Today was SUCH FUN celebrating #BCSwift & #BCPhysComp. A recap video will be prepped and posted but need to prioritize finals, first. Students were fantastic! Such great groups!

#CircuitPython and @Raspberry_Pi Pico powered cofffee maker from Hunter. One of many end of semester projects from @BostonCollege Physical Computing #BCPhysComp.

Professor challenges students that the final exam will be cancelled if they create a viral TikTok that garners 1 million views. It took one student just 24 hrs. Sorry #BCSwift and #BCPhysComp, no such bonus for our class re: course YouTube channel subscriptions. You don’t need gimmicks when you have skills. Bring on Finals Week! https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/04/20/chapman-marketing-final-tiktok

Ah - and I didn't notice https://mastodon.world/@carbonnk also had a project mentioned - his Clamp Reactive Night Lamp https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Clap-Reactive-Night-Lamp/ Congrats, Michael! #BCPhysComp #BuiltWithProfG #CircuitPython

We’ll try to get him to rocket in for the #BCSwift & #BCPhysComp end-of-semester tech showcase. Stark Industries is hiring https://www.boston.com/culture/celebs/2023/03/10/robert-downey-jr-aura/

For #BCPhysComp students working on upcoming projects, remember Adafruit Show & Tell on YouTube is a great source of inspiration and ideas. Last night had cool robots, “meowsic” and robot lyre, a light-up bubble table, and more. https://www.youtube.com/live/xgp7cLM2tdY?feature=share

Updating lesson on #CircuitPython audiomixer & “DJ-style” multivoice sound play using code & examples inspired by the incomparable @todbot. It’s on the @Raspberry_Pi Pico where samples must be tiny & low quality but I’ll offer an SD card lesson so that more funk can be brought. #BCPhysComp students, prepare your grooves. The @adafruit MPR121 Gator awaits your flow.

Take a @Raspberry_Pi Pico for a spin using a potentiometer & #CircuitPython. The latest lesson from #BCPhysComp, our Physical Computing University course for coding & engineering newbies, is up https://youtu.be/JoyE8cvMw7c By next month we’ll be adding an SD card, making API calls, parsing JSON, working with MQTT, and building remote controlled robots. Stay tuned!

Scenes from Week Five of #BCPhysComp where our students cooperate sending and receiving messages from device to device over Bluetooth. Sender uses a potentiometer to set an angle, Receiver takes the angle and moves the servo. Wireless fun, #CircuitPython style. A look at Boston College Physical Computing Week 5 - Bluetooth Week
https://youtu.be/N7ozINI5NcM

Educators & #CircuitPython learners - Keynote & .pdf slides from Week 5 of #BCPhysComp are in the open course google drive at gallaugher.com “Physical Computing Week 5 - Spring 2023”. Have at it!

#BCPhysComp controlling mouse with adafruit hid

We have a hands-on in-class quiz each week in Physical Computing. This week students used a CPB and showed a simple build that nonetheless had to demo #CircuitPython knowledge for NeoPixels, accelerometer work, sound play, functions, conditionals, randomization, and concurrent sound/led animation. STEM educators or those playing the “home game” are welcome to the solution video https://youtu.be/sKOXgeieC_g #BCPhysComp

Prepping a new lesson on using #CircuitPython for device-to-device communication over Bluetooth. Will post, soon, but showed how to use buttons, cap touch pads, and a potentiometer to send/receive Button, Color, and RawText packets. Handy for remote controlled or sync-ing projects. It'll be fun to see if we can get all of the students in the classroom as receivers to one sender device. #BCPhysComp

Got an @adafruit microsd card reader to work on the @Raspberry_Pi Pico W using #CircuitPython. Looks like it’ll work well for giving our robots more of a voice. Have to order a bunch of these card readers for class. Will share a lesson video when ready. #BCPhysComp

Made this box yesterday for a project for next class! #BCPhysComp #BuiltWithProfG

Super simple and inexpensive #robot controlled from @adafruit io over MQTT using a @Raspberry_Pi Pico W, two continuous rotation servos, a speaker, and powered by a mobile phone battery. Coded in Circuit Python. Using this in my Spring #BCPhysComp course. Will post video lessons, soon. Let’s roll!

#BCPhysComp students also built accessibility switches so that children in Boston College Campus School could operate toys from their wheelchairs.

CircuitPython School #BuiltWithProfG #BCPhysComp @gallaugher

Distance Sensing Lights #BCPhysComp #BuiltWithProfG

#BCPhysComp#BuiltWithProfG