- What will you learn from the course
What you'll learn
- Wire up your Banana Pro with keyboard and monitor to create a fully functional computer
- Get to know how Banana Pro is different from Raspberry Pi
- Learn to build a magic electronic candle and turn it ON or OFF by just blowing air
- Learn how to code in Python and interact with physical devices such as sensors
- Build a smoke and gas detector with e-mail notifier to enhance the safety in your kitchen
- Install Android operating system in your Banana Pro and use it as a mobile device
Description
This is an introductory course about the credit card sized Banana Pro. This course is useful for those who are interested in exploring the possibilities of Banana Pro as a computer. The course does not assume any prior knowledge of computers or programming. However, a knowledge of Linux operating system and Python programming language would greatly help you in getting up to speed.
The course will teach you to hook up the Banana Pro with a keyboard and monitor so that you can use it as a low-cost computer. You will also learn how to step into the world of physical computing something that you normally do not do with your home computer or laptop.
You will learn to build two complete projects. The first one teaches you how to make a magic candle and turn it ON or OFF by just blowing air as you do in birthday parties. By doing this, you will learn how to code and interact with physical devices such as sensors.
The second project involves building a smoke and gas detector with e-mail notifier to enhance the safety in your kitchen area. You will use the Banana Pro to design the circuit and Python program to code the sensor.
You will also learn how to install Android operating system in your Banana Pro and experience the Android interface.
The course provides complete source code for both the projects.
The entire course can be completed within a week, including the hardware assembly for the magic candle and smoke sensor.
By the end of this course, you will learn how to boot and wire up a Banana Pro and write your own Python code to interact with physical world.
The University of Sheffield
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About the instructors
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Venkatesh Varadachari
Founder, MAKERDEMY
Venkatesh Varadachari is the founder of MAKERDEMY, a pioneer maker education company head-quartered in Singapore.
Venkatesh believes that knowledge should be made available to people in all walks of life. Venkatesh also believes in the power of education to transform lives.
Venkatesh has an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
He also has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Madras University and a Masters in Financial Engineering from National University of Singapore.
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Reviews
car Duar
15-06-2023
very good information obtained from the course
Brian Harkins
19-06-2023
Fun projects for beginning the exploration of BananaPro and SOCs in general.
William Markey
19-06-2023
not much info yet