The PiHut

In between bouts of hacking and tinkering every Raspberry Pi programmer needs some rest and recreation! What better way to relax and unwind, than loading up your favourite 90's retro game and blasting some aliens pew pew!

These Raspberry Pi gamepads not only look the bee's knee's, but they have a comfortable rubber edging, have excellent tactile #clicky# feedback and work with all the emulators we could get our hands on! It's wired USB with a 1.4m cable, and it's plug and play with RetroPie.

Note: the central 'Mode' button does not work with some emulators.

Button-wire, it features all the usual suspects - A,B,X,Y,R1,R2,R3,L1,L2,L3, START, SELECT, and D-PAD. It's also got additional analogue joysticks which are mapped to the D-PAD; you turn them on and off with the big shiny red button in the middle. Honestly, what more do you need from a gamepad?

Note: This gamepad has been tested for the Raspberry Pi however we cannot guarantee it will work with other systems such as Windows.

Technical Details

• 1.4m Cable
• USB Interface
• Dual L & R Shoulder Buttons
• Eight Way Direction Pad (D-Pad)
• Select and Start Buttons
• Analog and Digital Modes Supported
• Two 360 Mini-Joysticks with Digital Buttons (L3 & R3)

 Specifications

The kit is accompanied by a set of (currently 6) downloadable worksheets (or lesson plans for you educators!) that will take you through a series of exercises and projects, teaching you how to make the most of your kit. Whats best is that there is no soldering required, each high quality component is breadboard friendly!

• 1 x Breadboard
• 1 x Immersible temperature Sensor
• 1 x PIR Sensor
• 1 x LDR
• 1 x Active Buzzer
• 1 x Red 10mm LED
• 1 x Blue 10mm LED
• 1 x 4.7K Resistor
• 2 x 330 Resistor
• 10 x M/F Jumper Wires
• 4 x M/M Jumper Wires
• 1 x Presentation Tin

• Make a burglar alarm for your bedroom.
• Switch on an LED when it gets dark.
• Have an alarm go off when it’s freezing outside.
• Test whether the light really does go off in the fridge when you shut the door.

• "CamJam Edukit 2 Launches at PiWars" - Raspi.tv
• "The CamJam EduKit 2 - Learn How To Use Sensors With The Raspberry Pi" - Average Man vs Raspberry Pi

All you need to do is to add your own chassis, Raspberry Pi (any model) & batteries! Then, follow the worksheets to make your own motorized buggy. Add the included sensors and you will soon be detecting objects in front of your robot and following line courses.

What's in the box?

A custom-designed, pre-soldered motor controller board (with screw terminals)
2 x DC motors (with wires pre-soldered)
2 x custom red wheels (which go extra fast… because they’re red!)
1 x ball castor (used as the ‘third wheel’ to your robot)
1 x small breadboard (to create your circuits)
2 x pieces of strong 3M padded double-sided tape
1 x battery box for 4 AA batteries (batteries not included)
1 x ultrasonic distance sensor (for detecting objects in front of your robot)
1 x line follower sensor (for detecting and following black lines)

Resistors and jumper cables with which to complete your circuits
A strong cardboard box to keep it all in… or to cut into to make your chassis!

Resources

All the worksheets are freely available to download from http://camjam.me/edukit

Got a 3D printer? Daniel Bull has very kindly designed an awesome chassis, available from Thingiverse ..



Alex Eames over at Raspi.TV got his hands on a prototype, here's what he did!
https://youtu.be/LJDEV7rGwaM

And here's a fantastic unboxing video from Average Man vs Raspberry Pi!
https://youtu.be/KPYWNXiItwo

And another review! This time from TheRaspberryPiGuy! Thanks Matt!
https://youtu.be/TMjd0UrH2PY

This mini USB 2.0 MicroSD card reader is super-small but also super-handy! It can be used to write Raspberry Pi OS to your MicroSD cards, move files from your projects to a PC or perform other MicroSD card data transfer jobs.

You can even use it (with a MicroSD card) as USB file storage for your Raspberry Pi!

Your MicroSD card pops inside the metal USB section of the USB adapter (see images) and then pushes into your PC for reading. It also comes with a little keychain, because are you really a proper maker if you don't have USB 'things' on your keys?!



Specifications

• USB 2.0
• Accepts MicroSD cards only
• Internal MicroSD mounting
• Small size
• Comes with keychain
• Colour: Black

Please remember PIR sensors can be temperamental (and can also be impacted by WiFi, heat and other interference) so will need some tweaking to reduce excessive false triggers.

Compatibility

We include two sets of side panels to make this case compatible with both the Raspberry Pi 4.

In the box

• Case panels
• Lens protector ring
• Fixings pack
• PIR sensor
• PIR cable

Example Scripts and Resources

• GitHub Repository
• Assembly guide
• Preparing your Raspberry Pi
• Example code
  • Simple PIR code
  • Basic camera module terminal commands
  • Using the camera module in a script
  • PIR video project
  • PIR photo project
• Downloading the example scripts to your Raspberry Pi

Case Assembly Guide

• Click here to view the assembly guide

Features

• Compatible with the Raspberry Pi 4
• Laser-cut high quality "stealth" matt black perspex
• PIR module and wires included
• Camera protection ring
• Example code available
• Easy assembly
• Enables access to all Raspberry Pi ports
• Includes all required fixings
• Manufactured in the UK

Please note: Raspberry Pi and Camera Module not included. Wall mounting bracket not included.

If you want to mount your HighPi case, Modular case, Raspberry Pi 4/5 or Raspberry Pi Zero board to a TV or monitor, have a look at our multi function VESA plate. Great for media & signage applications e.g. hiding behind a TV or monitor.

• Modular Case for RPi4 via the case assembly screws (Included with your Modular Case)
• HighPi Case for RPi4 using bolts and nuts (Not included)
• Raspberry Pi 3 B / Raspberry Pi 4 B / Raspberry Pi 5 boards using standoffs with bolts and nuts (Not included)
• Rapsberry Pi Zero boards using standoffs with bolts and nuts (Not included)

This plate comes with

• 4 mounting holes for 100mm mounting points
• 2 mounting holes for 75mm mounting points

Easily mount this plate to our

• Mecer 19.5" 16 x 9 TFT LED Wide Monitor
  
• LG 20MK400H 19.5inch monitor

What's in the box?

4 x Nylon M4 Bolts (to mount the plate to your display)
4 x Nylon M4 Washers
1 x Acrylic Vesa mount

Description:

Game On! These wireless games controllers are perfect for all of your Raspberry Pi gaming or robotics needs.

Please note: These are not Bluetooth controllers - they're 2.4GHz wireless (and come with the USB receiver).

Gaming

Compatible with RetroPie/Lakka - simply plug in the controller at boot and follow the controller setup instructions.

You may need to configure buttons for the specific emulator/game you're playing. The RetroPie/Lakka websites and forums are a great place to find out more on button assignments.

For analogue control, make sure you press the analogue button on the controller to enable full analogue thumbstick action (otherwise this is seen as simple button clicks)

Robotics

Control your Raspberry Pi robots with ease! We've got instructions for using these controllers with the CamJam EduKit 3 (although other driver boards and kit will work too)

You can also use the excellent Approximate Engineering Input library!

Install the library by using the following commands:

sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip gcc

pip3 install approxeng.input

Please run your script with Python 3 when using this library! (Python 2 may not work).

Features

• Tested with the Raspberry Pi
• Compatible with other systems such as Windows (however not all games/software will work with all types of controllers)
• 2.4GHz Wireless (Nano USB receiver included)
• Ergonomic shape for comfort during play
• 360 degree simulated parallel bars, optimized and sensitivity
• Size: 160mm*110mm*70mm
• Powered by 3*AAA batteries (not included)

Suggested Python Libraries

• Inputs
• PyGame