September 2020 - C2P Labs

September 30, 2020September 28, 2021Raspberry Pi, Technology

How to enable Bluetooth serial profile (SPP) in headless Raspberry Pi Zero W.

Raspberry Pi running without connecting display(monitor), keyboard/mouse (USB) and accessing it through SSH or serial console is called headless configuration. We have blog post https://c2plabs.com/blog/2019/04/23/enable-serial-console-on-raspberry-pi-zero-w/ which explains how to enable serial console( UART console) on Raspberry Pi. When Linux OS booting is complete you can login to shell to give commands. During initial boot configure […]

September 27, 2020October 3, 2020Uncategorized

Introduction to bbc micro:bit and “Hello world” program

When we were looking for a microcontroller board that can run micropython, we came across pyboard, micro:bit and esp32 etc. Considering the factors like quick sourcing from India, different sensors and community support we bought BBC micro:bit. The hardware specifications of micro:bit can be found at https://tech.microbit.org/hardware/ . This is small pocket sized board designed […]

September 13, 2020October 3, 2020Uncategorized

Introduction to micropython

The use of C/C++ programming language for controlling hardware, development of system software is common practice over the years. Now due to wide acceptance of Python as common language for AI and machine learning domains, the popularity of python has increased tremendously. With increased popularity and user base hardware platforms like Raspberry Pi started giving […]

September 13, 2020June 17, 2023Arduino, Technology

Python programming for Arduino using pyfirmata

Python has become de-facto programming language for AI and Machine Learning domains. For kids to teach python with solving these machine learning problems is a difficult task, because these domains are so complex to understand for primary school kids. Kids enjoy programming through Arduino kind of computing platforms where they can interact with physical devices […]

September 13, 2020September 18, 2021Arduino, Technology

Arduino Multi function shield Seven-Segment display

Arduino is a versatile computing platform to work on microcontrollers and embedded systems. It can be used to write programs and run on microcontrollers. These boards comes with on board LED which can be as a hello word Arduino program. To extend the functionality and to interface with external physical world we need do lot […]

September 3, 2020October 3, 2020Uncategorized

Basic Electric circuit concepts for kids:Circuit Elements

An electric circuit is closed path through which current/charge flows. Understanding the concepts of electric circuits and concepts of circuits is very important for kids to work with building robots, interfacing sensors and actuators. Any electric circuit consists of at least one or many of the circuit element explained in this article. To form an […]