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

WELCOME to The MagPi 134

Introducing… Raspberry Pi 5 • Up to three times faster, absolutely packed with new features, and available to The MagPi subscribers first, Raspberry Pi 5 is everything we wanted from a new Raspberry Pi computer

Get to know Raspberry Pi 5 • Your in-depth guide to Raspberry Pi's new micro-computer

Explore the new Raspberry Pi OS • A new operating system is also announced: Raspberry Pi OS based on Debian ‘bookworm’

Raspberry Pi 5 Accessories • Modular design is more feature-packed than ever

Behind the scenes with Raspberry Pi 5 • Building new hardware, new silicon, and new docs

New construction techniques

Documenting Raspberry Pi 5 • Writing great documentation for every level is necessary, argues Alasdair Allan

Bristol Braille Canute 360 • Braille readers bring literacy to non- and partially sighted readers. Rosie Hattersley hears about a breakthrough Raspberry Pi version

Brilliant Braille!

Giant Dot Matrix Printer • You may think you know what a dot matrix printer looks like. Well, read on and be dumbstruck! Nicola King gets on board

DispatchPi • Olivier Simard-Hanley found a picture-perfect way of keeping in touch with his fiancée, as David Crookes discovers

Zelda Guardian security camera • Adopting a stray dog prompted a kind-hearted coder to come up with a Raspberry Pi way of keeping an eye on him. Cute huh?

Get guarding

The Oracle • Has Evan Holbert created the future of fortune telling courtesy of a Game Boy, ChatGPT, and Raspberry Pi? David Crookes finds out

Sarawak, Malaysia primary schools • Raspberry Pi supports digital skills in every primary school in Malaysia's largest state.

Make a low-cost oscilloscope with Scoppy • With Raspberry Pi Pico and the Scoppy app, you can test circuits and more

Part 08 Control a model railway • Get on the right track by controlling a model railway using a Raspberry Pi with motors and an H-bridge

Part 06 Camera Module: Understanding camera modes • Take control of your Raspberry Pi Camera Module and how it captures images

Part 02 Discover variables with Python • Discover how to keep track of things in Python, Store, use and reuse strings, numbers, and other values with variables

Pico W-powered Bluetooth chord keyboard • Make a chord keyboard that works over Bluetooth

TRICK OR TREAT WITH RASPBERRY PI •  repare to frighten or feed your guests this Halloween with these bone-chilling builds and malevolent makes

CM4 Nano • A ruggedised industrial device based on Compute Module 4.

Inventor HAT Mini • Mini all-in-one board for robotics and more.

10 Amazing: Starter kits • Get started on your first Raspberry Pi build

Learn robotics with Raspberry Pi • Start building Raspberry Pi robots with the help of these resources.

Get kitted out • Start learning with these robot kits

Recommended reading • Books to help you get to grips with robotics

Nicholas Provenzano • The award-winning Nerdy Teacher who has become one of the leading makerspace authorities in the USA

MagPi Monday

Events in pictures: Melbourne Raspberry Pi Makers Meetup • Community and official events in the wild

Best of the rest!

Your Letters

Community Events Calendar • Find out what community-organised Raspberry Pi-themed events are happening near you…

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Five • A new generation of Raspberry Pi means huge things for Rob Zwetsloot