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Feb 2016
10:17am, 29 Feb 2016
13,792 posts
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The Teaboy
I have a Pi 2 that's been sitting in the draw for a while.
I have two projects in mind - one a full race timing - including track sectors - system for the Scalextric, which I need to restore first. The other will be something to do with the DJing, but I've yet to decide as I keep flopping between Midi controlled lights and something to do with filters.
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Feb 2016
10:37am, 29 Feb 2016
17,056 posts
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fetcheveryone
Get it out of the draw 
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Feb 2016
11:00am, 29 Feb 2016
13,793 posts
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The Teaboy
I have a French colleague on my project, who is doing some music related stuff on his. He is very proud that he got a beep out of it.
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Feb 2016
11:17am, 29 Feb 2016
11,420 posts
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EvilPixie
Is he using sonic pi? That's great fun
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Feb 2016
11:19am, 29 Feb 2016
13,794 posts
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The Teaboy
He's hand writing his own code and mumbled something about merging Python and C stuff.
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Feb 2016
11:20am, 29 Feb 2016
4,169 posts
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Nightjar
What the... My Pi is obsolete already! Story of my life.
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Feb 2016
11:25am, 29 Feb 2016
10,617 posts
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AngusClydesdale
I was thinking about getting a Pi for my lad at Christmas, but I was afraid it'd be beyond me to help him; I ended up getting him a small rc helicopter instead. He's 10½ and quite bright.
Are these fairly intuitive?
Are there easy projects that'll engage a young lad?
Will I be able to keep up?
All answers gratefully received
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Feb 2016
11:28am, 29 Feb 2016
11,421 posts
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EvilPixie
Check out rasperrypi.org. Loads of stuff there. Also the Mag Pi magazine (free pdf) has loads of stuff.
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Feb 2016
11:41am, 29 Feb 2016
4,170 posts
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Nightjar
Angus - it is a full blown computer but they have done a good job of making it as obvious as possible and gearing it towards young people. There are kits with breadboards and a few components, e.g. LEDs (bit like Fetch's project) which might be a good start for electronic tinkering. My lads were never into this sort of thing but I think it is something I would have loved as a kid. I can't remember when I got my first gadget (a multimeter) but I was quite young. Should be something you can do together.
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Feb 2016
11:51am, 29 Feb 2016
17,058 posts
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fetcheveryone
Angus - has he done any coding at school yet?
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