The MagPi

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

WELCOME to The MagPi 144

Raspberry Pi at Open Sauce 2024 • We had quite the weekend with makers in San Francisco.

Raspberry Pi Connect updated • Remote shell access and support for older devices.

New edition of Code the Classics • An updated edition of the game programming guide with new chapters is on sale now.

Linamp • Adore music from the 1980s and 1990s? Then wind back time and play your tracks on this Winamp/hi-fi-inspired set-up. David Crookes gets into the groove

Pump up the volume

Gehn Imager Andotrope • Replicating a beloved display from a favourite game yielded amazing results for one Raspberry Pi maker, discovers Rosie Hattersley

Use your illusion

Twirly Shirley • This remote-controlled precision turntable has Phil King spinning around

Video magnifier • Don’t hunch over your books again thanks to this marvellous, camera-powered magnifier using Raspberry Pi. Rob Zwetsloot zooms in

Revolution Pi industrial computers • Powerful, flexible computing for industrial IoT and automation.

ESSENTIAL ELECTRONICS • Build your first simple circuits with a handful of cheap components

Part 02 Productive Python: Fun with files • Automate tiresome tasks with simple Python programs. Discover how to search PDFs, download web pages, and save the output.

Get started with Raspberry Pi AI Kit • Place a Hailo AI module inside the Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ to give a Raspberry Pi accelerated high-performance AI

Part 01 Build a private cloud server • Fed up with service subscriptions? Want to do things yourself and protect your privacy? This new series shows you how

Capture images and video with Raspberry Pi Camera Module • Learn how to capture images and video using rpicam, the new command-line application for Raspberry Pi

Incredible vision projects with Raspberry Pi Camera • Raspberry Pi Camera Modules, and the fancy new AI Kit HAT+, up the ante for vision-based projects, explains Rosie Hattersley

Get to know your cams

Get started with Camera Module

Camera Module projects • Get started with Camera Module with these great projects

ArmPi FPV AI Vision • A sturdy robotic arm with computer vision for an impressive range of AI abilities.

TouchBerry Pi Panel PC 10.1 • A robust Raspberry Pi-based touchscreen panel PC for industrial automation.

LR1302 LoRaWAN HAT + Gateway Module • Improve your IoT devices with this LoRaWAN bundle for full-size Raspberry Pi boards.

10 amazing: big builds • Making something big, and making it with Raspberry Pi

Learn Databasing with Raspberry Pi • Hone your database and SQL skills with these handy resources.

Web resources • Useful online resources to gather data

Further reading • Books to learn more about databasing

John Sheehan • The brains behind a California Raspberry Pi meetup that’s been running for 11 years

MagPi Monday • Amazing projects direct from social media!

Events in pictures: Raspberry Pi Day 2024 Cameroon • Community and official events in the wild

More events in pictures: Pi Day Raspberry Jam • Community and official events in the wild

Your Letters

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

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AI puppetry • On interesting uses for the new Raspberry Pi AI Kit, by Rob Zwetsloot