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