Lesson 16 – Build a Data Logger

Booting up the Raspberry Pi

  1. Let’s get started and boot up the Raspberry Pi.
  2. Grab a good quality USB cable and a USB power adaptor (2.5A).
  3. Plug one end of the USB cable into the plug and the other microUSB end into the Raspberry Pi.
  4. This should now power up the Raspberry Pi.
  5. Once the Raspberry Pi has booted up, please ensure that it is able to connect it to the network so that you can access it over VNC.
  6. If you are using a local monitor connected to the Raspberry Pi, you are all sorted.
  7. Else get connected to the Raspberry Pi using VNC.

Tutorial

  1. Our next tutorial is called, “Data Logger”.
  2. In this activity, you will learn how to use the Sense HAT hardware to build a data-logging device which can capture a range of information about its immediate environment.
  3. Click on the following link to access the tutorial – Data Logger
  4. Clicking on the each of the links above opens them up in a new window

Pre-requisites

  1. This development track is based on the Raspberry Pi 3  and the Raspberry Pi SenseHAT add on board.
  2. If you haven’t purchased the Raspberry Pi 3  yet please head over to OzToyLib and purchase one now.
  3. You will need access to both the Raspberry Pi 3 including the Raspberry Pi SenseHAT add on board to be able to work on these tutorials.
  4. Depending on where you live you might also be able to pick up the Raspberry Pi 3 and the Raspberry Pi SenseHAT add on board at your local electronics hobby store.
  5.  You can read more about the Raspberry Pi here – RaspberryPi.org.

Questions