Displaying Images And Animations On The Sense Hat

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[ ID ] 582583d2-6a59-4f4e-9ed3-1713dc56443f

[ Submitter's Name ] Cerys Lock

[ Submitter's Twitter ] @RPi_Stuff

[ Space ] youth

[ Format ] learning-lab, hands-on

Description

Use the Raspberry Pi Sense Hat to create pictures/animations on the 8x8 RGB LED grid. The participants will have a few worksheets to work through throughout the course of the session and we will also talk about how the sense hat works, what sort of things are on board of the sense hat and how RGB works.

Agenda

We will have a conversation on how the sense hat works, what is on board and how RGB works. Then we will move on to doing a couple of projects with the sense hat, such as https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/sense-hat-random-sparkles/worksheet/ and https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/pixel-pet/worksheet/ . I can then spend time helping the participants out who are struggling and can move the more advanced onto other worksheets and eventually the participants should all have a small animation on the display of the Sense Hat. There is also a grid the participants can colour in to help get the colours right in the display that they will be making. People will also be able to chat to each other and collaborate idea's.

Participants

Up to 30 participants can join in the group. The session will be run very similar however many people are involved. To begin with, we will have a conversation on how the sense hat works, what is on board and how RGB works. Then we will move on to doing a couple of projects with the sense hat, such as https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/sense-hat-random-sparkles/worksheet/ and https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/pixel-pet/worksheet/ . To help the participants decide what colours go where on the grid there is a colour-in grid that can help with this. I can then spend time helping the participants out who are struggling and can move the more advanced onto other worksheets and eventually the participants should all have a small animation on the display grid of the Sense Hat.

Outcome

After the event, the participants should:

• Know what the sense hat is
• Know how RGB works and what it is
• Know how to display an image on the sense hat RGB LED grid
• Know how to change an image on the sense hat RGB LED grid
• Know ow to make a small animation on the sense hat RGB LED grid

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Session accepted in the Youth Zone