GPS map as well as OBD data. Read here
Read analog sensors on the #RaspberryPi with the MCP3008
Matt over at Raspberry Pi Spy has done a great little tutorial that uses an MCP3008 analog-to-digital convertor to read a light-dependant resistor and TMP36 temperature sensor. He’s kept it simple and clear and it’s well worth a look…
Experimenting with the Easy Pulse and #RaspberryPi
As part of my Picorder project, I bought an Easy Pulse from Embedded Lab (via Elecrow). It’s a red PCB with a plugin fingertip sensor (see above). The example code you can download is in C and my Picorder code is in…
Install PostgreSQL database engine on your #RaspberryPi
Chris Mobberley has been looking at PostgreSQL and has found a simple way to get up-and-running. Read about it here
#RaspberryPi Java with BlueJ programming environment
David Briddock has blogged about using the BlueJ graphical programming environment for Java. It’s similar in concept to Greenfoot but is targeted at students of the language. Read more about it and find out how to install it on your…
Scratch tutorial videos from BCS/RSoE – good for #RaspberryPi
The British Computer Society and Royal Society of Edinburgh have developed a series of video tutorials for the Scratch programming language. Well worth looking at if you’re just starting out or want to learn more (there are intermediate videos as…
Get into Java on the #RaspberryPi using graphical interface Greenfoot
David Briddock has written an excellent introduction to the graphical programming environment Greenfoot. It’s aimed at ages 11 and upwards. It’s not as simple as Scratch (hence the higher age) but looks to be a very interesting environment to learn…