There was a man at the LiveCode LIVE14 conference that brought his pi, and was doing sessions on the subject. I'm sorry but I don't have his name or any contact details. Maybe others who attended might remember. On Oct 16, 2015 1:28 PM, "Earp Robert J." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I’ve been tinkering with my grandkids of late getting them going on basic > electronics (H/W) and mousing around with rudimentary programming. I guess > I should have thought at the start that the two would get together at some > point, but at the beginning it was a case of explaining the fundamentals of > what I was doing with electronics in the workshop, primarily fixing > things. The idea of programming came after discovering the great > Everything Machine app (from Tinybop) for an iPad which then led to showing > how the grandkids could use LC to do more stuff. I figure they need to > learn how to control the world through the Internet of Things before > somebody else controls them, not that they don’t need controlling at times > along with their grandfather ;-) > > The H/W side of things has got to the point of considering adding some > intelligence and I was going the route of PLC’s, and separately an Arduino, > but of course programming those is not as fun as in LC or as easy. So, > when seeing Monty’s mergeBLE announcement I thought great, the Arduino’s > and LC can go together. I’m sure that will be the case in the long term > but it needs a wrapper around it before us plebes will achieve productivity > before inept frustration sets in. > > Then through chance I stumbled across Fraser Gordon’s 2013 announcement of > LC running on a Raspberry Pi which then led me to wonder if that > combination allows LC to talk to the physical outside world, that is, > through the Pi’s I/O. Unfortunately I cannot find much more information > except for the LC Forum where I can’t find anything fundamental about LC & > R-Pi’s, but Fraser’s article did say to post questions on this list, so > that’s why you are reading it here. > > So, here’s some Q’s that I’m hoping somebody can answer, or at least point > me in the direction of where the answers may be. Also, if there is a > better/more appropriate list for this subject, I’d appreciate knowing that > too. > > Q. Can LC and the Pi’s I/O communicate ? If so, is that native or through > an extension ? > > Q. Can you run stand-alone’s on the Pi ? > > Q. LC v6.5.1seems to be the latest version of LC that will run on the Pi, > which is fine, but is there any likelihood of future releases being made ? > > Q. Is there is a better/more appropriate list, than this one, for the > subject of LC and Raspberry Pi’s ? > > Q. Can you suggest any more resources to look at ? > > > Many thanks, Bob… > > Bob Earp > White Rock, British Columbia. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
