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Reading Time: 3 minutesPico 2 & RP2350 It has faster processors, more memory, greater power efficiency, and industry-leading security features and you can choose between Arm and RISC-V cores. The new Pico 2 is an incredible microcontroller board and we’ve secured interviews with the Raspberry Pi engineering team. RP2350 Products out now Plenty of companies are already using […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSave 35% off the cover price with a subscription to The MagPi magazine. UK subscribers get three issues for just £10 and a FREE Raspberry Pi Pico W, then pay £30 every six issues. You’ll save money and get a regular supply of in-depth reviews, features, guides and other Raspberry Pi enthusiast goodness delivered directly […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesRaftberry Floating dock It can be nice to pootle around a lake, especially with some delicious food and company. This Raspberry Pi-powered raft uses arcade controls to move around on the water. Teslonda Custom electric car Taking a 1981 Honda Accord and souping it up is one thing, then there’s making it an electric hot […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesConstruction is simple – simply slot the Gateway Module into the HAT’s mini PCIe connector, and slot the HAT on top of your Raspberry Pi. There are external antennas to add as well, including a fancy GPS module in case you need to know its location. From source The software is a little more involved […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes“[It’s a] technical version of a magnifying glass to help people with low vision,” Markus tells us. “It’s basically a camera that can be connected to any HDMI screen, with a simple interface to scale and modify images. There are lots of professional devices out there, and a few DIY takes on the category as […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhile we’ve not had enough time to assess it for review yet, we’ve had a chance to play with one for a bit with a Raspberry Pi 5 and we’re very intrigued by it. CrowView has speakers, a webcam, a microphone, and an in-built battery so all you need to do is provide a Raspberry […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is your history with being a maker? As a kid, I was always taking things apart to see how they worked. Most of those things even got put back together. Taking after my older brother, I started tinkering with electronics when I was a teen. Continuing to follow in my brother’s footsteps, I ended […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe touchscreen is surrounded by quite a large bezel which forms part of the protective case. With a lot of metal parts, it’s a pretty hefty unit that feels really solid – and heavy, at 1.67kg. Six mount points (two top and bottom, one either side) enable it to be mounted using the supplied brackets […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesFor his project, Rodrigo wanted to bring Winamp’s early days back to life in a more physical form so he decided to produce a music player that could easily be part of a hi-fi mini system. Specifically, he took inspiration from a Aiwa mini setup from around 1983, figuring he could create a case and […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesStrong arm We tried out the Advanced kit with Raspberry Pi 5. The arm comes ready-assembled, sitting on a solid black metal base whose rear section holds Raspberry Pi, secured with screws and pillars. Four suction cups stick the base to a desk or the floor – not the most secure of methods – but […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesThat first turntable used a DC motor, which lacks precision, resulting in inconsistent movements which vary with the weight of the object placed on it. “We wanted something more precise,” recalls Martin, “and we wanted a remote that we didn’t keep losing, so we put it as a page on a web server.” In addition, […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesEssential Electronics.  Become familiar with electronic components, circuit building, code and some great starter projects. This month’s lead feature will have you up and running with electronics and code in no time at all. Build a private cloud server Take control of your data by building a do-it-all email, documents, spreadsheets, email, file sharing and […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSave 35% off the cover price with a subscription to The MagPi magazine. UK subscribers get three issues for just £10 and a FREE Raspberry Pi Pico W, then pay £30 every six issues. You’ll save money and get a regular supply of in-depth reviews, features, guides and other Raspberry Pi enthusiast goodness delivered directly […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesWith that in mind, he went big. And we mean really big. He took a 65-inch touchscreen and connected it to a Raspberry Pi 5 computer, figuring games would look amazing across such a large display. It also enabled David to create a full-length mirror, despite it posing issues of its own. “Working with such […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesLike many great ideas, Puttr came about because of some enforced downtime during lockdown. Entrepreneur and founder of several successful start-ups Matthew Allard had been on the golf team at university, and lockdown had him contemplating an at-home putting game that he and his son could both enjoy. Matthew had a personal interest in how […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesBox of delights Elsewhere on the board you’ll find a USB-C power input, speakers, an LED display, GPIO pins, an RFID chip, plenty of sensors and switches and LEDs, and more besides. In the box there’s also a startling array of extra components, including a pair of SNES-like gamepads, a US-style power plug (with a […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesEvolution “This is a watershed moment for Raspberry Pi,” Eben posted on Raspberry Pi dot com that morning. “And the start of a new phase in our evolution: access to the public market will enable us to build more of the products you love, faster. And the money raised by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesFrom the start, Chris had an idea of what he wanted from the device. “I knew what I wanted to achieve – for my friend to press buttons, for virtual dice to be rolled and the result to be announced,” he says. “From there it was just about figuring out which components to use and […]