I've gotten pretty excited recently about the ability to interface Scratch with the PiFace to allow physical computing projects without getting bogged down in the syntax of a programming language. What's more encouraging when learning programming logic than seeing a light turn on or a motor start spinning in the real world!
I just read the announcement on the PiFace blog about the winning entry in the "PA Consulting Raspberry Pi Competition":
Congratulations to Richard Pate School for their super entry that uses PiFace Digital, in the "PA Consulting Raspberry Pi Competition". This video features the children showing a school assembly how their invention works. http://www.richardpate.co.uk/raspberrypi/index.htmlThere's also a link to a write up about their achievement. As well as budding computer scientists they're clearly confident communicators too.
The winning project's webpage reveals that the students used Scratch and the PiFacePiFace:
A Door Answering System for the Elderly or Disabled
The team's project helps elderly or disabled people to answer the door by letting the person inside wirelessly send messages to the person at the front door, or even unlock it. There is also a keypad by the front door, so a key code can be used by trusted visitors to unlock the door from the outside. Please click on the Project Documentation or the YouTube clip to find out more!
Has anyone here found success with building physical projects using Scratch and the Pi?
