diff -r 1fead04ad988 -r 61c865156f57 bsc-projects-13.html --- a/bsc-projects-13.html Tue Nov 19 12:29:46 2013 +0000 +++ b/bsc-projects-13.html Thu Nov 21 14:21:10 2013 +0000 @@ -455,22 +455,22 @@ -
  • [CU8] Raspberry Pis and Arduinos

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  • [CU8] Raspberry Pi's and Arduinos

    Description: - This project is for true hackers! Raspberry Pis + This project is for true hackers! Raspberry Pi's are small Linux computers the size of a credit-card and only cost £34 (see picture left below). They were introduced in 2012 and people went crazy...well some of them. There is a - Google+ community about Raspberry Pis that has more + Google+ community about Raspberry Pi's that has more than 58k of followers. It is hard to keep up with what people do with these small computers. The possibilities - seem to be limitless. The main resource for Raspberry Pis is here. + seem to be limitless. The main resource for Raspberry Pi's is here. There are magazines dedicated to them and tons of books (not to mention floods of online material). Google just released a framework - for web-programming and for turning Raspberry Pis into webservers. + for web-programming and for turning Raspberry Pi's into webservers.

    @@ -478,24 +478,24 @@ are small single-board micro-controllers that can talk to various external gadgets (sensors, motors, etc). Since Arduinos are open-software and open-hardware there are many clones and add-on boards. Like for the Raspberry Pi, there is a lot of material available about Arduinos. - The main reference is here. Like the Raspberry Pis, the good thing about + The main reference is here. Like the Raspberry Pi's, the good thing about Arduinos is that they can be powered with simple AA-batteries.

    - I have two such Raspberry Pis including wifi-connectors and two cameras. + I have two such Raspberry Pi's including wifi-connectors and two cameras. I also have two Freakduino Boards that are Arduinos extended with wireless communication. I can lend them to responsible students for one or two projects. However, the aim is to first come up with an idea for a project. Popular projects are automated temperature sensors, network servers, robots, web-cams (here is a web-cam directed at the Shard that can tell you whether it is raining or cloudy). There are plenty more ideas listed - here for Raspberry Pis and + here for Raspberry Pi's and here for Arduinos.

    - There are essentially two kinds of projects: One is purely software-based. Software projects for Raspberry Pis are often + There are essentially two kinds of projects: One is purely software-based. Software projects for Raspberry Pi's are often written in Python, but since these are Linux-capable computers any other language would do as well. You can also write your own operating system as done here. For example the students @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@

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