Recently we have been working with Smartkids to bring the RPiSoC into the classroom. Last week we ran our first trial run at Glenmont Elementary school with over 60 3rd graders. A quick summary from the school district can be found here: http://www.bethlehemschools.org/3rd-grade-students-dabble-code/ These demos made use of Scratch on Raspberry Pi and Windows. Kids learned how […]
Scratch is a visual programming language that lets people of all ages unleash their creativity, no programming experience needed! You simply drag and snap blocks to create your program. With the RPiSoC, physical computing is now thrown into the mix. Controlling LED lights, motors, cameras, touch sensors, and more is now as easy to use […]
We had a lot of fun and saw some of our backers there. Our interactive demos proved to be a huge hit. Several hundred kids played with Scratch and modified our game in real time. A lot of kids now learn Scratch in elementary school and they could immediately see the benefit of having joysticks […]
We often get caught up in trying to explain whats so special about interfacing your software with the real world. I think this post and video from the Raspberry Pi foundation sums it up nicely. And if you’re curious what we add on top of them: Analog I/O, lots of hardware PWM, Arduino Shields, programmable […]
Here is bluetooth communication between the RPiSoC and an Android phone. Imagine all the things you want to control in your house without actually walking up to them. I send a string of text from the phone to the RPiSoC, which then displays it on screen. We used the JY-MCU bluetooth module for this, because […]
First off, here is a video demonstration of Scratch. It goes through the creation of a Scratch program that utilizes the RPiSoC’s analog functionality. I then go one step further and create a simple two player game out of it. For this post I thought I’d give a detailed explanation of all the Scratch blocks used […]
Our Youtube video sums it up nicely. If you prefer text, read on. Scratch is a visual programming language that lets people of all ages unleash their creativity, no programming experience needed! You simply drag and snap blocks to create your program. Here, we animate Scratch the Cat using a potentiometer hooked up to an ADC […]
We have finally nailed down our date and budget, so we will be launching on the 19th! We will have the RPiSoC, RPiSoC + Pi model B+, and one of our projects as a kit as reward tiers. Would anyone like to see a specific project kit be available? We are live!
The title says it all. We will be giving a webinar on August 20th on the Element 14 community site. We will go over the use of various features of the board, along with showing some of our projects live. Hope to see you there! Update: The recording of the webinar is now up for […]
They say the third time’s a charm, right? Well then let us introduce to you Revison C of the RPiSoC, now sporting the vibrant colors of our Alma Mater! We’re looking at 40 blank prototype boards here, and we don’t happen to have a pick and place machine lying around, so the soldering stations and […]