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Reading Time: 2 minutesComplete Raspberry Pi Buyer’s Guide Everything you need to have fun with Raspberry Pi in 2024. We’ve got official accessories, third-party kits, cases, projects, circuits, robots and 3D printing projects. There’s enough here to keep any Raspberry Pi fan quiet for a while. Heating and cooling Raspberry Pi 5 Raspberry Pi 5…

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…

Reading Time: 3 minutesWith a bit of deductive reasoning, Peter figured out that the plant was blocking the joint, so the rainwater would just overflow. He didn’t want to hire expensive equipment to confirm this theory, though. “I then had the bright idea of mounting a Raspberry Pi Camera on the end of a long…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhile you could always just solder Pico’s castellations directly onto metal contact pads on the surface of another PCB, ClipZin has the advantage of being able to clip the board in and out at any point – ideal for when you’re prototyping a design or want to later replace a standard…

Reading Time: 4 minutesA flash of inspiration Using a Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3, a couple of Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ boards, and some Python code, along with the other required bits of hardware, Max has essentially created a camera within a camera here, as a digital camera is hidden within the body of…

Reading Time: 3 minutesIterate and improve Designing the TouchCam gave Mukesh a chance to combine his skills as a maker and a computer science enthusiast. “My goal was to blend my love for creating things with my technical knowledge,” he enthuses of the versatile device “that can even work as a server for my test…

Reading Time: 2 minutesSlim and flexible There is a small price to pay for the nice screen with touch capabilities, and that is with resolution. Perhaps we’ve been spoiled by modern consumer electronics, but 1366 × 768 does not seem like a lot of pixels, especially on a screen this size in 2023. It’s definitely…

Reading Time: 3 minutesPracticalities John’s project works by using an angled, mirrored periscope to point a microscope camera at the underside of a drilling platform. “The position of the Drill Press Camera is adjusted until the crosshairs on its screen are lined up with the centre of the drill bit,” he says. “Once a PCB…

Reading Time: 2 minutesSmart dog At its core is a powerful Compute Module 4, controlling the robot and allowing for reprogramming with custom code over a web browser – although you can also plug it into a monitor (or go a VNC route) if you want and program it the old-fashioned way. There are several…

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe were lucky to be given a tour of the facilities where machines, robot arms, and real people make 250,000 Raspberry Pi computers a week – from board to box. Have you ever seen a machine put a little computer in a box? It’s very cute, and the mechanism to fold the…

Reading Time: 2 minutesRaspberry Pi 5 launch special The highlight of this issue is undoubtedly the launch of Raspberry Pi 5. We’ve got a special launch feature celebrating this innovative piece of technology that brings speed parity with traditional desktop computers. The feature starts on page 36, promising to fuel your creativity with quickstart setup…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen the case fan for Raspberry Pi 4 was released, it was a sign to come of better airflow and ventilation for Raspberry Pi cases going forward. You can see this in the new official case for Raspberry Pi 5, which includes advanced ventilation with a blower and space for air…