The MagPi

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

WELCOME to The MagPi 138

Double standards • Introducing the PCIe and HAT+ standards.

Raspberry Pi OS goes dark • You can now use Raspberry Pi OS in dark mode.

MacQuadra PiSCSI • Reviving a beloved Apple Mac with a view to retro gaming led one computing fan to embrace Raspberry Pi-based emulation, learns Rosie Hattersley

Only connect

POV Candle • This RP2040-based persistence-of-vision project has Phil King in a spin

OneInchEye • Will Whang designed his own lens for his Raspberry Pi solar photography endeavours. Rosie Hattersley eyes it up

A larger lens

CarbonaraGPT • When you’re having trouble cooking and the world isn’t quite futuristic enough to have robot chefs, it’s time to turn to a chatbot. Rob Zwetsloot samples the menu

Hardware-in-the-loop testing by Green Custard • Raspberry Pi Pico supports powerful and robust automated testing.

NEXT GEN RETRO on Raspberry Pi 5 • Smoothly emulate fifth- and sixth-generation consoles, including the original PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance and Wii

EMULATING WII AND GAMECUBE CONSOLES

EMULATING GAME BOY ADVANCE

EMULATING DREAMCAST

EMULATING PLAYSTATION

EASY PLAYSTATION EMULATION WITH RECALBOX

Real Time Clock (RTC) • Using the real time clock functionality in Raspberry Pi 5

Part 12 Create your own PCB • Make your own printed circuit board to make your circuits more professional. Use the finished PCB to control simple home automation

Part 02 Beepy: Play games on your palmtop computer • Who needs Candy Crush when you can play Colossal Cave Adventure with a full keyboard?

Turn an old phone into a robotic personal assistant • Bring an old phone into the 21st century by adding a Raspberry Pi to turn it into a networked assistant

Arts & Crafts With Raspberry Pi • Technology and creativiy are inclusive and Raspberry Pi brings the two together.

Maker Motivation • Inspiring projects that will help you to make music, clothes, furniture, and a big impact on other makers!

Visually arresting projects • These projects are sure to catch the eye

Bullfrog • Learn to build a synthesizer, and how electronic sounds are created, with this RP2040-based music kit.

Argon NEO 5 • A new Raspberry Pi means new cases. So what’s the well-dressed computer wearing this season? PJ Evans suits up

8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard • Retro in aesthetics as well as technology, this gaming focussed keyboard from retro-specialists 8BitDo is very unique as Rob Zwetsloot finds out

Revolution Pi Connect 4 • A modular industrial IoT device based on Compute Module 4.

10 Amazing: Home automation projects • Let a computer take some of the work off your plate

Learn algorithms with Raspberry Pi • These resources will help you to learn about this key computing concept.

Further reading • Books to help you learn more about algorithms

Online courses • Enrol in an algorithms web course

Adam Cohen-Rose • Code Club organiser and Astro Pi challenger, Adam is helping young folk get ahead in computing

Raspberry Pi at Maker Faire Shenzhen • One of China’s biggest tech hubs celebrates makers and making, with help from Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi projects on display • Some of the cool projects that Seeed Studios found at Maker Faire Shenzhen

MagPi Monday • Amazing projects direct from social media!

Raspberry Pi pumpkin • Missing Halloween? Get spooked by this project from Elliot

Crowdfund this • Great crowdfunding projects this month

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