The MagPi

The MagPi The official Raspberry Pi magazine, showcasing amazing projects from our community

WELCOME to The MagPi 132

Paragraphica • A camera whose design is heavily influenced by a mole? Nicola King simply had to dig down…

Visualising the scene

Decktility • Want to take Raspberry Pi OS out on the road with you? Then you need Ken Van Hoeylandt's handheld PC. David Crookes takes a look

Mona Lisa Fluid Painting • A creative way of demonstrating the capabilities of microfluidic biosensors, captured on a Raspberry Pi HQ Camera, caught the eye of Rosie Hattersley

Microscopic art

Star Wars diorama • Become a new hope for a galaxy far, far away by recreating an iconic scene from Star Wars. Rob Zwetsloot checks out the information stored in this R2-unit

Diorama detail

Pipistrelle Bat Detector • Watching wildlife can be highly rewarding. This bat detector puts Pi Zero to good effect, discerning species by their calls.

Is a bat about?

Flight tracker with weather • When Adam Paulson wanted to recreate a flight tracker, he decided it needed to spread its wings, as David Crookes explains

Raspberry PiControlled Automatic Phone Ring Killer • Landline phone interrupting your beauty sleep? This maker tasked Raspberry Pi to keep his silent during the night. Rob Zwetsloot gives him a buzz

Yodeck • Raspberry Pi's “amazing balance between power and cost” supports a worldwide digital signage success story.

BUILD A UNIVERSAL MEDIA PLAYER • Turn your Raspberry Pi into a dedicated home entertainment system

CASES & REMOTE CONTROLS • Protect your Raspberry Pi media player with a case and control it with a remote

MEDIA PLAYER SOFTWARE • You have a choice of several operating systems for your media player

SET UP A LIBREELEC MEDIA PLAYER • Install the LibreELEC OS on Raspberry Pi and start using it

Make a Pico LCD true or false quiz game • An LCD display can display messages from Raspberry Pi Pico. In this project, the display is used as part of a quiz game

Part 04 Camera Module: The preview window • Before taking a shot, you'll use the preview window to check it. Discover how this window works and what your options are

IN THE WORKSHOP Pomodoro timer • In which we try to do something simple and end up learning about I2C

CITIZEN SCIENCE WITH RASPBERRY PI • Contribute to our understanding of the universe with these fantastic scientific projects

WEATHER TRACKING • With a HAT and some sensors, you can build your own barometer and track your local climate

SEISMOLOGY WITH RASPBERRY SHAKE • Detect earthquakes and more with this excellent kit

SHAKING SCIENCE • We talk to Raspberry Shake founder Branden Christensen and marketing director Mike Hotchkiss about citizen seismology

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY • Search the stars with these astronomy projects

NATURE AND CONSERVATION • See what's going on right outside your front door with these builds

Kitronik ZIP96 Retro Gamer • Learn to code with this Pico-powered handheld.

Technaxx TX-207 • Lucy Hattersley takes Raspberry Pi Zero out in the garden for a test with this solar charging case

Raspberry Pi Pico Advanced Kit • A box of fun with 32 projects to try out. Rob Zwetsloot fights off colleagues to test them all

Cosmic Unicorn (Pico W Aboard) • A big, bright, and beautiful LED matrix display. By Phil King

Inky Frame 7.3” (Pico W Aboard) • Powered by Pico W, this is one big-screen e-ink display.

10 Amazing: Upcycling projects • Reduce, reuse, and recycle with these upcycled Raspberry Pi projects

Learn Python with Raspberry Pi • Start coding with this superb programming...