Virtual Meetings – Victoria PiMakers And Others

June 1, 2020June 16, 2020

Sat., June 13, 2020 Flask: A lightweight Web Development Framework

Flask is a micro web framework written in Python. Applications that use the Flask framework include Pinterest and LinkedIn.

Presentation pdf here.

9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation

Virtual Meeting: https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

May 23, 2020May 25, 2020

Sat. May 23, 2020 – Django Explained

Saturday, May 23, 2020
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

Learn how django can solve your problems

Django Overview pdf here

March 31, 2020May 23, 2020

Sat. May 9, 2020 – PI Hardening (Virtual Meeting)

Learn how to harden your Pi

We’ll be conducting this meeting virtually using Jitsi
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

February 6, 2020April 26, 2020

Sat. April 25, 2020 – Computer Language Series (part 6) (Virtual on Jitsi)

Learn the basics of Computer Languages: c, PHP, Python, Bash

All four languages will be covered, where it will be apparent the similarities and differences of each.

Be sure to have a LAPTOP, as these are hands on sessions. https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vicpimakers

This session: Functions

February 5, 2020April 13, 2020

Sat. Apr 11, 2020 – Introduction to Networking (Virtual Meeting)

Details
9:30-10a Cocktails & Conversation
10a Presentation

This is a Virtual meeting using Jitsi. Join the meeting at:
https://meet.jit.si/vicpimakers

Interested in the basics of computer networking? Want to know how your packets get from here to there? Don’t miss this Introduction to networking presentation which will answer the following:

Why do we need Ethernet anyway?
The basics of IPv4 & IPv6
What happens when a packet is routed
Some basic SOHO network topologies

Bring your own coffee, and we’ll see you on Jitsi on Saturday!

Presentation notes:

http://www.makikiweb.com/ipv6/intro_to_networking.html

Raspberry Pi News

Create a stop motion film with Digital Making at Home August 8, 2020

Join us for Digital Making at Home: this week, young people can do stop motion and time-lapse animation with us! Through Digital Making at Home, we invite kids all over the world to code along with us and our new videos every week. So get your Raspberry Pi and Camera Module ready! We’re using them […]

Kevin Johnson

Processing raw image files from a Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera August 7, 2020

When taking photos, most of us simply like to press the shutter button on our cameras and phones so that viewable image is produced almost instantaneously, usually encoded in the well-known JPEG format. However, there are some applications where a little more control over the production of that JPEG is desirable. For instance, you may […]

David Plowman

Recreate Time Pilot’s free-scrolling action | Wireframe #41 August 6, 2020

Fly through the clouds in our re-creation of Konami’s classic 1980s shooter. Mark Vanstone has the code Arguably one of Konami’s most successful titles, Time Pilot burst into arcades in 1982. Yoshiki Okamoto worked on it secretly, and it proved so successful that a sequel soon followed. In the original, the player flew through five eras, […]

Ryan Lambie

Raspberry Pi keyboards for Japan are here! August 5, 2020

When we announced new keyboards for Portugal and the Nordic countries last month, we promised that you wouldn’t have to wait much longer for a variant for Japan, and now it’s here! Japanese Raspberry Pi keyboard The Japan variant of the Raspberry Pi keyboard required a whole new moulding set to cover the 83-key arrangement […]

Simon Martin

DSLR motion detection with Raspberry Pi and OpenCV August 4, 2020

One of our favourite makers, Pi & Chips (AKA David Pride), wanted to see if they could trigger a DSLR camera to take pictures by using motion detection with OpenCV on Raspberry Pi. You could certainly do this with a Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera, but David wanted to try with his swanky new Lumix […]

Ashley Whittaker