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hi i am 14 years old and i have a big passion for programming and i just got a raspberry pi and i just wondered is there any good projects for me to do and what resouces do i need

0 johnbeetem over 12 years ago

The Magpie is a good place to start for project ideas.

The RasPi Wiki is great for learning about the hardware, troubleshooting, etc.
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0 dwinhold over 12 years ago

I have done a couple of good starter projects - First is the RaspBMC media player - Can't beat free movies and TV!!! - The second is a retro game machine - Plays all the old NES games as well as a lot of others!!

It's good to hear you got the PI to learn on, Linux is good to learn.

I am currently finishing up a Beowulf Cluster with Raspberry Pi's.
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0 martijnl over 12 years ago

Try building something combined with LEGO and a PiFace
Try using Perl or Python to controle it
Or if you like, combine it with an Arduino.
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0 e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

i think you should think of makeing a portable pi like the ben heck show or parts people
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0 knight_rider1977 over 12 years ago

What I did / have been doing when I purchased my Raspberry Pi a couple months ago is also purchased a starter pack of stuff off ebay. It came with different components beadboard, etc... I checked the stuff they had on adafruit and started doing simple things like getting an LED to work then more LED's then made a crosswalk system with 5 LEDS and a button switch. Wired up the LCD screen the kit came with and tried examples of how to control it. I also purchased a book programming the Raspberry Pi since it delt with Python (I'm mainly a COBOL person and C/C++). Great book for learning basic programming and it also has a few Pi projects. Think of some things you would like to try then start researching way to do it with the Pi. I hope to have time to post some of the small things I've done. Start simple to build a good foundation and understanding, after that let your imagination run wild muahahahah.
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0 penguintutor over 12 years ago

It depends upon what interests you.

The Raspberry Pi can be used for a number of different areas whether that is games programming, a way of interacting with Internet applications (eg. Twitter) or controlling an electronic circuit. The Python programming language is a good place to start for most types of applications and if you are interested in games programming it's worth looking at PyGame. There is an excellent book free to download (or purchase as a printed copy) Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python
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