Education, Events

Free #RaspberryPi CPD for teachers/leaders/technicians in Birmingham

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Mr Organ from KESH Academy in Birmingham is arranging some free Raspberry Pi-themed CPD for teachers, technicians and school leaders on 3rd July. Aimed at primary and secondary teachers, the early evening session will take place at KESH Academy. The following sessions are planned:

Session 1: What is a Raspberry Pi and what can you do with it?

Session 2: Using Minecraft to engage learners

Session 3: Connecting things to the Raspberry Pi

Session 4: I want to buy a Pi, what do I do next?

You can book (free) tickets to the event by visiting this EventBrite page.

Home automation, Making, Tutorials

#RaspberryPi-controlled aquaponics

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This is another Instructable, this time from user matthewh415.

(It) uses the IBC method of Aquaponics, with modifications to include a Raspberry Pi for controlling a pump, solenoid drain, and temperature probes for water and air temperatures. The relays and timing is controlled with Python scripting. Temperature and control data is collected every minute and sent to plot.ly for graphing, and future expansion will include sensors for water level and PH values for additional control.

Read the full Instructable here

Making, Programming, Tutorials

Get notifications from your #RaspberryPi when new email arrives

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Instructables employee Aleator777 has written an in-depth guide to creating an email notifier with a Pi. It checks a Gmail account and then lights up if there is new email. It’s quite a complicated tutorial and even uses laser-cut wooden parts as a case, but you don’t, of course, have to go that far with it – take a look at the code and see if you can build a simpler version with a breadboard and LEDs! Read it here

Events, Raspberry Jams

July Cambridge Raspberry Jam tickets are now available

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The next Cambridge Raspberry Jam is on Saturday 5th July at the Institute of Astronomy. There will be loads of presentations on a variety of topics and the following workshops will be taking place:

11.15am – Minecraft (Basic)

12.20pm – LEDs, Switches & Buzzers – Basic electronics with the Raspberry Pi

1.25pm – NodeRED & the Internet of Things

2.30pm – Minecraft (Advanced)

3.35pm – Seven Segments of Pi – Could this be your first step to becoming the next generation of Computer Games Designer? (Uses Python, so we recommend 10-16 year olds)

4.40pm – Python Picamera with GPIO

There will also be a great show-and-tell area where you can see lots of Pi projects and a full-featured Marketplace which will include visits from, among others, The Pi Hut and Cyntech.

This will hopefully be another fantastic event for all the family, so head over to CamJam.me to get more information and to book your tickets.