AniBots for Primary
I am a very strong proponent that physical computing is a great way to carry on enthusiasm for programming after primary children have out-grown animating sprites on a computer screen. Or, in fact, getting back...
Author: cymplecy
Going from Scratch to GP (www.gpblocks.org)
GP is the latest block programming language (Currently in beta testing so changes might/will occur) It is designed to be a stepping stone (or even an end-goal itself) from Scratch onto more feature rich...
Scratch2GPIO
Raspberry Pi have worked with MIT to produce a Scratch2 compatible program that runs standalone on a Pi3 or Pi2 (but not older models or PiZero series). It comes with basic gpio pin control...
Tracking robot position within an area
For a couple of years, I’ve been thinking/wanting to have a system for determining the position of a robot within a marked area. I’ve not found an economical/easy way of doing this...
MkII Full-sized USB Socket for PiZero
Having played around with this sort of effort to fit a WiFi dongle inside the dimensions of a PiZero, I came up with idea of getting a USB socket like this and sticking it...
Remote Control HDMI switch using PiZero, Infra Red, MQTT and Scratch
Instead of running 2 long HDMI leads to connect bedroom and kitchen TVs to my SkyQ box, I used one to a switch in an intermediate room But having to manually changeover the switch...
GPIO Hammer Header Jigs
The pirates at Pimoroni have sourced the item we have been looking for ever since the PiZero has launched – a solderless header – https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/gpio-hammer-header – for a very reasonable £2. I NO LONGER...
ScratchGPIO Map Pin
Simply broadcast Map Pin x, name to rename a sensor pinx to name Map Pin to name now in ScratchGPIO7 pic.twitter.com/wAUlVuQ4On — Simon Walters (@cymplecy) November 21, 2016
Scratch2Pi (part 2)
Previous blurb here So having got technoboy10 twitter extension.js file up and running – I went about playing with it to alter it to try and make it talk to a python program running on...
Scratch2Pi
With Raspberry Pi now supplying a browser capable of using Scratch 2, I thought I’d see if it was possible to get use Scratch 2 in a browser to control the GPIO pins on...
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