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Reading Time: 2 minutesMore than a simple enclosure for the Raspberry Pi Zero, this rather familiar-looking unit is a full-blown battery-powered gaming console that (just about) fits in the palm of your hand. Game on The clever design of the RetroFlag GPi case replicates that of eighties handheld consoles, including a cartridge-like unit that slides out of the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesPi Wars 2020 is going to be an absolute train wreck – at least that’s the hope of its organisers, Mike Horne and Tim Richardson. With a somewhat apocalyptic atmosphere swirling when it came time to choose a theme, Pi Wars organisers declared the 2020 event – the sixth Raspberry Pi robot battle weekend – […]
Reading Time: 6 minutesFor part I of this guide to tools every maker should have, see here. Warning Some of these tools use mains electricity and heated parts. Always follow connection instructions and never leave heated elements unattended. Cutting, trimming and coverings 26. Card trimmer A card trimmer will enable you to cut crisp straight lines in paper […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesShould the world ever be plunged into an apocalypse, then Jay Doscher should do just fine. He’s created a rugged-looking laptop using a Raspberry Pi 4 computer and placed it within a small, air- and watertight Pelican case. Aimed at getting technology up and running in the event of a disaster, it should see him […]
Reading Time: 9 minutesRaspberry Pi 4 – like all the other members of the ever-growing Raspberry Pi family – is entirely usable as is, and plenty of people appreciate the aesthetic of a bare board on a desk. For those who don’t, there are a wealth of cases – both first- and third-party – available. You’ll find one, […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesLike a few educators in the Raspberry Pi and digital making community, Pranjali Pathak of The Pi Jam Foundation started out life as an engineer before becoming a teacher. She’s been a fellow for Teach for India, where she taught students from grade 3, and brought that experience to the Pi Jam Foundation as a […]
Reading Time: 6 minutesYou’ll need Warning! Crash likely! Experimenting to find the highest stable overclock involves crashing Raspberry Pi 4. There is a chance of corrupting the microSD card. Experiment with a clean Raspbian installation and ensure no important data is at risk. Getting started Although 1.5GHz is its maximum speed, Raspberry Pi typically idles at 600MHz and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesFelt fusion Enter DARVA, a cute little animated robot who just loves to chat, and who runs off a Raspberry Pi 4. Dane says, “DARVA was made by first cutting and sewing all the separate parts of the robot out of felt. Then we took a picture of all these robot parts and cut them […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesRaspberry Pi has its fair share of DAC audio boards offering high-quality sound output, but Pimoroni’s new Pirate Audio range adds a mini LCD to show music track details and album art. In this review we’re focusing on the Pirate Audio Headphone Amp, but we also tried out the other three models: Line‑out, 3W Stereo […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesBuild the ultimate Magic Mirror When it comes to relatively easy Raspberry Pi projects, that produce impressive results, few are better than making a Magic Mirror. Combine a stock Raspberry Pi touchscreen display with observation glass and a wooden frame, and you get an incredibly impressive mirror that displays information in white letters. Our new […]
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSave 37% off the cover price with a subscription to The MagPi magazine. Try three issues for just £5, then pay £25 every six issues. You’ll save money and get a regular supply of in-depth reviews, features, guides and other PC enthusiast goodness delivered directly to your door every month. Subscribe
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhether you are new to making with Raspberry Pi or have been at it for years, there are always new tools and techniques to be learned. For the new arrival to the making community, this list will be a great resource to introduce you to tools that you may not have heard of before, and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesSania Jain is one of a growing band of teenage entrepreneurs keen to share their ideas with peers. In her case, her idea is to spread a love of coding and STEAM skills with children who may not have had a chance to explore it before. Sania’s eponymously-named DIY computer box is powered by a Raspberry Pi […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesSania Jain is one of a growing band of teenage entrepreneurs keen to share their ideas with peers. In her case, her idea is to spread a love of coding and STEAM skills with children who may not have had a chance to explore it before. Sania’s eponymously-named DIY computer box is powered by a Raspberry Pi […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesSania Jain is one of a growing band of teenage entrepreneurs keen to share their ideas with peers. In her case, her idea is to spread a love of coding and STEAM skills with children who may not have had a chance to explore it before. Sania’s eponymously-named DIY computer box is powered by a Raspberry Pi […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesIf you completed the steps in the last low cost robot-building article, you’ll have added a camera to your Raspberry Pi-powered lunchbox robot. This enabled your robot to take photos and provided a robot’s-eye view of the world. Now a robot builder gets to take this much further and make the robot use this camera […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Rotary Dial Phone project is part of a wider initiative called Bit Time – a project that has been running in Basildon, Essex over recent months. It’s the brainchild of Dave Norton and Laura Travail. Dave is a digital Artist and drama practitioner whose work ranges from large-scale interactive installations to live theatre performed […]
Reading Time: 11 minutesWe all know that Santa loves a mince pie, but did you know that he is often partial to leaving Raspberry Pi boards under the tree of those on his ‘nice’ list? Well, if you got a Raspberry Pi for Christmas, then you may want to know about some of the awesome accessories you can […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesDataCamp Price: FREE (or $568 per year) Created by: datacamp.com R is a language intrinsically linked to data and statistical analysis. Popular with scientists and number crunchers, it has fans around the globe. If you’ve spent a lot of time in Python and other programming languages, some of the features of R are confusing at […]
Reading Time: 7 minutesFirst, you’ll create an assistant that uses a list of rules for understanding commands, and you’ll learn why that approach isn’t very good. Next, you will teach the assistant to recognise commands for different devices by training it using examples of each command. 1. Get started Head to machinelearningforkids.co.uk in a web browser. You’ll then […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes“My project is named AMOS (Aquatic Mini Observation System),” Murray tells us. “It is a solar-powered, autonomous airboat for measuring water quality over large, distributed areas.” Murray has worked on a couple of prototypes for the boat. The first one was made out of a kayak beer cooler (a small kayak that acts as a […]