Blog 5: What is a Pi-top?

  • What is a pi-top?

    • A pi-top is a build-it-yourself laptop powered by the Raspberry Pi. It has a sliding modular rail, an 8-hour battery life, and a 14" screen.

  • Purchase Cost?

    • A pi-top costs $319.99.

  • Accessories?

      • Pi-top Speaker

        • A speaker which slides into the modular rail of the pi-top; it allows you to play sounds, watch videos, code up music, and create your own musical projects.

      • Pi-top Pulse

        • Pi-topPULSE brings the arts into STEAM, integrating a speaker, 7x7 RGB LEG matrix and microphone; it allows you to code your own games and create music and lightshows. With full Amazon Alexa compatibility, you can even have your pi-top talk to you and answer any question you might have.

      • Pi-top Proto

        • A great prototyping board for physical computing projects.
          You can build & connect projects with the pi-topCODER app. It slides into the modular rail and is Raspberry Pi HAT compatible.

  • What can you do with a pi-top?

    • You can use the pi-top's tools to complete amazing DIY projects and bring your inventions to life; you can learn to code, create awesome devices, and take your knowledge to the next level.

    • You can use Google Suite, Chrome web-browser, a full Microsoft Office-compatible productivity suite, 3-D printing software, Scratch coding, and more!

    • With pi-top Coder, you can learn to code, create physical computing projects and track your progress, and even test your code in real time! Additionally, you can create music through code, and you can learn core Computer Science skills.

    • In the pi-top's CEEDuniverse, you can explore alien worlds, discover hidden secrets, and advance your knowledge in science and technology. For example, after you've been taught all the basic coding concepts, you’ll need to solve visual programming puzzles to unlock areas of the game. You can then convert your visual program straight to Python code!
    • You can play Minecraft (the pi edition); you can write commands and scripts in Python code to build things in the game automatically. 
    • With pi-topCLASSROOM, you can manage classes, alter pre-made lesson plans, create your own lesson plans, and track student progress.
    • You can learn to program in a programming language called "Scratch."


To learn more about pi-tops, check out the link below!

https://pi-top.com/






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