Data Centre Simulator using OOP Pygame Zero

This is a software programming project for a Raspberry Pi with a touch screen. This has created a simulator that can be used to demonstrate how a generator and UPS can be used together to create resilience in the event of a power failure. It was used as part of a STEM demonstration at a school careers fair. It has been used here as a demonstration of how to use object-oriented programming (OOP) with Python Pygame Zero to simplify software design.

School Careers Fair STEM talk

The STEM activity is based around my role as a data centre manager, and is specifically about the engineering infrastructure that we use to ensure that there is power to keep the computers running 24 hours a day.

During the careers fair I mainly talk about how we use UPS and Generators to keep the data centre running through a mains power failure.

This video shows this in use as well as showing 3D printed models I made to go with the project.

The Generator and UPS simulator

The simulator is written in Python Pygame Zero. It runs on a Raspberry Pi which is connected to a Raspberry Pi Touch Screen. This looks similar to a touch screen that may be mounted in a hardware device.

Source Code / Download

The source code is available below.

• dc-simulator.zip

More information

See my other programming guides at:

• Guides to programming
• Book: Beginnng Game Programming with Pygame Zero