Playing sounds on the Raspberry Pi
Today at Raspberry Pi club, myself and some of the children worked out how to add sounds to their games. The steps you go through are relatively simple, but I thought it useful to document them here...
View ArticleRaspberry Jamboree 2014 Talk – STEM Ambassadors
Here is a copy of the slides I used at my “How can a STEM Ambassador help your school” talk at the 2014 OCR Raspberry Jamboree. Links [1] whaleygeek-Jamboree2014-STEMAmbassadorTalk
View ArticleCelebrating 50 Years of BASIC programming – Using a Raspberry Pi
Today is the 50th Anniversary of the BASIC programming language, and I got all misty-eyed thinking back to being an 11 year old learning BASIC for the very first time. I decided to do some small things...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi ‘Peek-a-boo’ Camera
The Peek-a-boo camera demo uses the new Piduino board from skpang. As you move up to it, a little flap opens to expose a camera, it snaps your photo and shows it on the monitor with a random caption,...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Neopixels colour mixer
The Neopixels Colour Mixer uses a PiDuino board from skpang, to read 3 analog soft pot strips, and to drive a strip of Neopixels. This project is well explained in Mr SKPang’s blog in link [2]. The...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi RFID tag reader
This article explains how to add an RFID tag reader to your Raspberry Pi. With a tag reader you can read the unique ID numbers from RFID cards and even your Oyster card, and make things happen on your...
View ArticleA zero-install I2C driver in Python for the Raspberry Pi
This is a placeholder for a project that I developed in order to build a zero-install RFID tag reader project. I will soon package this up and make the code available with examples of how to read and...
View ArticleA Zero-install SPI driver in Python for the Raspberry Pi
This is a placeholder for a project that I developed in order to build a zero-install arduino programer project. I will soon package this up and make the code available with examples of how to read and...
View ArticleHome automation with Energenie’s
Use the popular Energenie plugs to control or monitor devices in your house: view code on github
View ArticleAdventures in Minecraft
Adventures in Minecraft is a coding book, aimed at 11-15 year olds. In it, you will learn how to code in Python, but using Minecraft as the platform to learn about coding. This book is ideal for those...
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