One-Day Workshop on Raspberry Pi

The department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, in association with ISTE Student Chapter of SMVITM, organized a one-day workshop on Raspberry Pi, on 18 March 2017, at the Central Computer Center of SMVITM. Dr. Dinesh Rao B, Mr. Sreepathy H V and Mr. Jeswil Mascarenhas; from the School of Information Sciences, Manipal were the resource persons. Interested final year students of ECE and CSE branches participated in the workshop.

Raspberry Pi is a card-sized computer that can be connected with monitor, keyboard, mouse and hard drive, to make a complete computer. It can be used in school or college projects, and in many applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, internet browsing, etc. that are normally done using desktop computers.

The workshop mainly focused on the installation and connection of Raspberry Pi using Ethernet and USB. Experiments such as pattern generation, blinking of LEDs, addition and subtraction, etc. using Python and C programming, were carried out during the workshop. Students gained innovative information about Raspberry Pi, and its need in the present era.

Earlier in the day, Principal Dr. Thirumaleshwara Bhat, and Head of the ECE department Dr. Balachandra Achar, welcomed the resource persons. Technical Adviser Mr. Harish Belman, the Heads of various departments, faculty and staff of ECE department were present during the inaugural session. Ms. Anusha Pai, student of final year ECE, compered the program, which was coordinated by Ms. Laxmi Shetty, Ms. Sowmya Bhat and Mr. Raghavendra Rao.