Part 3. Pi and Python projects

Let’s face it. Pressing buttons, playing sounds, and lighting up cool colored lights is fun! Now you get to use your Pi to make those things happen. You’re going to create interactive projects that use your Pi’s input and output pins. This makes your Pi a special type of computer that doesn’t just show images on the screen, but that can control and sense the world around it. This realm is called physical computing. Robotics is physical computing, but think about all the creative possibilities such as making interactive art, creating smart rooms that sense your presence and turn on a light or play music, or producing something that can alert you if it’s about to start raining or your pet is drinking water.

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