pi-topPULSE is an accessory by pi-top to help build STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) based projects with music, lights and sound. The accessory can be used with pi-top or pi-topCEED, and furthermore as an add-on board to the Raspberry Pi 3. The microphone can be used to record music and a DIY cloud-based voice service for students to ask Computer Science related questions.
Simply learn, play or create fun projects in lesson plans. The projects are suitable for beginners or experts aged 8 and over.
LED Array • Snake • Pong • Flappy Birds
Speaker • Sonic pi to code music • General for listening to music
Microphone • Sample music recording • Voice recording
Combined projects • Create your own DIY cloud-based voice service, with Amazon Alexa • Light show with sonic pi • Pixel Game with sound • Tamagotchi
Features
LED Light array • 7x7 programmable RGB LED (49) Matrix • Fully configurable and easy to program - use Python to make patterns and pictures • High refresh-rate makes it perfect for animations that synchronise to sounds - either from the speaker, or the in-built microphone • 7 more LEDs are concealed around the board for fun - 3 on the bottom and 4 under the speaker grill - to put on a spectacular show of colour and sound
Speaker • 2 watt 4 Ω speaker
Microphone • Designed to integrate with Amazon Alexa, for a fully interactive ’smart’ cloud-based voice service • Raspberry Pi 3 and pi-top add-on compatible.
Chassis • Dimensions: 67 x 60.5 x 15 mm (LxWxH) • Weight: 40.5 g • 4 magnetic feet for pi-top and pi-topCEED • 2 magnetic-spacers for Raspberry Pi 3 • White injection mould ABS plastic • Raspberry Pi 3 and pi-top add-on compatible
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Pi-Top PULSE Speaker with LED Matrix for Raspberry Pi & Pi-Top Laptops
