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Author Author: fustini
Date Created: 21 Mar 2013 12:49 AM Date Created
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fustini

21 Mar 2013

I hosted a webinar today on the PiFace and Gertboard. I thought it might be helpful if I shared the resources I used to create the demostrations:

PiFace

Univ. of Man. CS dept download page: http://pi.cs.man.ac.uk/download/
- contains PiFace SD card images
- Raspberry Pi Education Manual PDF
  - http://pi.cs.man.ac.uk/download/Raspberry_Pi_Education_Manual.pdf
  - detailed instructions for learning Scratch
element14 PiFace Getting Started Guide PDF:
- http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1684425.pdf
GitHub repo for PiFace
- https://github.com/thomasmacpherson/piface
- README.md is quite good: https://github.com/thomasmacpherson/piface/blob/master/README.md
Google Docs: PiFace Documentation
- https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B-UAZ9CyJCLGQjJ3RDlqa2pqaDg/edit
- "Controlling Pi Face with Scratch"
  - https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B-UAZ9CyJCLGQjJ3RDlqa2pqaDg/edit?docId=1M0jz7-vaR8mwM4Gc4dBJyh4EheXHd0BCkpBWOEqMOUY
Adafruit Stacking Header
- could replace the Pi GPIO header in the PiFace (if you desolder it)
- would allow ribbon cable (for Pi Cobbler) to be connected to PiFace
- Newark: http://www.newark.com/adafruit-industries/1112/stacking-header-raspberry-pi/dp/53W5726
- Farnell: http://uk.farnell.com/adafruit-industries/1112/stacking-header-raspberry-pi/dp/2296136?dimVals=110525254
Scratch project for PiFace demo

Gertboard

Main Page:
- http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-51726/l/assembled-gertboard-for-raspberry-pi
User Manual:
- http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-51727/l/assembled-gertboard-user-manual-with-schematics
- Demo - Motor Controller: page 27
- Demo - Analog to Digital Converter: 33
- Demo - Analog input & Motor control: page 38

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fustini over 12 years ago in reply to edwin@oetelaar.com

Hi - I'm not certain where that would be but mailing pi@cs.man.ac.uk might get you the answer (from their github: https://github.com/piface)
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edwin@oetelaar.com over 12 years ago

I have searched everywhere but can not find the schematic of the PiFace Digital version 2.1.
I need to understand the board and see how the interrupt handlers of the MCP23S17 are connected but can not find it anywhere.
Please provide some info to a recent schematic (the one that should come with the board I just got from Element14)
Thanks for your time and effort,
Edwin van den Oetelaar
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interested1 over 12 years ago

Thanks for the addiontal links Drew!
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fustini over 12 years ago in reply to fustini

fyi - just found out there is WiringPiFace https://projects.drogon.net/raspberry-pi/wiringpiface/ for using the WiringPi library with the PiFace.
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jwaser over 12 years ago

Drew - thanks for posting the links. A great resource for those of us who are just getting started.
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