The ‘Raspberry Pi’ Circuit Board is a series of small single-board computers developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in the United Kingdom. Like the Makey Makey Circuit, this circuit board is used to teach basic computer science in schools and any other facilities linked to the education system.
The photos that can be seen below demonstrate my interaction with the Raspberry Pi equipment during Week 4 with one of the Macs wires used for the ‘Touchscreen Raspberry Pi’;
The thoughts I had after playing about with the ‘Raspberry Pi’ Circuit Board is how well set up the board is providing many features and functions that lends itself to being incorporated into really interesting interactive pieces not too dissimilar to what was displayed in the previous second years exhibition.
The use of the ‘Processing’ Programme and a Touchscreen proved quite appealing to me as it can lend itself to the ideas I produced over the last four weeks. Further thoughts on ‘Raspberry Pi’ are expanded upon in the ‘Research Word Document’ seen at the end of this blog post.
The ‘Arduino’ Circuit Board consists of both a physical programmable circuit board (referred as a microcontroller) and a piece of software, or IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that runs on a computer/mac, used to write and upload computer code to the physical board.
Experimentation with the ‘Arduino’ set up can also be seen below with an array of photos with Emily (Tutor for this Module) demonstrating how this piece of technology works;
The thoughts that I have after having a play with the mechanics of the ‘Arduino’ Circuit Board is initially of surprise at how the sensor worked as I was unsure what the function of the ‘Arduino’ Circuit was at the beginning of the session. Like ‘Raspberry Pi’, the circuit is easy to set up and is cheap to purchase the equipment.
This will also be considered for the final piece in relation to making the piece more interactive for the individual who will interact with the final piece. Further thoughts on the ‘Arduino’ Circuit Board is expanded upon in the ‘Research Word Document’ seen at the end of this blog post.
Sketchbook Pages containing notes taken during the Week 4’s session can be seen below with a further development in possible ideas with Jacob Barry who, at the time this was written, was considering interest in joining up with me for this module to create a final interactive piece;
The Word Document that is linked below expands on the two unique pieces using the technology of ‘Raspberry Pi’ and ‘Arduino’ with my added thoughts;
Callum Forster 