Raspberry Jam
The RaspberrySTEM Kit combines a Raspberry Pi 2 with a custom case and a development environment for teaching electronics and programming. We take one of these kits for a spin to see how easy it is to get started.
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The RaspberrySTEM Kit combines a Raspberry Pi 2 with a custom case and a development environment for teaching electronics and programming. We take one of these kits for a spin to see how easy it is to get started.
Brian Silverman was looking for a way to teach his kids electronics, so he decided to create a kit, complete with projects featuring step-by-step instructions, all the electronic materials needed to complete the build, and Python code to bring the projects alive. In summer 2015, after two years of development and testing, Silverman and his friend Jason Steinhorn released the RaspberrySTEM Creator Kit [1].
The kit comes neatly packaged in an 8.5 x 5.25 x 4.25-inch (~12.5 x 13 x 11cm) box with a Raspberry Pi 2 (RPi2), components for building a case, cables and adapters, project electronics, and a microSD card with the RaspberrySTEM Development Environment (RDE) preloaded (Figure 1). The Assembly Guide explains how to build the kit simply and clearly with accompanying illustrations. My kit went together easily, without a problem – no missing, mystery, or malfitting parts (Figure 2). All in all, it took about 20-30 minutes to a fully functional kit ready to be plugged in.
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Price $15.99
(incl. VAT)