Paul Sutton

Hacking

Raspberry Pi – Micropython book

I now have a copy of the Raspberry Pi, MicroPython book which is aimed at users of the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller board.

MicroPython book

I will bring this to the meeting today, along with some other resources. I also bought a Raspberry Pi Pico. I can experiment with this at home before Saturday.

pi pico

So hopefully, we can do some more hardware / software hacking with this.

#PaigntonLibrarySTEMGroup,#CodeClub,#Python,#Hardware, #Hacking

Amazon's Ring used to spy on customers, FTC says in privacy settlement

Posted to the Fediverse yesterday. This is a stark warning about how technology can do what it wants, and how when we don't have access to the code that makes it work, we don't know what it is doing.

A good reason to support software freedom

You are better off with a RaspberryPi and a Camera Module along with a suitable programming language such as Python and hacking your own.

We can perhaps discuss at a future STEM Group.

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#Amazon#Ring,#Privacy,#Spying.#Alternative,#FreeSoftware,#Python,#RaspberryPi,#CameraModule,#Hardware,#Hacking

Code Club – Compute-IT

The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 20th May 2023 10 am to 12:00. We can carry on with what we are doing,

You may have noticed a link to compute-it added to the list of websites, if you're not sure what this is I have put a brief description below. Some of the young people attending both code club and stem group have used it

Compute IT consists of puzzles where you need to follow the instructions presented in the code displayed on the screen, This stars out simple and gets more complex or involved as you go.` '

I have added a video to my peertube resources to illustrate.

Useful Links

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#CodeClub,#Scratch,#Coding,#Hacking,#Python,#STEM,#Lua,#Roblox

Code Club 6/5/2023 Write up

We had a lower turnout today, probably due to the coronation. Nevertheless we were actually very productive.

A new member started off with the Free code camp course on scientific computing, which is mostly video with Q&A. This really good, but not very interactive so we moved on to the Code Club Python activities

Using trinket to create a program to simulate rolling a dice

This worked much better, so we they are going to carry on at home, them come back next week to the STEM group.

Useful Links

Beginner Level

Next event

13th March – STEM Group 11 – 15:00 20th March – Code Club 10 – 12:00

New people welcome, as a group we can all learn together and support each other.

It would recommend getting accounts with the following, and bringing the details with you. A parent / guardian may need their phone to help facilitate logins.

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#CodeClub,#Scratch,#Coding,#Hacking,#Python,#Trinket,

Code Club 6/5/2023 reminder

The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 6th May 2023 10 am to 12:00. We can carry on with what we are doing,

Useful Links

Beginner Level

Roblox

As Roblox is very popular and allows you to develop within the game the following may be useful.

Note you need your own laptop with this installed so you can develop Lua projects for Robox. You can use Replit to learn Lua but need an account.

GNU / Linux BASH

This is something that once mastered can be very beneficial

Python

Web Site Creation

Other

Free Code Camp offer a wide range of follow along interactive courses, tutorials etc. You will need an account but it is probably worth getting on.

Older Links

I have previously included links to other resources, as I have now updated this page then the old links are still on the previous post.

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#CodeClub,#Scratch,#Coding,#Hacking,#Python,#STEM,#Lua,#Roblox

Code Club 6/5/2023

The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 6th May 2023 10 am to 12:00. We can carry on with what we are doing,

Useful Links

Beginner Level

Roblox

As Roblox is very popular and allows you to develop within the game the following may be useful.

Note you need your own laptop with this installed so you can develop Lua projects for Robox. You can use Replit to learn Lua but need an account.

GNU / Linux BASH

This is something that once mastered can be very beneficial

Python

Web Site Creation

Other

Free Code Camp offer a wide range of follow along interactive courses, tutorials etc. You will need an account but it is probably worth getting on.

  • Vfsync – this is a Linux terminal in a browser.

Older Links

I have previously included links to other resources, as I have now updated this page then the old links are still on the previous post.

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#CodeClub,#Scratch,#Coding,#Hacking,#Python,#STEM,#Lua,#Roblox

Coronation of King Charles III and Camilla

The Coronation takes place at 11am so will clash with Code Club. Details on the broadcast can be found here

Code Club 15/4/2023

The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 15th April 2023 10 am to 12:00. We can carry on with what we are doing, new members welcome as there are resources for beginners to more experienced user.

I have included a link to the GNU/Linux command line BASH shell tutorials,

If you would like to start undertaking more with Python, we have 4 copies of the Python for beginners book on the shelf, and there is a copy in the Library which can be borrowed. The Pis and laptops / netbooks do have Python installed. But it may just be easier to get a Repl.it account

Going further, the two laptops I gave out on the 7th have the GoDot game engine installed, this is for creating more advanced games, the main language for this is GD Script.

For those of you working on Responsive web design then this seems to be going really well.

There are also some contests you can get involved with, some of these are listed below.

#CodeClub,#Scratch,#Coding,#Hacking,#Python,#STEM

Code Club 1/4/2023

Paignton Library code club 1/4/2023 10 am to 12:00, Happy to stay till 13:00.

Paignton Library code club is picking up nicely, lots of cool stuff going on.

The core code club activities are still available. If you have been Scratch or other block based coding for a while then you may want to start looking at the next stage. which could be useful if starting with the Raspberry Pi.

I have included a link to the GNU/Linux command line BASH shell tutorials,

If you would like to start undertaking more with Python, we have 4 copies of the Python for beginners book on the shelf, and there is a copy in the Library which can be borrowed. The Pis and laptops / netbooks do have Python installed. But it may just be easier to get a Repl.it account

Going further, the two laptops I gave out on the 7th have the GoDot game engine installed, this is for creating more advanced games, the main language for this is GD Script.

For those of you working on Responsive web design then this seems to be going really well.

There are also some contests you can get involved with, some of these are listed below.

#CodeClub,#Scratch,#Coding,#Hacking,#Python,#STEM

Code Club 18/2/2023

Paignton Library code club 18/2/2023 10 am to 12:00, Happy to stay till 13:00.

Paignton Library code club is attendee ship is picking up nicely, lots of cool stuff going on.

The core code club activities are still available. If you have been Scratch or other block based coding for a while then you may want to start looking at the next stage. which could be useful if starting with the Raspberry Pi.

I have included a link to the GNU/Linux command line BASH shell tutorials,

If you would like to start undertaking more with Python, we have 4 copies of the Python for beginners book on the shelf, and there is a copy in the Library which can be borrowed. The Pis and laptops / netbooks do have Python installed. But it may just be easier to get a Repl.it account

Going further, the two laptops I gave out on the 7th have the GoDot game engine installed, this is for creating more advanced games, the main language for this is GD Script.

For those of you working on Responsive web design then this seems to be going really well.

There are also some contests you can get involved with, some of these are listed below.

#CodeClub,#Scratch,#Coding,#Hacking,#Python,#STEM

Code Club 4/2/2023 – repost

Paignton Library code club 4/2/2023 10 am to 12:00, Happy to stay till 13:00.

Paignton Library code club is attendee ship is picking up nicely, We are still using scratch but some of us are slowly moving to text based languages in some form or other.

The core code club activities are still available. If you have been Scratch or other block based coding for a while then you may want to start looking at the next stage. which could be useful if starting with the Raspberry Pi.

I have included a link to the GNU/Linux command line BASH shell tutorials,

If you would like to start undertaking more with Python, we have 4 copies of the Python for beginners book on the shelf, and there is a copy in the Library which can be borrowed. The Pis and laptops / netbooks do have Python installed. But it may just be easier to get a Repl.it account

Going further, the two laptops I gave out on the 7th have the GoDot game engine installed, this is for creating more advanced games, the main language for this is GD Script.

For those of you working on Responsive web design then this seems to be going really well.

There are also some contests you can get involved with, some of these are listed below.

#CodeClub,,#Scratch,#Coding,#Hacking,#Python,#Contests