The MagPi

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

WELCOME to The MagPi 140

Sandeep Mistry profile • A Principal Software Engineer at Arm and creator of excellent Raspberry Pi projects.

Sandeep's builds

Backpack Cyberdeck • An easily transportable Raspberry Pi computer offers lots of customisation options, reasoned one maker. Rosie Hattersley packs up

In the frame

Red Telephone • Dial M for Miles – Rob Miles to be exact. And when you do, don’t be surprised if he answers you on an iconic 20th century landline phone, as David Crookes discovers

Automatic Speech Recognition Assistant • A truly mobile and portable smart assistant that uses AI tech on Raspberry Pi 4. Rob Zwetsloot asks its some questions

Build a voice assistant

Mini Observatory • Finally having the time to focus on his hobbies led one maker to design and build a self-contained star-gazing setup, learns Rosie Hattersley

Be observant

Peltier cooler • We all know Raspberry Pi is cool but Ivan Kuleshov has created a striking way to keep the tiny computer even cooler, as David Crookes explains

Building the cooler

Raspberry Shake seismometers • Raspberry Shake set out to build a professional-grade seismograph that’s also accessible to citizen scientists. Now with thousands of installations around the globe, this highly sensitive Raspberry Pi-based instrument is powering cutting-edge research, writes Rosie Hattersley

Get CODING with RASPBERRY PI • Coding is one of the most rewarding things you can do with Raspberry Pi. But where to start? PJ Evans takes to the keyboard

Pick your language

Coding tools and tips

Part 01 Learn Python: Make a To-Do List • Keep track of your tasks with a simple to-do list. This program explains how the basics of Python programming work

Part 02 Getting started with your Raspberry Pi • Discover the essential items you’ll need for your Raspberry Pi, and learn how to connect them all to get it set up and working

Part 01 Read floppy disks and CD-ROMs with Raspberry Pi 5 • Play old games from original media, back up your floppies before they die, and image replacement disks

Part 02 Upcycle a Sonos Play:1 • So far, we have converted a Sonos Play:1 into a Raspberry Pi-driven powerhouse of sound. Now it’s time to trick it out with software

Pico-powered Hull Pixelbot • Make a Pico-powered pixel packing robot you can program from your browser in ‘Python-ish’

Raspberry Pi 5 Raspberry Pi Pico

Passive Cooling Open CNC Case • A Raspberry Pi 5 case with two heat sinks for serious cooling..

10 Amazing: outdoor projects • Spring has sprung, let’s get some new Raspberry Pi projects blooming

Master Bash with Raspberry Pi • Dive into the command line with these top resources.

Bash web resources • Three handy websites to keep in your bookmarks

Follow these courses • These in-depth courses explain the concepts of Bash and terminalbookmarks

Sara Parodi • Meet The MagPi’s new designer, whose work you’ve been seeing on Raspberry Pi products for years

Raspberry Pi is 12! • We celebrated Raspberry Pi’s 12th (or maybe third?) birthday at CamJam

MagPi Monday • Amazing projects direct from social media!

Crowdfund this • Great crowdfunding projects this month

Your Letters

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

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Coding in an AI age • Why learn to code when ChatGPT can do it for you? By Lucy Hattersley