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CODE@TACC: Real-World Raspberry Pi

Texas Advanced Computing Center

July 13-July 24

Chat and ask questions on our Etherpad

This is the online material for TACC's summer high school program "CODE@TACC" in which students will build a Linux computer then learn how to connect it to the world and create their own inventions.

CODE@TACC Team

  • Mariel Robles
  • Rosalia Gomez
  • John Fonner
  • James Carson
  • Greg Zynda
  • Matt Vaughn
  • Hadley Vaughn
  • Joon Yee Chuah
  • Cyrus Proctor
  • David Carver
  • Makeda Easter

Day 1: Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

Time Topic
9:00 - 9:45 Welcome and team building
9:45 - 10:15 Tour of TACC's Stampede Supercomputer
10:15 - 10:45 Getting Started with Raspberry Pi
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:15 Introducing the Linux desktop
11:15 - 11:20 Questions
11:20 - 12:00 Welcome to the Linux command line
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch, Questions, and Challenges
1:00 - 1:30 Welcome to the Linux command line
1:30 - 2:00 STEM Program Survey
2:00 - 2:15 Questions
2:15 - 2:30 Break
2:30 - 3:00 Getting started with Python
3:00 - 3:45 Creating a professional online presence
3:45 - 4:00 Questions and closing activities

Day 2: Physical Computing with Raspberry Pi

Time Topic
9:00 - 10:00 Building a simple programmable LED
10:00 - 10:30 Make your light blink using Python
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Add a pushbutton switch to your circuit
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch, Questions, and Challenges
1:00 - 3:45 Sewable Electronics
3:45 - 4:00 Questions and closing activities

Day 3: Networked Computing

Time Topic
9:00 - 9:30 Parallel Computing Introduction
9:30 - 10:45 Simple Graphics
10:45 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Simple Animation
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch, Questions, and Challenges
1:00 - 2:00 Message Passing and Distributed Graphics
2:00 - 2:15 Questions
2:15 - 2:30 Break
2:30 - 3:45 Running the Green Graph 500 Benchmark
3:45 - 4:00 Questions and closing activities

Day 4

Time Topic
All Day Visit and explore the TACC Vislab

Day 5

Time Topic
All Day Visit and explore the TACC Vislab; UT WEP Tour

Day 6

Time Topic
All Day Learn the results of the Graph500 benchmark; Depart for field trip

Day 7

Time Topic
All Day Raspberry Pi Robotics

Day 8

Time Topic
All Day Visit Hill Country Science Museum

Day 9

Time Topic
All Day Raspberry Pi Robotics Continued


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