Education, Java, Programming, Uncategorized

Complete #RaspberryPi course from Intertech

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Training company Intertech has been very generous and published the complete set of course materials from their Complete Raspberry Pi Training class.

Here are the segments:

  1. Set-up the Pi, install the operating system and get the training files onto the Pi.
  2. Learn some basic Linux commands, get into the X-windows GUI and safely shutdown the Pi.
  3. Learn to program in Java by writing a Hello World program.
  4. Create and run a Java Swing program under X-windows.
  5. Use a simple Java networking program to explore networking concepts.
  6. Use Java to play sounds on your Pi.
  7. Build a traffic light circuit on a breadboard and program it using Java.
  8. Connect a switch to a breadboard and read input using Java.
  9. Add a light sensor to a breadboard and use Java to read light levels.
  10. Connect a temperature sensor via breadboard to the Pi and use C to take readings.
Arduino, Crowdfunding, Education, Making

Help fund a wearable technology workshop for Girl Guides

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This isn’t strictly Pi-related, but it is to do with electronics and education so I thought I’d blog about it anyway!

Pi enthusiast (and Babbage the Bear-hugger) and STEM Ambassador Charlotte Godley wants to run an educational workshop for her local Girl Guides group. The subject of the workshop is wearable technology. For this, she needs to get hold of a load of GEMMA Arduino boards and other stuff (pictured above). Although she’s got some funding from the guides, she needs your help to fund the rest of the workshop. She has secured discounts for the supplies and is eager to get going on it. Her enthusiasm has come over in numerous Tweets and she’s created a video in which she talks about her plans:

This is a great workshop idea and I think it’s fantastic that she’s going to the effort of trying to crowd-fund it.

So, if you can spare a few quid to help support her, that would be fantastic! As of now, she has raised £109 of her modest £430 target. So, please help if you can! I know she’ll do a fantastic job on the workshop.

You can view the Sponsorship site here. If you’ve got any questions, you can talk to Charlotte via Twitter (@charwarz)