Upcoming Classes:

Wednesday, September 27th, 7PM, Dallas Makerspace
Getting Started With Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is an exceptional learning tool with a TON functionality already installed. We’ll be going over all the basics… Bring your questions..

What you’ll need:
Raspberry Pi (recommend Rraspberry Pi 3)
8/16/32 GB uSD card, Class 10
USB Power Supply for Pi (recommend 5.1V, 2.5A or 3.0A)
Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, and cables to hook up the Raspberry Pi
Laptop, USB to uSD adapter to program the uSD card from the laptop.

We will go over:
Where to get new Raspbian images
How to get the Raspbian image onto the uSD card
Configuring the Raspberry Pi for US Standards, timezone
How to Add / Remove Software (Install the Arduino IDE)
Geany
Python IDE
Enable and Using VNC
Using the serial port to access a command console (using an FTDI cable)

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi Page

Wednesday, October 25th, 7PM, Dallas Makerspace
The Bosch BMP180 I2C Temperature, Barometric Pressure & Altimeter Sensor We will be Exploring using Wemos or Raspberyy Pi to interface the BMP180.
We will cover how to connect a Bosch BMP180 using I2C.
We will cover how to scan for I2C devices and retrieve the address found. We will cover how to convert to the data to US standards.
You can find these parts on E-bay
For more info go here: Rusty's Website

What to Bring:
Laptop computer – Windows – Mac - Linux
* Wemos D1 Mini Breadboard & Wires
* Raspberry Pi 3 or Raspbery Pi Zero with Keyboard, Mouse & Monitor.
* BMP280, BMP180 or BMP085 Barometric Pressure Sensor

Bosh BMP180 Page

Wednesday, November 29th, 7PM, Dallas Makerspace
LM75A I2C Temperature Sensor
* Connecting the LM75A Temperature Sensor to the Raspbery Pi 3, using the I2C bus.
* Check connectivity to the LM75A
* Read and write to the device's registers
* Read, record, and display temperature on a Web page.
* Collect data over time, then plot the data on a web page graph using Flot.

We will have LM75A boards available for $2

What to Bring:
* Laptop computer – Windows – Mac - Linux
* LM75A
* Mini Breadboard & Wires
* Raspberry Pi with Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, and cables.

LM75A Page

Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 7PM, Dallas Makerspace
Pi GPIO Library & pigs
* How to start the pigpiod service/daemon
* Use the command line tool, "pigs", to turn on/ turn off LEDs
* Use "pigs" command to continuously flash LEDs (PWM)
* Write a simple C/C++ program to turn on/ turn off LEDs using pigpio C library.
* Write a simple Python program to turn on / turn off LEDs using pigpio Python library.
* How to stop the pigpiod service/daemon

What to Bring:
Raspberry Pi (recommend Rraspberry Pi 3)
8/16/32 GB uSD card, Class 10, for your Pi's OS - please bring a working/running Pi!
USB Power Supply for Pi (recommend 5.1V, 2.5A or 3.0A)
Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, and cables to hook up the Raspberry Pi
Laptop, USB to uSD adapter to program the uSD card from the laptop.

PiGPIO Page

E-mail me: jim@merkles.com.