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EXETER PI JAM 25/1/2014

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EXETER PI JAM 25/1/2014

A few photos from the pi jam.

qrturtle

I  demoed a qr code to turtle graphics program which got fixed on the day thanks to Tom Brough.  So now that is working. Or at the point were I need to iron out a few things. 

For more info please visit my website.

racetrack1

Toms latest project,  wii controlled and a car racing game

music

Music player

rc-car-pi-hack

Controlled car hack,  rc car + pi.

robot-arm

Robot arm.

Another great pi jam,  lots of cool demos, and especially more children / young people programming, which is what the pi is all about.

Big thank you to Simon at Exeter library for organising the event. 🙂

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PI jam Exeter 23/11/2013

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Just got back from the Pi jam in Exeter. Below are some photos / notes from the event.

 

rasppi1

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What the event is all about, the Raspberry Pi.

Upon arrival simon had already set up an interesting demo,

chimer2 chimer1

 

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This project is essentially a frame and windchimes,  being sounded by some motors with wire sticking up, so that when the motor rotates, it hits the chime,  this is all controlled via a raspberry pi, the laptop I think is there to provide a remote link to the Pi.

Video

 

mindstormscar1 mindstormscar2

The Lego mindstorms robot made its regular appearance.

The website for this is here : http://fullmeasure.co.uk/legoroversdevon

But on a related note these links may be of interest.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/11/brickpi/

http://www.dexterindustries.com/BrickPi.html

PIcontrolledcar

This is a hacked radio controlled car with a onboard pi and bluetooth.

Tom brough demonstrated his ball tracking robot and also the wii board controlling the same robot.

Tom's Robot powered by a Pi

Tom’s Robot powered by a Pi

This robot can also be controlled via a wii board.

Mini Mini Maker Faire

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Earlier today, Raspberry Pi enthusiast, Amy Mather posted a tweet about a Mini Mini Maker Faire, which is aimed to inspire under 18s to get involved with the Maker culture.

Amy is conducting a survey on when the time is best and if people can help, there is also more information regarding the Mini Mini Maker Faire on the survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1eGMLtlnM-DFEhVZ2PfUmcU5di8V-_xRSEu5kijcWI4c/viewform

 

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Paignton lug meet 13/7/2013

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LINUX USER GROUP MEETING PHOTOS

 

DEMO OF TOMS ROBOT

laserfollow1

 

Following the laser

robotandball3

 

Follow the ball 1

robotandball2 robotandball

 

Follow the ball 2 and 3

What else happened

Raymond had a DOS batfile listing of a program to parse / search his telephone listing files, and wanted help to find a way to do the same thing in bash.

I sort of guessed this could be done with

DOS VS LINUX

find vs Grep

echo vs cat

Thought the following may be helpful

Advanced bash scripting guide

THE NEXT PAIGNTON MEET IS ON

10th August at Centre peace
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