Intro to Raspberry Pi Workshop

All material needed to run the beginner Raspberry Pi workshop can be found in this repository.

Steps to organizing this workshop:

1. Book a computer lab at least 3 weeks before. (BSB 249 is a good option)
2. Start promoting at least 2 weeks before.
   • Create google form to register participants.
   • Set capacity based on inventory.
   • Establish payment process.
   • Announce to IEEE members as part of office hour duties.
3. Ask for volunteers (ideally 5, one per section and one general floater)
4. Train volunteers the week of the workshop; volunteers typically specialize in one section, i.e. camera, audio...etc.
   • Make sure everything works before training day.
   • Poll for training date and time.
   • Book a lab for volunteer training. (JHE labs are nice)
5. Assign a lead to present introduction slides.
6. Email participants with details and agenda of workshop 2 days before. (Date, time, agenda, building and room location)
7. Pre-order food (i.e. pizza) a day before, according to number of participants. (don't forget to account for volunteers and execs, and different dietary restrictions)
8. Run workshop!
   • Set up 4 stations with about 4-5 Pis. (preferrably at corners of lab)
   • Start with introduction slides. ~30 mins
   • Move to GPIO section. ~30 mins
   • Rotate each section between stations. ~60 mins per section
     • 1 section > lunch > 3 sections
9. Email participants a feedback form. (maybe with some incentive)

Items required:

General:

⌚️ To prepare for the workshop:

• microSD card reader
• Extra parts of each component (including station components)

Software:

• SD Card Formatter, to format microSD cards
• Win32DiskImager, to flash microSD card with disk image

🧰 To give to participants during workshop:

• Breadboard
• 10 1k-Resistors
• 3 2k-Resistors
• F/M wires
• M/M wires
• 3 Buttons
• Potentiometer
• 10 Red LEDs

Set up beforehand:

• Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
• microSD card
• Power supply
• Monitor (if not already available)
• Mouse and keyboard (if not already available)

Audio section:

• Speaker

Camera section:

• PiCamera

PWM & Distance Sensor section:

• RGB LED
• Ultrasonic distance sensor

ADC section:

• Arduino UNO
• USB Arduino connector cable