Want to lear to interact with the real world using a Raspberry Pi? This workshop aims to teach the skills of setting up a Raspberry Pi Linux computer and working with Input and Output (GPIO).

Using a Raspberry Pi and GPIO you can react and control the real world! We will teach you the skills you need to read temperature, light, control LEDs, move a servo (motor), and more!

This workshop will be split into two three-hour sessions. Part one will be installing and booting your Raspberry Pi, running python, and getting things going- ideally blinking LEDs by the end of class. Part two will involve dicussing python concepts, driving servos, reading temperature of both an analog source and 1-wire source, and other real-world interactions.

Requirements for this class are:

A laptop or computer with a free USB port and Administrator or root access to the system.

This class has two tiers:

Tier 1 Includes a kit with a breadboard, sensors, LEDs, Wifi, etc. You must bring your own Raspberry Pi.

Tier 2 Comes with a Raspberry Pi, and includes everything from the kit in Tier1.

Tier 1 Workshop Kit Includes (https://www.adafruit.com/products/955):

USB Cable

Serial Console Cable

SD Card

Pi Cobbler with Cable

Breadboard

Breadboarding wires

Ethernet

Cool Raspberry Pi Badge for your bag.

5 x 10K resistors for pullups on the buttons

5 x 560 ohm resistors for the LEDs

1 RED 10mm diffused LED

1 GREEN 10mm diffused LED

1 BLUE 10mm diffused LED

3 tactile pushbuttons

Light-sensitive resistor photocell

1uF capacitor

1 MCP3008 (Analog to Digital)

1 1-wire Temperature sensor

1 Analog Temperature sensor

1 USB Wifi

Tier 2 Workshop Kit:

Everything from the Tier 1 kit.

Raspberry Pi Model B

Tier 1 cost: $125

Tier 2 cost: $165