This is the first post of snowflakes, snowflaking away in our it shed coming up with all different manner of crazy designs but first we had to get the basics sett up.
^codding the Pi^
I remember first opening up the kit and looking at the tangle of resistors, plastic and all different zig-zagging wires and thinking what the crap, this is going to go nowhere. Fortunately one off the snowflakes had the bright idea to use the internet, this led us to CamJam EduKit 3 the brilliant set of instructions so you can first get to grips with your pi. Following the worksheets we set about building the basics, mostly plane sailing up to the point where we actually had to make the infernal thing move, the photo above is us first putting the movement code. This literally took about a Minuet. so we gathered round, got the popcorn, and holding our breath ran the code; nothing happened, it stayed still as a deer in headlights. Quickly we flicked through our code, checking every little detail and the following happened, Execute code, nothing, Execute code nothing, Execute code, nothing, It turned out we had got the polarity of one of the pieces wrong quickly flicking it around it rand, how do i know it ran, because one of the wheel came spinning off and hit me in the leg. Fastening the wheel back on to the motor, making sure it was properly in place, we all gathered round for the final time that day, motor, prepped, code prepped, lights green, execute code, and right on cue those beautiful babies began spinning.
Return next week for an new post is what I would like to say but we are breaking up for Christmas so do not expect another blog to the new year, but keep an eye out, in the meantime, keep calm and stay snowflakey.
Snow Flakes Pi Wars 2020 