Raspberry Pi and Sony Made an AI-Powered Camera Module

Article: Raspberry Pi and Sony made an AI-powered camera module - The Verge

Raspberry Pi, maker of credit-card-sized computers, has partnered with Sony to make an Artificial-Intelligence-powered camera module.

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Amazon Q Helps With Coding and Debugging

Article: Amazon Q, a generative AI-powered assistant for businesses and developers, is now generally available - Amazon

Amazon Q is a newly-available assistant for developers. It generates highly accurate code, it also tests, debugs, and has multi-step planning and reasoning capabilities that can transform and implement new code generated from developer requests.

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Artificial Intelligence Jobs That Pay Over $100,000

Article: These 5 in-demand AI jobs pay $100,000 or more—and can all be done from home - CNBC

With the booming Artificial Intelligence industry, many workers are needed. And there are jobs that pay over $100,000 that you can even do from home.

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Amazon Offers Free Artificial Intelligence Courses

Article: Amazon aims to provide free AI skills training to 2 million people by 2025 with its new ‘AI Ready’ commitment - Amazon

Amazon’s AI Ready Initiative seeks to buid up the Artificial Intelligence workforce by offering free AI courses to both those from technical backgrounds as well as those from business backgrounds. They are also going to be offering scholarships to future AI workers.

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New Software Helps Artists Fight Artificial Intelligence

Article: Artists Can Fight Back Against AI by Killing Art Generators From the Inside - Gizmodo

Many artists have been upset that their work posted on the Internet has been used to train Artificial Intelligence Art programs. Since that revelation, software engineers have been trying to figure out a way to stop programs like Stable Diffusion and DALL-E from scraping their photos to train their software platforms. Now, new software has been devised to maybe not block platforms from using the photos, but in getting the platforms to misundertand what they are scanning.

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Artificial Intelligence Costing Coders Their Jobs

Article: Stack Overflow lays off over 100 people as the AI coding boom continues - The Verge

As Artificial Intelligence has branched further into code generation, so has the danger to jobs in the programming industry. Now, one well known company is firing 100 workers, with AI Code Generators taking their place.

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Artificial Intelligence Code Generators Could Produce Security Risks

Article: Code-generating AI can introduce security vulnerabilities, study finds - Vulture

Programming code is one of the things that Artificial Intelligence is now able to emulate. But, a study has found that the code generated by AI could produce security risks.

My view on this is: AI generated code should only be a starting point. The code should be analyzed and made sure it works well in terms of security, efficiency and integration with other code.

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New Raspberry Pi for Pi Day!

Article: RASPBERRY PI 3 MODEL B+ ON SALE NOW AT $35 - RaspberryPi.org

Article: Faster Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ Launches - PC Magazine

It's Pi Day! 3/14, so 3.14, get it? :-)

Anyway, to celebrate, Raspberry Pi has come out with their latest model: The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. It features an upgraded processor for more power! Read all about it in the links above.

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Mag Pi Issue 60 is Out

Issue: Raspberry Pi Troubleshooting Special in the MagPi 60 - RaspberryPi.org

The latest issue of Raspberry Pi Magazine Mag Pi is out! Issue 60 is available for free digital download. Print versions are available too!

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Raspberry Pi Audio

You have a Pi. You want to get music and sounds out of it. This is how you do it!

The Raspberry Pi has evolved over its numerous models. I am currently using a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B, but these instructions will follow for the current Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.

Hardware: First, you have two options when it comes to how you hook up your 1/8" (3.5mm) male cable-equipped speaker. One is the 1/8" (3.5mm) jack that has been on the Pi since Day 1. Second is to plug a USB Sound Card into a USB Port.


1/8" Audio Jack


USB Ports


USB Sound Card

By default, the sound will come out of that 1/8" jack. If you have a USB Sound Card, you will need to configure your Pi to use USB as your audio output device. This is how you do it:

1.) This instruction is for Raspbian with Jessie. For other Operating System variants, go to this tutorial: Setting Up USB Sound Card. From a Terminal Window, key sudo nano /etc/asound.conf An empty file window will appear. Cut and paste the following into that file:

pcm.!default {
type hw card 1
}
ctl.!default {
type hw card 1
}


asound.conf file in Terminal Window

Save the file by keying CTL + x. You will be asked if you want to save the file. Type y (for yes) and hit ENTER.

Software: Next, you want an audio player. I am going to highlight two options. One you might know about, one you probably won't unless you're used to working on Linux!

First, the one you probably know: VLC Player. This is an Open Source app that has three main positives: 1.) It's small in size, 2.) It plays pretty much everything you throw at it, and 3.) It is made for pretty much every Operating System, and every flavor of those Operating Systems.

NOTE: I am using Raspbian Jessie with Pixel, which is the recommended Operating System on RaspberryPi.org (Raspbian Downloads). Also, before installing any new software, you need to run the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

You might be prompted to include a -f to repair broken packages. Key the entries as described and see how it goes. Add the -f according to the instructions, if asked to.

Set Up VLC Player:

Open a Terminal Window. Key: sudo apt-get install vlc and ENTER. The install process will proceed and will complete. Once done, VLC Player will be available under Sound & Video.


VLC Player once installed

Command-Line Audio Player:

For the more adventurous, you actually have a command-line audio player already built into your Raspbian Operating System. It is called Omxplayer. You simply navigate to the place where you have your audio files are stored. Once there, you can play an audio file using the following syntax:

omxplayer song.mp3


omxplayer playing an mp3 file

Key ESC when wanting to quit. Remember, in command line, you need to key things in correctly. That means, getting capitals right, etc. You will find that it might be easiest to change file names to something simpler to be able to key them in more easily. Next, here is how to play streams with Omxplayer. Use the following syntax:

omxplayer http://bbcmedia.ic.llnwd.net/stream/bbcmedia_radio3_mf_p


omxplayer playing a BBC Radio 3 stream

This is a fun way to try a basic way of playing audio. But, VLC Player is naturally going to be an easier solution that you are used to using.

So, there you have it! A primer on how to make audio happen on your Pi! Leave any questions or comments in the space below. Thanks!

Reference:

Text Links to BBC Radio: BBC Radio URL's - Suppertime.co.uk

Audio Usage: Playing Audio on the Raspberry Pi - RaspberryPi.org

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"Hello World" Magazine for Educators

Information: Hello World Magazine - RaspberryPi.org

Billed as the computing and digital making magazine for educators, the new magazine Hello World offers lots of articles on educators and how they are teaching coding to students.

Click here for their main page and you can subscribe and get .pdf issues for free!

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Raspberry Pi Initial Wiring

This details the initial wiring of my Raspberry Pi's GPIO Pins to my breadboard:

I started by using an Adafruit T-Cobbler. This board extends the pins of your GPIO to your breadboard. Once you have plugged the T-Cobbler into your breadboard, you need to establish power to the Bus Strips of your breadboard.

I have wired the 3V3 (3.3 Volt) pin to the corresponding Bus Strip's negative hole using an orange wire, the GND (Ground) pin to the corresponding Bus Strip's positive hole using a black wire, the 5.0V (5.0 Volt) pin to the corresponding Bus Strip's negative hole using a red wire, and the GND (Ground) pin to the corresponding Bus Strip's positive hole using a black wire.

Using these color wires follows electrical conventions. I used these 8-inch wires for now because that's all I had available! :-)

Reference:

GPIO Pin Reference: All about the Pi's GPIO pins. - Pinout

Boot Assistance: GPIO and Physical Computing on the Pi - RaspberryPi.org

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