Hardware is the new software baby!
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The second Meetup of the 'Singapore Rasp Pi Enthusiasts' meetup group was held. Here are the slides to choosing the Gertboard or the PiFace for hardware development.
Hardware is the new software baby!
- 1. Hardware is the new Software Baby! PiFace and Gertboard in your face !! ... Or hands, whichever you prefer.
- 2. Recap of Previous Meetup http://greenasathistle.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/noreason.jpg
- 3. Vision Get people interested in the Raspberry Pi and to have them come together to build solutions, with humour, that benefit society.
- 4. Mission BY 11TH AUGUST 15 Get this meetup group to grow to 200 people. Have at least 10 meetup sessions. Have one article published in the Straits times about this group.
- 5. Mission : Where we stand Ultimate Mission Get this meetup group to grow to 200 people. Have at least 10 meetup sessions. Have one article published in the Straits times about this group. BY 13th October14 Mission in Progress 128 Members now 2nd Meetup on-going Still need Ideas on how to achieve this !
- 7. http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/87/dd/9e/87dd9ed4e8edeff76f8e5a1218656e16.jpg NOW FOR THIS MEETUP
- 8. Two Contenders HEAVYWIGHT GERTBOARD LIGHTWEIGHT PiFace
- 9. PiFace http://sg.element14.com/piface/piface-digital/i-o-expansion-board-for-raspberry/ dp/2218566
- 10. Tech Stats 2 mechanical relays (connected to outputs 1 and 2; can be disabled via jumpers) *Relays can be used to switch voltages up to 20V (Max) or currents up to 5A (Max) 4 momentary pushbutton PCB switches (connected to inputs 1-4) 8 digital inputs (sink to GND to activate each input pin; pulled-up via software) 8 open-collector outputs 8 LED indicators (for the 8 digital outputs)
- 12. Setting up Scratch for PiFace After updating/upgrading OS 21 steps to initialize Scratch to detect the PiFace http://www.piface.org.uk/guides/scratch_with_pifacedigital/Setting_up_Scratch/
- 16. Programming Python http://piface.github.io/pifacedigitalio/ Java https://github.com/Pi4J/pi4j http://www.savagehomeautomation.com/projec ts/raspberry-pi-programming-pi-face-with-java-pi4j. html
- 19. Biggest advantage of PiFace Board over Gertboard
- 20. PiFace Digital 2 http://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-accessories/piface-digital?ICID=rpiaccsy-featured-products
- 21. Gert Van Loo GERTBOARD http://m.eet.com/media/1192878/Gert-van-Loo.jpg
- 23. Gertboard Installation Step 1: Take Gertboard Step 2: Align Gertboard according to GPIO pins Step 3: Power on Raspberry Pi Step 4: Run your script
- 24. Gertboard 12x buffered I/O 3x pushbuttons 6x open collector drivers (50V, 0.5A) 18V, 2A motor controller 28-pin dual in line ATmega328 microcontroller 2-channel 8, 10, or 12 bit Digital to Analogue converter 2-channel 10 bit Analogue to Digital converter
- 25. Two resources for demo http://raspi.tv/download/GB_Python.zip http://www.element14.com/community/docs /DOC-52909/l/assembled-gertboard-software-jan- 2013?ICID=gertboard-techdoc
- 26. LED test
- 27. Motor Test
- 28. Links http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC- 52909/l/assembled-gertboard-software-jan- 2013?ICID=gertboard-techdoc Download gertboard_sw_20120725.zip Test files are created in Python and C
- 29. Gertboard Arduino IDE Installation https://projects.drogon.net/raspberry-pi/gertboard/arduino-ide-installation- isp/ sudo apt-get install arduino
- 30. Gertboard Arduino IDE Installation
- 31. http://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-accessories/ gertduino Gertduino Simpler, petite alternative to the Gertboard. Costs less too !! Does not need to be connected to Pi for power !!
- 32. Without any Extension Boards ? SCRATCH GPIO CONTROL http://www.texassharon.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/scratching-head1.jpg
- 33. Scratch and GPIO What if you dont have a PiFace or a GertBoard? Can you still control your GPIO with scratch ? YES YOU CAN
- 35. The End Questions and Queries ?
- 36. ANNOUNCING A RASPBERRY PI INITATIVE
- 37. PCB for Gert's Passive VGA adapter 666 for Raspberry Pi B+ http://vimeo.com/105666360