Pi Day Challenge! 3.14 .... How Many Digits?
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Pi Day Challenge: What's Your Count?
You can celebrate Pi Day in various ways, such as by starting a new Raspberry Pi-based project, participating in a digit-listing contest, eating some pie, or all of the above! We're curious. How many decimal places can you rattle off without looking? Put your best score in the Discussion section below!Raspberry Pi Resources
The Raspberry Pi began as a project aimed at making programming accessible to those with limited financial resources for computers and software. The goal was to create an affordable educational platform to enable anyone to learn coding. Despite not unfolding as initially planned, the Raspberry Pi has achieved remarkable success.
As a single-board computer (SBC) – meaning it operates independently without the need for external peripherals like keyboards or monitors – the Raspberry Pi excels. It's perfect for embedding in a box to perform dedicated tasks such as controlling drones or robots, serving as a multimedia center, or monitoring weather. This versatility has made the Raspberry Pi a favorite among hobbyists and professionals alike, integrating into numerous projects and products.
The following video details the variations across Raspberry Pi models, providing guidance on setting up a functional system. This enables you to start experimenting and learning with the Raspberry Pi.
Interested in Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi-based projects? Elektor has you covered. Here are some helpful resources:
Discussion (7 comments)
J.F. Simon, Elektor 1 year ago
Brian Tristam Williams 1 year ago
Similarly, when creating music on the system, musical tone frequencies weren’t built into the system, so you could either keep looking them up in a table, or you could calculate them on the fly. If you knew that 'A' was 220 Hz, you could calculate the next key, A#, by multiplying by the constant 2^(1/12). And then A# to B, then B to C, and so on, just by multiplying by 2^(1/12). Now, calculating 2 to the power of 1 divided by 12 over and over is very processor intensive — not ideal for a 3 MHz CPU — so it was easier for me just to use the constant inline, like Pi, so I can tell you that it is 1.059463094
Thanks for the memories!
S.I ,Elektor 1 year ago
JN 1 year ago
Senior Editor, Elektor 1 year ago
Content Director, Elektor 1 year ago
David Ashton 1 year ago
113355
then split it in two and divide the larger by the smaller:
355 / 113
you get 3.1415929... only the 7th decimal place is wrong
I can remember 3.1415926, so Brian beats me by 1 digit :-)