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Design & Technology – Programming 9
Education
Programming
Starter Kit including Uno Board
This starter kit serves as a hands-on introduction to the basics of the Arduino system. Using the
accompanying 170-page project book and the comprehensive kit contents, you will learn to
build useful, creative projects. Beginning with the basics of electronics and progressing to more
complex projects, the kit will enable control of the physical world through sensors and actuators.
The contents of the Arduino starter kit is listed below:
Quantity Description Quantity Description
1 Arduino projects book (170 pages) 1 Small DC motor 6/9V
1 Arduino UNO board Rev. 3 1 Small servo motor
1 USB cable 1 Piezo capsule [PKM17EPP-4001-B0]
1 Breadboard 1 H-bridge motor driver [L293D]
1 Easy-to-assemble wooden base 2 Optocouplers [4N35]
1 9V Battery snap 5 Transistor [BC547]
70 Solid core jumper wires 2 MOSFET transistors [IRF520]
2 Stranded jumper wires 5 Capacitors 100nF
6 Photoresistor [VT90N2 LDR] 3 Capacitors 100µF
3 Potentiometer 10kΩ 5 Capacitor 100pF
10 Pushbuttons 5 Diodes [1N4007]
1 Temperature sensor [TMP36] 3 Transparent gels (red, green, blue)
1 Tilt sensor 1 Male pins strip (40 x 1)
1 Alphanumeric LCD (16 x 2 characters) 20 Resistors 220Ω
1 LED (bright white) 5 Resistors 560Ω
1 LED (RGB) 5 Resistors 1kΩ
8 LEDs (red) 5 Resistors 4.7Ω
8 LEDs (green) 20 Resistors 10Ω
8 LEDs (yellow) 5 Resistors 1MΩ
3 LEDs (blue) 5 Resistors 10MΩ
The projects that are covered in this kit, using the accompanying book, are:
• GET TO KNOW YOUR TOOLS - an introduction to the concepts you’ll need to use this kit
• SPACESHIP INTERFACE - design a control panel for your spaceship
• LOVE-O-METER - measure how hot-blooded you are
• COLOUR MIXING LAMP - produce any colour with a lamp that uses light as an input
• MOOD CUE - clue people in to how you’re feeling
• LIGHT THEREMIN - create a musical instrument you play by waving your hands
• KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT - play music and make some noise with this keyboard
• DIGITAL HOURGLASS - a light-up hourglass that can stop you from working too much
• MOTORIZED PINWHEEL - a colour wheel that will have your head spinning
• ZOETROPE - create a mechanical animation you can play forward or reverse
• CRYSTAL BALL - a mystical tour to answer all of your tough questions
• KNOCK LOCK - tap out the secret code to open the door
• TOUCHY-FEEL LAMP - a lamp that responds to your touch
• TWEAK THE ARDUINO LOGO - control your personal computer from your Arduino
• HACKING BUTTONS - create a master control for all your devices!
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
1.2GHz Quad Core
1GB RAM WiFi
Bluetooth
If your Internet connection
was a bit slow on February
29th 2016 it was because
the new Raspberry Pi 3 went
on sale. The Raspberry Pi
Foundation has persuaded
their chip supplier, Broadcom,
to build them a new processor with a 64-bit Cortex A-52 quad-core CPU running at 1.2GHz.
They’ve also increased the speed of the RAM and the video processor (GPU) while keeping full
code compatibility with the Pi 2. The Pi 3 is a complete drop-in replacement for the Pi 2 in fact,
it fits the same cases, has all the same ports and GPIO pins, only a few LEDs have moved.
Faster CPU, GPU and RAM. The CPU now runs at 1.2GHz (Pi 2 900MHz) and that is
complimented by the 1Gbyte DDR2 RAM running at 900MHz (Pi 2 450MHz) and the faster
VideoCore IV at 400MHz (Pi 2 250MHz). This combination can give you an extra 50%
throughput compared to the Pi 2 or 10 x the throughput of the original Pi 1, depending on the
application. As an example, the Pi 3 delivers 70 frames per second with Quake III Arena.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth built-in. With the Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 4.1 on-board you don’t
need separate USB dongles anymore which could give you 2 x USB ports back. It also means
you don’t have to buy the extra dongles making the Pi 3 more cost effective. The Bluetooth
module is very interesting as it supports both Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy.
Bluetooth Classic is there for compatibility with the huge numbers of Bluetooth devices
available, whilst Bluetooth Low Energy is much simpler to write software for, opening the way
to some exciting new applications.
Some things have stayed the same, it has 4 x USB 2.0 ports, a 10/100 ethernet port and the
iconic 40-pin GPIO connector which is compatible with all Pi 2 and Pi B+ HATs and add-on
boards. It also has the same camera interface (CSI), display interface (DSI) and 3.5mm
audio-video jack as the Pi 2 and Pi B+. It does draw a bit more power than previous boards
so you will definitely want a good 2A power supply.
New to the Raspberry Pi? It is a credit-card sized computer that has USB ports for devices
such as a mouse and keyboard and an HDMI output for HDTVs. More than 8 million have been
sold worldwide into education, to home users and even into industry. This gives the Raspberry
Pi the backing of a very active community which is constantly producing tutorials, software
examples and programs you can download from the Internet for free. There’s also a huge range
of add-on hardware available, from cameras to robotics and more, making it a fantastic base
for electronic projects. The Raspberry Pi is also a capable computer that will perform many of
the functions that a desktop PC will, like spreadsheets, word processing and games, it will also
play high definition video. Join the millions of Raspberry Pi owners today!
• 50% performance boost over the Pi 2
• Built-in Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 4.1
• Fully compatible with the Pi 2 and Pi B+
• Learn to code with free tutorials
• Learn electronics with hundreds of add-on boards
• Play retro-games on your HDTV (HDMI)
• 1Gbyte RAM, supports up to 32Gbyte micro-SD cards
• 4 x USB 2.0 ports, 10/100 ethernet port
• Require 5V micro-USB power supply
Kona328 Arduino
UNO Compatible
Development Board
The Orangepip Kona328 is an Arduino UNO compatible
development board based around the ATmega328
microcontroller. The board features 14x digital I/O pins
(six of which may be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog
inputs and a 16MHz crystal oscillator. The board
is simple to use, just requiring connection to a
computer via USB to get started.
• 32KB FLASH memory
• 16MHz clock speed
• USB Port
• Power jack
• Can be powered by battery
• ICSP Header
• Reset button
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£5.80
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£28.17
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Plugtop PSU for
Raspberry Pi 3 2.5A 5.1V
This plugtop power supply can supply the Raspberry Pi
3 with 2.5A it requires for operation. The PSU features a
universal voltage input and a long MTBF of 50,000 hours.
• Micro USB B connector
• Cable length 1.5m
• Automatic recovery from short circuit and over current
conditions
• ErP Level VI efficiency rating
• UL Approval