hardware

Self study resources

• • OCR Computing GCSE Unofficial Guide by Mark Clarkson. KS4 focussed but worth a read.

  • Education manual for Raspberry Pi (see lecture/group study resources)

  • Raspberry Pi Classroom Challenge - Learner sheet - In this lesson, students learn about the Raspberry Pi as a computer platform. Students will learn how to connect computer peripherals to the device and understand how it functions.

Resources for lectures or group study

• http://lilypadarduino.org/

• http://lilypadarduino.org/?page_id=1254

  • The National Museum of Computing would be a great place for a group visit, from university or with pupils.

  • The Centre for Computing History (http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/) has an excellent collection of working computers. School visits are welcome.

  • Raspberry Pi - low spec, low cost computing platform.

    • Pi-face - hardware interface board from Manchester University

    • Gertboard - alternative hardware interface

Resources for use with pupils

• • Lilypad prototype sewing kit stickers: wearable technology.  These are stickers use to test the layout and design of your lilypad. This would also enable a cross curricular delivery (if wanted). 

  • NXT mindstorms Enachanting software. Scratch like environment to control the NXTs. Links to sounds, image and control. Also used a A level for computer vision, sound and debugging. 

  • Components of a network and building networks simulation

• Soft Circuits with LilyTiny

  • Raspberry Pi drag-and-drop activity - Identify the parts of the Raspberry Pi by clicking on the names of the parts and dragging them to the correct location.

  • What is a computer system? Video.

  • The difference between RAM & ROM. Video.

  • Memory: The need for ROM. Video.