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Jan 24, 20212 min read
Epiphany!
Charlie and I have been trying to figure out how to get our BrickPi robot to communicate with the Google AIY Voice Kit. Problem 1: we...
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Jan 21, 20212 min read
VIDEO: OK Google, Build Yourself
There was a lot of excitement when the Google AIY arrived, since (once we got it working) it was going to be the method of controlling...
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Jan 14, 20215 min read
Technology = Rubbing Two Sticks Together
As you may have heard, we finally got our Brick Pi working! This means, we actually have a robot to play around with. Our next goal was...
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Jan 9, 20211 min read
VIDEO LINK: We've got a working robot!
Yeeeeeeooooooooooooooo Look at this beast We are geniuses
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Jan 9, 20211 min read
Postponed!
Pi Wars was supposed to happen in March, but it's just been announced that it's going to happen in June now. I was disappointed at first...
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Jan 8, 20211 min read
We got the PS4 talking to the BrickPi
Don't you hate it when the entire story is in the title, and you've got nothing left for the story? We got the PS4 talking to the...
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Jan 7, 20211 min read
Virtual meeting with two working bricks
Due to our team being very spread out around Northern Ireland and unable to meet up because of Covid-19, we decided that we would be a...
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Jan 3, 20211 min read
Buy One, Get One Free
We now have TWO not one but TWO working BrickPi's! Sam nabbed one from the University but was missing a few things, like all the cables...
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Jan 2, 20211 min read
NI Virtual Raspberry Jam
Today there was a virtual Raspberry Jam live streamed on Youtube. We learned how to make and code a simple maze game, and how to rewire...
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Jan 1, 20213 min read
VIDEO: The Brick Lives!
This is Kevin, the irresponsible adult who is mentoring this team of delinquents. Being the adult and the mentor, everyone expects me to...
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Dec 29, 20201 min read
Dexter!
What you're looking at here is a brand new BrickPI from Dexter Industries. The plan: Set this new one up. Use the knowledge learned here...
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Dec 19, 20201 min read
Brick through the window
Heeyyyyyyyyy look who just showed up at my house! That's Sam. He's one of the big dogs at Northern Ireland Raspberry Jam; you can tell...
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Dec 8, 20201 min read
My first time using Python
BEN: This is my first time using Python and it seemed very confusing at first, but once my team had walked me through the basic commands...
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Dec 3, 20201 min read
Looking at the BrickPi
During this meeting, the team took a look at using the BrickPi, and also went deeper into coding with Python. We looked at the Dexter...
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Dec 3, 20201 min read
Starting pseudocode!
EOIN: This week I started working with pseudocode. Now what is pseudocode? Pseudocode is a preliminary stage of coding. It consists of...
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Nov 30, 20201 min read
The Grid: Reloaded
WILLIAM: i have made it more chad and cooler with oop. directions = {"u":"^ ","l":"< ","r":"> ","d":"v "} class Robot: def...
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Nov 29, 202011 min read
The Grid
WILLIAM: As of recently, I have been recapping with python a bit, as we are planning on using it for our robot. I have had a bit of...
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Nov 29, 20202 min read
Tales from the Slack: Q&A
Ben asked a question about using DEF in Python. I thought the conversation was worth adding to the blog for everybody to see... BEN: I'm...
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Nov 26, 20201 min read
Tales from the Slack: Fake it till you Make it
(During lockdown, Our team communicates mostly through Slack. Tales from the Slack are long posts from the mentors to team members. They...
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