Four new products: IQaudio is now Raspberry Pi

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’re delighted to round off 2020 by welcoming four of the most popular IQaudio products to the Raspberry Pi fold. DAC+, DAC Pro, DigiAMP+, and Codec Zero will all be available to buy via our network of Raspberry Pi Approved Resellers. We’ve had a busy 2020 here at Raspberry Pi. From the High Quality Camera […]

Designing the Raspberry Pi Case Fan

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen I first investigated inserting a fan into the standard Raspberry Pi case there were two main requirements. The first was to keep the CPU cool in all usage scenarios. The second was to reduce or eliminate any changes to the current case and therefore avoid costly tool changes. The case fan and heatsink As […]

New product: Raspberry Pi 4 Case Fan

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday we’re launching a stocking-filler product to help you squeeze more performance out of your Raspberry Pi 4. The $5 Raspberry Pi 4 Case Fan clips inside the lid of the Official Case, and keeps your Raspberry Pi 4 cool even when running the heaviest workloads, at the most aggressive overclocks. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP44pCxQWAY?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] Raspberry Pi […]

Raspberry Pi keyboards for Japan are here!

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen we announced new keyboards for Portugal and the Nordic countries last month, we promised that you wouldn’t have to wait much longer for a variant for Japan, and now it’s here! Japanese Raspberry Pi keyboard The Japan variant of the Raspberry Pi keyboard required a whole new moulding set to cover the 83-key arrangement […]

Go sailing with this stop-motion 3D-printed boat

Reading Time: 2 minutesShot on a Raspberry Pi Camera Module, this stop-motion sequence is made up of 180 photos that took two hours to shoot and another hour to process. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsdIEe-0gNw] The trick lies in the Camera Module enabling you to change the alpha transparency of the overlay image, which is the previous frame. It’s all explained […]

Free Raspberry Pi 4 cooling stand with The MagPi 90!

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn issue 88 of The MagPi, we discovered that Raspberry Pi 4 can be kept cooler than usual if placed on its side. This gave us an idea, and thanks to many Top People, it resulted in the small, simple, and very practical Raspberry Pi 4 stand that you will find on the cover of […]

Free Raspberry Pi 4 cooling stand with The MagPi 90!

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn issue 88 of The MagPi, we discovered that Raspberry Pi 4 can be kept cooler than usual if placed on its side. This gave us an idea, and thanks to many Top People, it resulted in the small, simple, and very practical Raspberry Pi 4 stand that you will find on the cover of […]

Fake cases — make sure yours is the real deal

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’ve had some reports of people finding cases that pretend to be official Raspberry Pi products online — these are fakes, they’re violating our trademark, they’re not made very well, and they’re costing you and us money that would otherwise go to fund the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s charitable work. (Reminder, for those who are new […]

The Nest Box: DIY Springwatch with Raspberry Pi

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast week, lots and lots of you shared your Raspberry Pi builds with us on social media using the hashtag #IUseMyRaspberryPiFor. Jay Wainwright from Liverpool noticed the conversation and got in touch to tell us about The Nest Box, which uses Raspberry Pi to bring impressively high-quality images and video from British bird boxes to […]

What’s inside the Raspberry Pi 4 Desktop Kit?

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Raspberry Pi 4 Desktop Kit is the perfect gift for any budding maker, coder, or Raspberry Pi fanatic. Get yours today from Raspberry Pi Approved Resellers across the globe, and the Raspberry Pi Store, Cambridge. What’s inside the Raspberry Pi 4 Desktop Kit? Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://rpf.io/ytsub Help us reach a wider audience […]

Build the ultimate 4K home theatre PC using a Raspberry Pi 4 and Kodi

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe love Raspberry Pi for how it’s helping a new generation of children learn to code, how it’s resulted in an explosion of new makers of all ages, and how it’s really easy to turn any TV into a smart TV. While we always have a few Raspberry Pi computers at hand for making robots […]

Designing distinctive Raspberry Pi products

Reading Time: 6 minutesIf you have one of our official cases, keyboards or mice, or if you’ve visited the Raspberry Pi Store in Cambridge, UK, then you know the work of Kinneir Dufort. Their design has become a part of our brand that’s recognised the world over. Here’s an account from the team there of their work with […]

We asked our engineers your Raspberry Pi 4 questions…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe collected some of the most common Raspberry Pi 4 questions asked by you, our community, and sat down with Eben Upton, James Adams, and Gordon Hollingworth to get some answers. Raspberry Pi 4 Q&A We grilled our engineers with your Raspberry Pi 4 questions Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://rpf.io/ytsub Help us reach a […]

Yuri 3 rover | The MagPi #82

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn honour of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, this year’s Pi Wars was space-themed. Visitors to the two-day event — held at the University of Cambridge in March — were lucky enough to witness a number of competitors and demonstration space-themed robots in action. Among the most impressive was the Yuri 3 […]

Motion-controlled water fountain…for cats!

Reading Time: 2 minutesTired of the constant trickle of your cat’s water fountain? Set up motion detection and put your cat in control. Cats are fickle My cat, Jimmy, loves drinking from running water. Or from the sink. Or from whatever glass I am currently using. Basically, my cat loves drinking out of anything that isn’t his water […]

Raspberry Pi captures a Soyuz in space!

Reading Time: 2 minutesSo this happened. And we are buzzing! You’re most likely aware of the Astro Pi Challenge. In case you’re not, it’s a wonderfully exciting programme organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) and us at Raspberry Pi. Astro Pi challenges European young people to write scientific experiments in code, and the best experiments run aboard […]

Buy the official Raspberry Pi keyboard and mouse

Reading Time: 4 minutesLiz interjects with a TL;DR: you can buy our official (and very lovely) keyboard and mouse from today from all good Raspberry Pi retailers. We’re very proud of them. Get ’em while they’re hot! Alex interjects with her own TL;DR: the keyboard is currently available in six layouts – English (UK), English (US), Spanish, French, […]

Upcycle a vintage TV with the Raspberry Pi TV HAT | The MagPi #78

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen Martin Mander’s portable Hitachi television was manufactured in 1975, there were just three UK channels and you’d need to leave the comfort of your sofa in order to switch between them. Today, we have multiple viewing options and even a cool Raspberry Pi TV HAT that lets us enjoy DVB-T2 broadcasts via a suitable […]

Anatomy of a product quality issue: PoE HAT

Reading Time: 5 minutesOne of the neat new features of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is its support for IEEE 802.3af Power-over-Ethernet (PoE). This standard allows up to 13W of power to be delivered over the twisted pairs in an Ethernet cable without interfering with the transmission of data. The Raspberry Pi board itself provides a PoE-capable […]

Introducing the Raspberry Pi TV HAT

Reading Time: 3 minutesToday we are excited to launch a new add-on board for your Raspberry Pi: the Raspberry Pi TV HAT, on sale now at $21.50. The TV HAT connects to the 40-pin GPIO header and to a suitable antenna, allowing your Raspberry Pi to receive DVB-T2 television broadcasts. Watch TV with your Raspberry Pi With the […]

SelfieBot: taking and printing photos with a smile

Reading Time: 3 minutesDoes your camera giggle and smile as it takes your photo? Does your camera spit out your image from a thermal printer? No? Well, Sophy Wong’s SelfieBot does! Raspberry Pi SelfieBot: Selfie Camera with a Personality SelfieBot is a project Kim and I originally made for our booth at Seattle Mini Maker Faire 2017. Now, […]

Watching VinylVideo with a Raspberry Pi A+

Reading Time: 2 minutesPlay back video and sound on your television using your turntable and the VinylVideo converter, as demonstrated by YouTuber TechMoan. VinylVideo – Playing video from a 45rpm record With a VinylVideo convertor you can play video from a vinyl record played on a standard record player. Curiosity, tech-demo or art? A brief history of VinylVideo […]