Easy to use but powerful, affordable and (as long as you’re careful) difficult to break, the Raspberry Pi is the perfect tool for aspiring computer scientists. What do we mean by computer science? We mean learning how computers work so you can make them do what you want them to do, not what someone else thinks you should do with them.
And who do we mean by computer scientists? We mean you. You may finish this workshop and decide you want to be next Tim Berners Lee, but even if you don’t, we hope you have fun, learn something new and get a feel for how computers work. Because no matter what you do in life, computers are bound to be part of it.
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Session 1
Introduction
Introduction to Raspberry Pi, Understanding Hardware Architecture, Understanding Software Architecture, Booting Raspbian OS to Raspberry Pi, Hands on: Using Linux commands, Programming in Python
Session 2
Making use of RPi GPIOs
Hands on : LED interfacing, IR sensor interfacing for obstacle detection, Measuring distance with ultrasonic sensor, Light sensing with LDR, Buzzer interfacing, Actuating high voltage devices with Relay
Session 3
RPi talking over internet
Exploring WiFi capabilities of Raspberry Pi, Hands on: Making Raspberry Pi tweet, Making Raspberry Pi send email using Gmail
Session 4
Making RPi Speak
Hands on: Text to Speech conversion with Raspberry Pi, Creating a talking alarm clock
Session 5
Go wireless with RPi Bluetooth
Hands on: Scanning BLE devices with Raspberry Pi BLE module, Controlling GPIOs over Bluetooth with smart phone
Session 6
Project Session
Do It Yourself: Each group would be assigned a project to develop based on earlier part covered in workshop. Winning team would be getting exciting prizes at the end of the workshop.
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- Raspberry Pi 3
- Buzzer
- LEDs
- Relay module
- LDR (Light Sensor)
- Ultrasonic Sensor
- IR sensor
- Jumper wires
- Bread board