This weekend I've finally got round to having a play with my new Raspberry Pi. After waiting for my DVI to HDMI lead I eagerly ran to my office and plugged everything in and the exploring began!
First up I got out my Cam Jam Kit and used it to help me build the quick reaction game which uses 2 buttons and requires 2 players. Each player has to wait for the LED light to turn off and then press their button and he quickest person is detected by the Pi and it declares this on the monitor. This activity was really enjoyable and I will definitely be telling my class to try it!
I also played with a 'bare conductive' dots board which I wasn't amazed with. However it probably didn't help my amusement as I spent 30 minutes with it on the GPIO pins the wrong way round! I struggled to find any advise online about this hardwar. Although, whilst looking I did learn alot about how the conductive paint can be used which looks great! Finally I moved onto trying out the Pi Stop which is essentially traffic lights which connect to the GPIO pins. Again a great little project when used with scratch and maybe also integrated into an interactive car mat or a mini lego town?!
I'm glad I finally got the chance to have a play with the Pi on my own as I have learnt alot and have even more ideas ready to try at school.
First up I got out my Cam Jam Kit and used it to help me build the quick reaction game which uses 2 buttons and requires 2 players. Each player has to wait for the LED light to turn off and then press their button and he quickest person is detected by the Pi and it declares this on the monitor. This activity was really enjoyable and I will definitely be telling my class to try it!
I also played with a 'bare conductive' dots board which I wasn't amazed with. However it probably didn't help my amusement as I spent 30 minutes with it on the GPIO pins the wrong way round! I struggled to find any advise online about this hardwar. Although, whilst looking I did learn alot about how the conductive paint can be used which looks great! Finally I moved onto trying out the Pi Stop which is essentially traffic lights which connect to the GPIO pins. Again a great little project when used with scratch and maybe also integrated into an interactive car mat or a mini lego town?!
I'm glad I finally got the chance to have a play with the Pi on my own as I have learnt alot and have even more ideas ready to try at school.