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The Raspberry Pi Sense HAT (Hardware Attached on Top) is an add-on board for Raspberry Pi. The Sense HAT is equipped with an 8×8 RGB LED matrix, a five-button joystick, and includes the following sensors:
This quickstart uses .NET to retrieve sensor values from the Sense HAT, respond to joystick input, and drive the LED matrix.
Use the raspi-config
command to ensure your SBC is configured to support the following services:
For more information on raspi-config
, refer to the Raspberry Pi documentation.
With the Raspberry Pi device powered off, attach the Sense HAT. Power on the Raspberry Pi and launch the Bash shell once it boots. You may use SSH or connect the Raspberry Pi to a display.
From the shell, ensure the latest version of Git is installed on your Raspberry Pi. Run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git
The commands use the Advanced Package Tool command to:
From the shell, run the following command:
. <(wget -q -O - https://aka.ms/dotnet-iot-sensehat-quickstart)
The command downloads and runs a script. The script:
Observe the console output as sensor data is displayed. The LED matrix displays a yellow pixel on a field of blue. Holding the joystick in any direction moves the yellow pixel in that direction. Clicking the center joystick button causes the background to switch from blue to red.
The source for this quickstart is available on GitHub.
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Training
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Set up the Altair emulator and Azure Sphere - Training
Learn how to set up the Altair 8800 emulator and the Azure Sphere development environment.