Raspberry Pi Station

This documentation repository is modeled in the same manner as station-mineraft-mod.

Glossary

Raspberry Pi is a great platform for teaching computing from the ground up. Let's start the group off with some terminology.

• Raspberry Pi - A single-board computer, designed for teaching computing from the ground up
• Raspbian - The flagship operating system for Pi, based on Debian Linux
• ARM - The instruction set used by Raspberry Pi and most mobile phones
• Minecraft Pi (MCPI) - A fork of Minecraft Bedrock Edition (a.k.a. Minecraft Pocket Edition or MCPE) designed for teaching programming.
• Python - the language used by Minecraft Pi’s API
• pip - a package manager for Python, which we use to install the "mcpi" library
• Java - The language that Minecraft Java Edition (formerly known as Minecraft PC edition) is written in
• C++ - The language that Minecraft Bedrock Edition (also known as Minecraft Pocket Edition or MCPE) is written in.
• Linux (Debian) - The OS that Raspbian is based on.
• Open GL ES - Open Graphics Library for Embedded Systems, used to render 3D on the Pi
• GPIO - General Purpose Input Output (the pins)
• Raspberry Pi Zero - A Pi the size of a stick of gum

Exercises

• Set up a web server
• Play DOOM
• Try Java, Python, JavaScript (node)
• Try Rust, Swift, or Go
• Try Racket (Scheme), BASIC, or Logo
• Run Docker
• Hook up the Pi camera
• Serial console
• Sonic Pi
• RetroPie
• VNC server
• Spawn blocks in Minecraft Pi (see sections below)

And for the ambitious:

• Design a MUD
• LEDs lights with GPIO
• Sense HAT (gyro)
• Build a flash drive (Pi Zero)
• Alexa AIY
• Minecraft (Java Edition) server

Minecraft: Pi Edition

• Hacking and Making in Minecraft from the MagPi, by Martin O'Hanlon (pdf)
• RaspberryJuice plugin featuring the rainbow example
• Adventures in Minecraft by Martin O'Hanlon and David Whale (paperback)
• RaspberryJuice quick start (video)

Exercises ranging from easy to medium:

• Hello Minecraft World
• Iceman
• Rainbow
• Teleport player
• Icehouse
• Iceman -> TNTman, ignite!

More advanced projects for those willing to get deep into the Adventures in Minecraft book or try out other online resources:

• Migrate to PC with RaspberryJuice
• Lava trap
• Spawn mobs
• Snake game
• Write your name in giant block letters
• Multiplayer
• Digital clock or analog clock
• Massive cannon
• Natural disasters