{"id":10176,"date":"2014-06-27T16:16:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T16:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=10176"},"modified":"2014-06-27T16:16:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T16:16:49","slug":"seven-segments-of-pi-at-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10176","title":{"rendered":"Seven Segments of Pi at the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SevenSegmentsOfPi_AtTheBBC1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10178 alignnone\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SevenSegmentsOfPi_AtTheBBC1.jpg\" alt=\"SevenSegmentsOfPi_AtTheBBC\" width=\"434\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SevenSegmentsOfPi_AtTheBBC1.jpg?w=434&amp;ssl=1 434w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SevenSegmentsOfPi_AtTheBBC1.jpg?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Guest post from Nevil Hunt of Innovations in Education<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have been invited to the BBC\/Google \u201cComputing for a new Generation\u201d Conference at Media City on the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> July where I will be demonstrating\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>A &#8211; Seven Segments of Pi \u2013 \u201cPossibly the Simplest Games Console in the World!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SevenSegmentsOfPi1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10177 alignnone\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SevenSegmentsOfPi1.jpg\" alt=\"SevenSegmentsOfPi\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SevenSegmentsOfPi1.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SevenSegmentsOfPi1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Write software for a \u201c<strong><em>PiDice<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, a \u201c<strong><em>PiStopWatch<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, and the game \u201c<strong><em>Figure Eight My Pi<\/em><\/strong>\u201d &#8211;\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cCould this be your <\/em>first<em> step to becoming the next generation of Computer Games Designer?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>B &#8211; The PiTrol \u2013 \u201cControl your Pi with the PiTrol!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PiTrol1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10179 alignnone\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PiTrol1.jpg\" alt=\"PiTrol\" width=\"802\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PiTrol1.jpg?w=802&amp;ssl=1 802w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PiTrol1.jpg?resize=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPi\u201d shaped Games Controller with Joystick &amp; PushButtons interfaced to GPIO. Modify games\u00a0to control them using The PiTrol or write new single player computer games.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cCould this be your <\/em>second<em> step to becoming the next generation of Computer Games Designer?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>C &#8211; PiDapter \u2013 \u201cP1 Adapter for The PiTrol!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PiDapter1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10180 alignnone\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PiDapter1.jpg\" alt=\"PiDapter\" width=\"952\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PiDapter1.jpg?w=952&amp;ssl=1 952w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PiDapter1.jpg?resize=300%2C124&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The PiDapter allows 2 PiTrols to connect to the Raspberry Pi. You can modify games\u00a0to create 2 player versions or write new 2 player computer games.\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cCould this be your <\/em>third<em> step to becoming the next generation of Computer Games Designer?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are attending the BBC Conference on the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> July feel free to drop by for a demo! If not I will also be at the Cambridge Raspberry Jam on the 5<sup>th<\/sup> July, or visit my Web Sites <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sevensegmentsofpi.com\/\">www.SevenSegmentsOfPi.com<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepitrol.com\/\">www.ThePiTrol.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pidapter.com\/\">www.PiDapter.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Nevil<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/NevilHuntPhoto_QuarterSize1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8687\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/NevilHuntPhoto_QuarterSize1.jpg\" alt=\"NevilHuntPhoto_QuarterSize\" width=\"514\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/NevilHuntPhoto_QuarterSize1.jpg?w=514&amp;ssl=1 514w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/NevilHuntPhoto_QuarterSize1.jpg?resize=300%2C273&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest post from Nevil Hunt of Innovations in Education I have been invited to the BBC\/Google \u201cComputing for a new Generation\u201d Conference at Media City on the 2nd July where I will be demonstrating\u2026 A &#8211; Seven Segments of Pi&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10176\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gpio-boards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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