Based on multiple examples from my book “Getting started with Java on Raspberry Pi”, I created a touchscreen controller for the drum booth of my son. Combined with relays boards and an Arduino this allows to control LED strips and different lights with a touch screen interface.
One of the example applications in my book “Getting started with Java on the Raspberry Pi” combines a JavaFX application with Mosquitto on the Raspberry Pi to control a LED strip with an Arduino. All wireless and independent of each other as the Mosquitto-queue is dealing with exchange commands between all applications.
And another summer project got finished… ;-)
My sons drum corps teacher triggered me to build an Arduino Midi controller so he could practice his rhythm skills.
At CoderDojo we have the luck to receive old laptops from companies. We use them for kids who don’t have a laptop or can’t bring one to the Dojo’s. For security reasons these laptops sometimes are compleltely erased or reinstalled with a new OS without license. Therefor we use them with Linux Ubuntu.
Eén van de grootste uitdagingen voor de CoderDojos is het geboeid houden van de kinderen. Scratch is heel laagdrempeling en toch kan je er ook heel complexe zaken mee doen, maar toch komt al snel de vraag om “eens iets anders te doen”. Daarom zijn we in Roeselare al gestart met Blender 3D en App Inventor. Maar onder zachte dwang van enkele coaches en de goede ervaringen in enkele andere Dojos, wilden we ook met Arduino starten om de link te leggen tussen hard- en software.