Amazon has a wide selection of kits that include getting started tutorials and manuals. If he is new to python the tutorials and manuals will likely be of a great resource.
On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 10:43 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com> wrote: > The Pi isn't really a sensor platform. It's more of an 'small computer' > platform. Most of the projects which use the Pi end up either being > something which needs a fair bit of CPU such as machine vision, A/V > controllers, audio processing, web servers, etc. > > Because of this, I'm not aware of a decent sensor pack which is really > well suited for the Pi. There are lots of them for the arduino however. > But that's C++, not python. > > See https://learn.adafruit.com/category/raspberry-pi for some examples of > pi projects... (Not all of these listed are pure pi projects either). > > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 8:22 PM, Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Amy suggestions for a kit south bunches of sensors? >> >> On Sun, May 7, 2017, 8:47 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The last R-pi I got was an R-pi 3. I got the whole kit and kaboodle for >>> around $50 IIRC. That's the R-pi 3, a 8GB SD card with Raspbian preloaded, >>> case, and power supply. >>> >>> I generally run my pis headless, so that's all I needed to buy to get >>> things running. >>> >>> The R-pi 3 is _*way*_ faster than the pi 1 or 2. >>> >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> >>> On 5/7/2017 5:26 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: >>> >>> My nephew finished his first year at Georgia tech and is thinking of >>> mechanical engineering. He wants to learn python, which I know how to do >>> the same as most things I know, poorly. >>> >>> I thought a raspberry pi kit to program to do cool things with sensors >>> would be a great way to learn. I knows there are some pi3 dudes here. I >>> want a good complete kit, not more than $300 or so. >>> >>> Suggestions? >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > >
