The MagPi

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

WELCOME • to The MagPi 145

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 • Our new $5 microcontroller board, on sale now

Google Pigweed comes to our new RP2350 • Pigweed helps programmers and teams of developers build great software for embedded devices.

Raspberry Pi AI Kit update • Dataflow Compiler now available: BYOData and BYOModel.

New RP2040 CMSIS Pack • Use Raspberry Pi Pico series boards with all Arm's CMSIS tools.

Poetry Camera • A snapper that uses its location and subject to produce poems makes use of Raspberry Pi's AI smarts. Rosie Hattersley investigates

Use your illusion

Damp deductions • With a damp patch growing on his dining room wall and experts baffled, Roberto Tyley turned detective with the help of a Raspberry Pi computer and some sensors, as David Crookes explains

Detecting a damp wall

Gugusse Roller • This canny way to transfer analogue film to digital was far improved by using Raspberry Pi, discovers Rosie Hattersley

Roll VT

RemoteLab • Remote robotics development for university students isn't a pipe dream, it's very real at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Rob Zwetsloot connects with RemoteLab.

How it works

Escape room monitoring system • If being locked away in a stinky, possibly damp cell is your idea of a great day, you might just enjoy the Raspberry Pi-enabled creepy check-ins from your captor, shudders Rosie Hattersley

Pico 2 • Go behind the scenes of Raspberry Pi's tiny new device

Pico 2: the same, but better

RP2350

RISC-V

Part 02 Build a private cloud server • This month we take our private cloud server online, and get secure access to our files from anywhere in the world, no third party required

Part 01 M.A.R.S. Rover: Build a robot and remote-control it • Explore Mars, or your backyard, with an all-terrain Raspberry Pi rover

FauxTRS

Floppy disk cleaner

Lenticular clock

Tiny PC (nostalgia edition)

Objet 3d'art • 3D-printed artwork to bring more beauty into your life

Tessellations in fabric • Another handicrafts and maths crossover… this time using fabric

Do the hustle! • Building your side hustle as a maker

Use a Pico to add light leaks to a retro instant camera • Upcycle a 1950s instant camera to use modern film and add a Raspberry Pi Pico to provide computer-controlled light leaks

Powering your project • A collection of useful components for electronics that need electricity

Multifunctional USB Digital Tester - USB A and C vs SparkFun Breadboard Power Supply

Adafruit Universal USB / DC / Solar Lithium Ion/ Polymer charger

Mini Power Meter vs Adjustable Power Supply with 2.1mm / 5.5mm DC 3V to 12V at 5A

SparkFun Nano Power Timer – TPL5110

RP2350 products OUT NOW! • Excited by RP2350 and all it can do? Here are some things that already use it…

Coming attractions • They're not here yet but you'll soon be able to grab these RP2350-powered boards

Thumby Color • Raspberry Pi's new RP2350 microcontroller powers this wonderful programmable micro games console. Lucy Hattersley twiddles her thumbs

Raspberry Pi PLC 38R • Industrial automation is made easy with this powerhouse of a programmable logic controller.

Pironman 5 • A mini PC case for Raspberry Pi 5 with some serious cooling.

ReComputer R1000 • An industrial-grade edge IoT controller powered by Compute Module 4 and packed with wireless features. Rob Zwetsloot connects with it.

Olimex Neo6502 • This modern 8-bit computer uses an RP2040 chip to handle input and output....