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50 Raspberry Pi 4 Tips and Tools: pt 2
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…
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The ZT-2020 is a portable SunVox synth
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe ZT-2020 is a portable SunVox synth Arduino Team — February 11th, 2020 SunVox synth software allows you to create electronic music on a wide variety of platforms. Now, with his ZT-2020 project — which resembles a miniature arcade game — YouTuber “fascinating earthbound objects” has a dedicated input scheme. This…
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Raspberry Pi Recovery Kit project showcase
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…
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This joystick-controlled machine draws light trails using a laser
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis joystick-controlled machine draws light trails using a laser Arduino Team — February 10th, 2020 Lasers are awesome. Glow-in-the-dark surfaces are, too. As seen here, Justin and Brett were able to combine the two into an excellent drawing machine made from scrap materials and discarded wood. Their device uses a pair of…
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Carve 2.5D shapes out of foam with this Arduino-controlled hot wire cutter
Reading Time: 2 minutesCarve 2.5D shapes out of foam with this Arduino-controlled hot wire cutter Arduino Team — February 8th, 2020 You may have a 3D printer or other “digital” tools like a laser engraver or CNC router, but what if you want to work with Styrofoam? As How To Mechatronics demonstrates in his latest…
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Save the date: Arduino Day 2020 is Saturday, March 21st!
Reading Time: 2 minutesSave the date: Arduino Day 2020 is Saturday, March 21st! Arduino Team — February 7th, 2020 It’s Arduino’s 15th birthday! We are inviting the whole community to join Arduino Day 2020 on Saturday, March 21st. Arduino Day is a 24-hour-long celebration around the globe, organized by the community for the community —…
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Group test: Best Raspberry Pi 4 thermal cases tested and ranked
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.…
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Interview with Pi Jam Foundation community support lead Pranjali Pathak
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…
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OmBURo is an Arduino-controlled unicycle robot with an active omnidirectional wheel
Reading Time: 2 minutesOmBURo is an Arduino-controlled unicycle robot with an active omnidirectional wheel Arduino Team — February 4th, 2020 Omni wheels normally contain a number of rollers arranged on their circumference, allowing them to slide left and right and perform various tricks when combined with others. The rollers on UCLA researchers Junjie Shen and Dennis…
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How to overclock Raspberry Pi 4
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…
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This Arduino device turns on a workshop’s air filtration system whenever it hears a saw
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis Arduino device turns on a workshop’s air filtration system whenever it hears a saw Arduino Team — February 3rd, 2020 Modern woodworking tools are amazing, allowing you to make any number of useful or decorative objects from the comfort of your garage. Unfortunately, they also produce a lot of dust, so…
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DARVA: The Event Assistant
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…
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LoRa made easy: Connect your devices to the Arduino IoT Cloud
Reading Time: 3 minutesLoRa made easy: Connect your devices to the Arduino IoT Cloud Arduino Team — January 31st, 2020 An important new feature is now available in the Arduino IoT Cloud — full support for LoRa® devices! LoRa® is one of our favorite emerging technologies for IoT because it enables long-range and low power…
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Pirate Audio Headphone Amp
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:…
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The Synthfonio is a guitar-shaped MIDI instrument
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Synthfonio is a guitar-shaped MIDI instrument Arduino Team — January 30th, 2020 Learning to play an an instrument well takes a lot of time, which many people don’t have. To address this, Franco Molina — who enjoys MIDI controllers and writing music, but describes himself as being terrible at playing the…
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Arduino Pro IDE v0.0.4-alpha is here!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteArduino Pro IDE v0.0.4-alpha is here! Arduino Team — January 30th, 2020 Our dev team has some more exciting news to share: Arduino Pro IDE v0.0.4-alpha has been released. Highlights include: Automatic Arduino language server (LS) recovery. From now on, if the LS process terminates, it restarts automatically. Updated the bundled Clang version…
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Free Raspberry Pi 4 Stand, overclocking guide, and cooling case testing in The MagPi 90
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…
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144 7-segment displays make up this delightful digital clock
Reading Time: 2 minutes144 7-segment displays make up this delightful digital clock Arduino Team — January 29th, 2020 Using 7-segment displays to make a clock is nothing new, but what if you combined 144 of them together to create an epic LED timepiece? That’s exactly how this project was made, allowing it to show surprisingly…
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144 7-segment displays make up this delightful digital clock
Reading Time: 2 minutes144 7-segment displays make up this delightful digital clock Arduino Team — January 29th, 2020 Using 7-segment displays to make a clock is nothing new, but what if you combined 144 of them together to create an epic LED timepiece? That’s exactly how this project was made, allowing it to show surprisingly…
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Win one of five ProtoDock add-ons!
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
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Win one of five ProtoDock add-ons!
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
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Give your memory a boost with Newrons
Reading Time: 2 minutesGive your memory a boost with Newrons Arduino Team — January 28th, 2020 When you get a notification on your smartphone, more often than not, you’re doing something more pressing. You then silence the alarm, and perhaps forget about it. Nick Bild, however, has created a pair of smart glasses that take…