Cotswold Jam main events remain on hold until the supply problems with Raspberry Pi are resolved. We don’t think there’s much point holding an event for a product that parents can’t buy. While the Pico range is available, you need…
Author: Andrew Oakley
What’s happening with Cotswold Jam?
Hello everyone! It’s been a long time since our last update. Today (well, 29 Feb) is the tenth anniversary of the first Raspberry Pi. During lockdown we refurbished 60 old laptops with Raspberry Pi OS so that children could participate…
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Cotswold Jam Raspbian Buster image with workshop tutorial files
Cotswold Jam’s modified Raspbian image is an up-to-date (March 2020) version of Raspbian Buster, set up for our workshop tutorials with all files already installed. It’s quite a large download – 2.9GB – so we’ve made it available using BitTorrent:…
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Workshop files for Pi Day Sat 14 March 2020
Workshop files for our “Pi Day” Saturday 2020-03-14 Jam are now available to download from: www.cotswoldjam.org/downloads/2020-03/ This includes: • Addressable RGB LEDs (updated for Raspbian Buster) • Scratch Maze • Minecraft Dungeon If you’re using Raspbian Buster and can’t find…
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We’re Back! Pi Day event Sat 14 March Cheltenham Hackspace
Cotswold Jam is back! We’re running several “Roadshow” events in 2020. starting with “Pi Day” on Saturday 14 March 14 (2020-03-14) at Cheltenham Hackspace. This is event features three separate coding tutorials. We will also have Roadshow events at Cheltenham…
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Rethink – can you help?
Cotswold Jam’s main large events are on hiatus while we have a bit of a rethink. We’ve been going over five years and we are going to have a rest for a while, to freshen up how we work. In…
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Downloads for March and May 2019
Tutorial downloads for March and May 2019 are now available from: • http://www.cotswoldjam.org/downloads/2019-05/ • http://www.cotswoldjam.org/downloads/2019-03/ This includes from March: • Minecraft Lava • Addressable LEDs ( neopixels / RGB LEDs ) • Simple LED with GPIOZero …and for May: •…
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Raspberry Pi Christmas Shopping Wish List 2018
Here’s my Christmas shopping recommendations for those looking to get started from scratch with the Raspberry Pi, and a few wishlist items for those who are already enamoured with it. Skip to: [ Individual Essentials | Books & Magazines |…
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Downloads for September 2018
Downloads for our tutorials and workshops from 15 September 2018 are now available from: http://cotswoldjam.org/downloads/2018-09/ This includes • Light Sensor Nightlight • LED Mini Lightsaber • Minecraft Village
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Files for May 2018 Workshops now available
Files for our May 2018 tutorials are now available from: • cotswoldjam.org/downloads/2018-05 This includes: • Servos and Robots – how to use a servo as a highly controllable motor, by Andy Baker • Minecraft Skyscraper – build a tower block…
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