Turn your Raspberry Pi 4 (2, 4 or 8Gb model) or Pi400 into a Scratch3 coding rig! The fastest way to get going is to use the Deploy with balena button (after logging into your free balenaCloud account).
This project will run Scratch Desktop on your Raspberry Pi, allowing you to learn how to code using blocks. If you add a Sense Hat to your Pi, you can enable the Sense HAT blocks:
...and make use of the LEDs, joystick and on-board sensors. You can also enable the GPIO blocks (---^) and learn to interact with lots of other hardware you add. Have fun!!
- Raspberry Pi 4 (2, 4, or 8Gb model)
- SD card (we recommend the 16Gb Sandisk Extreme)
- HDMI TV or Monitor
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- A Sense HAT(optional - but more fun!)
- A free balenaCloud account (first ten devices are free and fully-featured, no credit card needed to start)
- A tool to flash OS images to SD cards, like balenaEtcher
This project has been tested to work on the following devices:
| Device Type | Status |
|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi 4 2Gb | ✔ |
| Raspberry Pi 4 4Gb | ✔ |
| Raspberry Pi 4 8Gb | ✔ |
| Raspberry Pi 4 1Gb | ❌ |
| Raspberry Pi 400 | ✔ |
| Raspberry Pi 3b+ | ❌ |
| Raspberry Pi 3b+ (64-bit OS) | ❌ |
| balena Fin | ❌ |
We've published a project guide and demo video on our blog. Check out the post here.