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Author Archives: Barnaby Kent
Pi-Cars are back – delivered by ModMyPi
Sorry that we have not been able to supply Pi-Cars or Pi-Cars took kits recently. Unfortunately the Pi-Cars warehouse (i.e. our garage) had to be turned into a playroom due to the rampaging of this guy: Robust though they are, Pi-Cars had no … Continue reading
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Pi-Cars appears in Raspberry Pi For Dummies!
Pi-Cars appears in the new book Raspberry Pi For Dummies by Sean McManus and Mike Cook, in a chapter at the end that outlines some inspiring Raspberry Pi projects. Co-author Sean McManus told us: “The book gets people up and … Continue reading
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Tagged learning electronics, learning programming, pi-cars, python, raspberry pi, raspberry pi for dummies, scratch, Tool Kit
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Pi-Cars python GPIO handler for Scratch configuration
This details how to install and configure the Python Scratch handler for the Pi-Car and get it working with Scratch. You can download the software for doing this from the Pi-Store or buy one of our SD cards which is … Continue reading
Pi-Cars Showroom
Welcome to the Pi-Cars showroom. We plan to showcase any radio controlled cars in here that have been converted to Pi-Cars and also some of the things they get up to. If you have created a Pi-Car with our Tool … Continue reading
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Tagged hobby fun, new bright, pi-cars, radio controlled cars, showroom
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Setting up a wireless connection on the Raspberry Pi
To setup the wireless connection on the Raspberry Pi you will need to: Buy a USB wireless adapter such as this one Plug it into the USB slot on your Raspberry Pi Configure it to join a wireless network To … Continue reading
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Tagged raspberry pi, remote access, startx, vncviewer, wireless setup
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Python while loops – Driving lesson #5
Pre-driving checks If you are here you should be able use an editor to write Python code to control your Pi-Car and understand what we mean when we talk about constants, variables and print statements. If not by all means … Continue reading
Python if else statements – Driving Lesson #4
Pre-driving checks If you are here you should be able use an editor to write Python code to control your Pi-Car and understand what we mean when we talk about constants, variables and print statements. If not by all means … Continue reading
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Tagged pi-car, pi-cars, python driving lesson, python driving lesson 4, under the bonnet
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Python variables and commenting – Driving Lesson #3
Pre-driving checks If you are here you should be able use an editor to write Python code to control your Pi-Car. If not by all means have a go at this lesson but if you get stuck try Driving Lesson#1 … Continue reading
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Tagged driving lesson 1, pi-cars, python, python driving lesson, python driving lesson 3, under the bonnet
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Example Pi-Cars Python Code
This code will be incorporated into the Driving Lessons in due course but in the meantime here is some Python code that will work with your Pi-Car. How to get the code onto your Raspberry Pi and run it To … Continue reading
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Tagged driving lesson, pi-cars, python, python driving lesson, under the bonnet
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Introduction to Python, constants and print statements – Driving Lesson #2
Pre-driving checks If you are here you should have set up your Raspberry Pi, understand how to connect your Pi-Car to your Raspberry Pi and know how to use IDLE or another editor to write Python code and run it. … Continue reading
