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Reading Time: 4 minutesHaving long dreamt of owning a usable Linux-based portable device, a group of enthusiasts set out to create one and the CutiePi tablet was born. Based around a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3+ Lite and custom carrier board, it features an 8in touchscreen, typical tablet features, and everything you need to make your Raspberry Pi […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesA robotic beast A serious robot, the DiddyBorg (£220 / $299) is diddy in name only and a true Raspberry Pi automated monster. Program it, remote-control it, or just have it sitting pretty in your workshop. Your choice. PiGrrl 2 DIY handheld gaming We’ve covered this project in a previous issue of The MagPi, but […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe bulletin boards of the 1980s haven’t died out quite yet, but they have gone online. There’s only a handful of BBSes (bulletin board systems) that you can dial up with your old-time modem. If you like the idea of accessing an internet-based BBS from your Atari ST, Amiga, or BBC Micro, then we can […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe bulletin boards of the 1980s haven’t died out quite yet, but they have gone online. There’s only a handful of BBSes (bulletin board systems) that you can dial up with your old-time modem. If you like the idea of accessing an internet-based BBS from your Atari ST, Amiga, or BBC Micro, then we can […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes“My first Raspberry Jam was CamJam in autumn 2013, when I showed some programs I had written,” Andrew tells us. “I also enjoy developing robots and doing electronics. I first went to the Colchester club run by John Woods in 2016, when I built a robot car using a Raspberry Pi. The Colchester club is […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesMaking a splash with your final-year university project can be the ideal way to gain the attention of potential employers and land yourself your dream job. Appealing to your lecturers’ and classmates’ stomachs is also a pretty effective way of getting them onside. Hearing from Taylor Tabb about the robot project he and friends Mitchell […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe SmartiPi case is designed to work with the 7-inch official Raspberry Pi touchscreen, effectively turning a Raspberry Pi into a (bulky) tablet or fixed monitor. As there’s no real room for rechargeable batteries as standard, it works better in a more fixed environment. One of the unique features of the SmartiPi is the interchangeable […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesRaspberry Pi NAS and Samba Raspberry Pi 4 introduced improved throughput on the Ethernet port, taking it up to full-fat Gigabit speeds. So it’s perhaps no surprise that building a super-fast NAS (network attached storage) drive was top of the wish-list for many a Raspberry Pi owner. Given the popularity of NAS, it’s little surprise […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesSee also: Enviro + review The Enviro (£28/$30. Pimoroni)also features the same slimline pHAT form factor to match the size of a Raspberry Pi Zero, although it can be used with any Raspberry Pi model. Sensing the world The Enviro’s BME280 weather sensor monitors temperature, barometric pressure, and humidity. As on the Enviro +, this […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesRaphaël tell us that he increasingly found components for first-generation digital pipe organs – many of which are installed in churches across the world – to be either obsolete, expensive, or simply unobtainable, threatening to consign many an instrument to the scrap-heap. The solution has been Organnery, a project to to strip the organs of […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes“For me, the goal has been to encourage a new generation of bedroom coders,” says legendary games developer Jim Bagley, who is among a group of Spectrum fans behind the project. Jim has been programming games professionally for the past 31 years and is a key member of the specnext.com team dedicated to bringing back the ZX Spectrum. With 3113 Kickstarter backers handing over £723,390 in cash, many others potentially […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesA lot of projects need specific tools, and there’s a lot out there to choose from. Raspberry Pi maker Mark Vanstone takes a look at the 50 best physical and digital tools you can use to build projects. Click here to buy The MagPi magazine issue #89 Raspberry Pi kit & gadget guide Quickly do […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutesVR to RL Minecraft can be hacked with a bit of code so that you can make it do as you wish. But this also means that, via more code, it can interact with reality. David Stevens made it so changes to the Christmas tree in the game alter the lights outside. Clever! Advanced tree lights We quite […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhen you get your starter set, you have to prepare the cardboard base by pushing out hexagons to leave holes to mount the tiles in. Do not discard these hexagons, because we are going to use them in our project. If you have already discarded them, then you’ll need to cut out a hexagon from […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnnounced on the Raspberry Pi blog a couple of weeks ago, Code the Classics has been available for pre-order and is eagerly awaited by Raspberry Pi fans around the world. The book is now shipping. If you pre-ordered a copy, it’ll be winging its way to you today, and you can still buy a copy […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes“The Swirl Machine is an interactive, digital-meets-the-real-world machine that swirls Santa Maria Valley wine and turns it into a digital piece of art,” say the team from KPS3, the marketing agency behind The Swirl Machine. “It was created and developed by KPS3 for Visit Santa Maria Valley. The machine allows users to select their ‘Fill […]
Reading Time: 8 minutesWhether you are nostalgic for the games of yesteryear or you’re simply dying to discover gaming’s rich history, all you ultimately need to get stuck in is a bunch of emulators and a stack of gaming ROMs. In the past, however, this has also entailed finding and downloading the BIOSes of various machines and a […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Noam Nisan and Shimon Shocken Price: £25/$35 Modern computing systems are built on a stack of technologies. Right at the top, you have the operating system and high-level languages like Python. These sit above a virtual machine that communicates via assembly language to the hardware, which itself is built on a system of chips […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesNot everyone has been tinkering with electronics for decades. Some are new to the hobby, and it’s easy to figure out why: information on the internet is easier to obtain than ever, and the low cost of Raspberry Pi has helped to further its accessibility. Liz Clark is one of those newcomers. She’s a Vlogger […]
Reading Time: 6 minutesChristmas is here, and that means it’s time to decorate. Over the years, we’ve made Christmas tree stars, normal tree lights, and even a light-up card you can make out of the cover of The MagPi issue 52. This year, we’re heading back to the tree lights to give them an extra ability: voice-controlled lights! […]