Make Resources

Getting Started

• Remote control a buggy

  Remote control your robot buggy

• Getting started with wearables

  In this resource you will learn how to create a basic piece of wearable technology

• Getting started with Node-RED

  In this resource you will learn how to use Node-RED to control Raspberry Pi GPIO pins

• Interactive Pixel Pet

  Make your very own digital space pixel pet with your Raspberry Pi and Sense HAT.

• Magic 8 Ball

  Build your own Magic 8 Ball using a Sense HAT and some Python code.

• Robot Antenna

  Make your own robot with a blinking antenna

• Burping Jelly Baby

  Make a jelly baby burp when you squeeze it!

Activities

• SLUG!

  Create your own fun and frantic version of the classic game Snake on a Sense HAT.

• Ultrasonic Theremin

  In this resource, you will use an ultrasonic distance sensor to control the notes played by Sonic Pi

• Explorer HAT buggy

  Make a very simple buggy using a Raspberry Pi and an Explorer HAT

• Space Maze

  Navigate a maze in Scratch 2.0

• Lights Out!

  In this resource you will find out how to make a fun and fast-paced Explorer HAT reaction game

• Whoopi Cushion

  Learn how to make a whoopee cushion powered by a Raspberry Pi to prank your pals.

• Scary Spot The Difference

  Make a scary spot the difference game in Python

• Micromine Bitcraft

  Learn how to use your micro:bit to help (or sabotage!) Steve in Minecraft Pi

• The Scratch Olympics – Weightlifter

  Make a weightlifter game in Scratch

• micro:bit selfies

  Taking selfies with the micro:bit and a Raspberry Pi

• micro:bit Meteorologist

  Display weather icons on your micro:bit, using a Raspberry Pi

• Window On The Weather

  Create a magic window in Scratch so you can see what the weather is like, anywhere in the world

• People in Space Indicator

  Use a web API to create an indicator to show the number of people currently in space

• Sense HAT Marble Maze

  Activity to create a marble maze game that can be played on the LED matrix of the Sense HAT

• Flappy Astronaut

  In this activity you will make a Flappy Bird clone using your Raspberry Pi and the Sense HAT.

• Sense HAT Pong

  In this activity you will make a single player Pong game using your Raspberry Pi and the Sense HAT.

• Sense HAT Data Logger

  Using the Sense-HAT hardware and it's Python library you will create a data-logging device

• Minecraft Photobooth

  Build a photobooth out of blocks in Minecraft, and program it to take a picture

• “Whac-a-Block” game in Minecraft Pi

  Use Python to create a "Whac-a-Block" game in Minecraft Pi

• Make a Santa Detector

  Create a Scratch program to set off an alarm when Santa sneaks in to your room

• Spinning Flower Wheel

  Get started with motors by creating a digital garden of spinning flowers or pinwheels

• GPIO Music Box

  Wire up a series of buttons that play particular sounds when pressed

• Temperature Log

  Take temperature measurements from the Raspberry Pi's CPU at given intervals and log the data

• Push Button Stop Motion

  Make your own stop motion animation rig with a push button, using Python Picamera and GPIO

• Python Quick Reaction Game

  Make a quick reaction game to play with your friends

• Parent Detector

  Use a Raspberry Pi to detect who has been in your room!

• Cress Egg Heads

  A fun time-lapse photography project with the Raspberry Pi Camera Board and cress seed

Projects

• Username generator

  Generate a fun online username

• Build a buggy

  Build a Raspberry Pi Buggy

• Control LEDs with your voice

  Blink LEDs with AIY Voice Kit

• OctaPi: Public Key Cryptography

  In this resource you will learn about the ideas behind public key cryptography (PKC).

• Build an OctaPi

  In this resource you will make a distributed computer system using eight Raspberry Pi computers.

• The All-Seeing Pi

  In this resource, you will make a tweeting touchscreen photo booth using a Raspberry Pi.

• Raspberry Pi Zero Time-Lapse Camera

  In this resource you will make a wearable time-lapse camera using a Raspberry Pi Zero.

• The Big Minecraft Piano

  Make a piano in Minecraft that plays notes when you step on it.

• Minecraft Selfies

  Make a selfie wall in Minecraft with Python

• Scratch Olympics – Hurdler

  A hurdler game in Scratch

• Weather Station Guide

  The weather station kit is a HAT for the Raspberry Pi which allows it to collect weather data

• See like a bat

  In this resource you will make an echolocation device using your Raspberry Pi

• Raspberry Pi Laser Tripwire

  In this resource you will be making a laser tripwire using a Raspberry Pi and a laser pen

• 3D Printed Astro Pi Flight Case

  Use a 3D printer to create your very own Astro Pi flight case like the ones on the ISS

• Sense Hat Puzzle Box

  Use the Sense HAT and Python to hide secret information

• Balloon Pi-Tay Popper

  Pop balloons using a different type of pin - a GPIO pin!

• Tweeting Babbage

  Shove a Pi inside your Babbage Bear and make it take pictures and tweet them!

• Fart Detector

  Make an alarm that's triggered by certain potent gases

• Grandpa Scarer

  Make a box to drop a toy spider on Grandpa's head

• Hamster Party Cam

  Take pictures and video of the hamsters, triggered by their movement

• Infrared Bird Box

  Build a better bird box with infrared and a Pi Camera

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