Raspberry-Pi : Astro-Pi

 

Sense-Hat  (AstroPi)

 

Features

8x8 RGB LED programmable matrix

Joystick

Humidity sensor

Gyroscope

Accelerometer

Temperature

Barometric pressure

Magnetometer                                                                                      Click picture to view

8M 1080p Camera

6 general purpose programmable buttons

 

Sense-Hat software comes pre installed on Raspbian for the Pi

If not already installed

      $ sudo aptitude update

      $ sudo aptitude install sense-hat

 

 

You will have to manually edit /boot/config.txt

     add this line to the bottom

 

      dtoverlay=rpi-sense

 

     save the file, then reboot

 

      $ sudo reboot

 

Sample Python code:   (change file extensions to py)

     sparkle - test the light grid