Let's begin this project by getting all the hardware set up and connected. Once connect each piece of hardware, we will do a quick test to check whether it is working as expected before moving on.
Let's start with the accelerometer.
Jon Witts has been working within the IT industry since 2002 and specifically within Educational IT since 2004. He was introduced to Linux back in 2001 through his collaboration with two German artists who were visiting the arts organisation he was then working with. Having studied Fine Arts and Educational Technology and sought to innovate with open and accessible digital technologies within his creative practice, Jon is happiest when deconstructing technology and finding its limits.
Jon has embedded within his school the use of Raspberry Pi computers, as an integral part of the delivery of the school's Computer Science curriculum as well as to run various school clubs and projects. Jon is a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator and also helps to organise and run the Hull Raspberry Jam events.
I would like to thank my wife, Sally and our three daughters for putting up with all the cables and compoents around the house, and not least for being so tolerant of the need to dodge the robots racing round the kitchen floor!
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Let's begin this project by getting all the hardware set up and connected. Once connect each piece of hardware, we will do a quick test to check whether it is working as expected before moving on.
Let's start with the accelerometer.
To communicate with our accelerometer, we need to connect four of the points on the board to four of the GPIO points on Pi Zero. The ADXL345 board uses I2C, so we will be using the same connections as we did with the Scroll pHAT HD, except we will be using a 3.3V power instead of a 5V power this time. This diagram shows us how we need to connect the ADXL345 to our Pi Zero:
As the ADXL345 is such a tiny board, we will be locating it...
Jon Witts has been working within the IT industry since 2002 and specifically within Educational IT since 2004. He was introduced to Linux back in 2001 through his collaboration with two German artists who were visiting the arts organisation he was then working with. Having studied Fine Arts and Educational Technology and sought to innovate with open and accessible digital technologies within his creative practice, Jon is happiest when deconstructing technology and finding its limits.
Jon has embedded within his school the use of Raspberry Pi computers, as an integral part of the delivery of the school's Computer Science curriculum as well as to run various school clubs and projects. Jon is a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator and also helps to organise and run the Hull Raspberry Jam events.
I would like to thank my wife, Sally and our three daughters for putting up with all the cables and compoents around the house, and not least for being so tolerant of the need to dodge the robots racing round the kitchen floor!
Read more about Jon Witts