The MagPi

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

WELCOME to The MagPi 126

Supply chain update - it’s good news! • For the first time in a couple of years of semiconductor supply chain hell, we’ve got some good news for you

Raspberry Pi audio boards for your hi-fi projects • New Raspberry Pi Audio boards based on IQAudio with a refreshed circuit design

Supporting KiCad open-source design automation software • Raspberry Pi Ltd is helping KiCad with its end-of-year funding drive by matching donations made on KiCad’s website up to $5000.

PiRitos • The computer interfaces of the future were designed in the 1980s, and lovingly recreated in the 2020s, Rob Zwetsloot boldly checks it out

Navigate PiRitos

Exoskeleton • This groundbreaking device aids walking while understanding that people move in different ways, as David Crookes explains

Perfecting a walk

Team Pinball • The thrill of pinball, plus the chance to plot a brand-new game, came together nicely with the help of Raspberry Pi, Rosie Hattersley hears how

Get pinning

Raspberry Pi Backpack • Rather than rummage around his bag to set up Raspberry Pi, Nicholas Hacault has ensured his computer is always to hand, as David Crookes explains

Odyssey Lights • Blackpool’s world-famous illuminations provided the setting for an interactive project that features Raspberry Pi. Rosie Hattersley gets enlightened

Interactive light show

PaperPi V3 • Whizz-bang technology is all very impressive but, as a consumer, it’s also exhausting. Rosie Hattersley was delighted to hear of a more subtle Raspberry Pi-based approach

INTRODUCING CAMERA MODULE 3 • FOUR BRAND-NEW CAMERA OPTIONS WITH SUPER-FAST AUTOFOCUS AND HIGHER QUALITY IMAGES. LUCY HATTERSLEY TAKES A SNAPSHOT OF CAMERA MODULE 3

MEET THE FOUR NEW CAMERA 3 MODELS

GET TO KNOW CAMERA MODULE 3

WHAT IS HDR?

RESOURCES • BOOKMARK THESE PAGES TO HELP YOU ON YOUR CAMERA JOURNEY

RASPBERRY PI CAMERA MODULE 3 ENGINEERING Q&A • WE CATCH UP WITH SIMON MARTIN, SENIOR PRINCIPAL HARDWARE ENGINEER AT RASPBERRY PI

Create an animation with Scratch • Get started with block-based programming and create a dance party

Create a toy Chatter Box with Raspberry Pi Codec Zero • Use the new Raspberry Pi Codec Zero audio board to build a Chatter Box that records and plays back five-second audio clips

Build a Raspberry Pi Flight Tracker • Keep an eye on planes with a Raspberry Pi radio to scan aircraft frequencies

Design your first PCB • Create some Christmas decorations and learn a new skill

Make a Tide Tracker with APIs and an e-ink display • Surf’s up, or is it? Save yourself a wasted trip to the beach with our handy tide tracker

CREATE SMART LIGHTS • Use Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi Pico to make your indoor and outdoor lights a little more clever and automated.

LOW EFFORT AUTOMATION • Simple smart lights anyone can make

PICO-POWERED SMART LIGHTS • Use LEDs with a Raspberry Pi Pico to make your home a little more colourful

RASPBERRY PI-POWERED SMART LIGHTS • Full home automation with smart lights and Raspberry Pi

PIHUE WIRELESS LIGHTS • Control your light bulbs directly from your Raspberry Pi

Galactic Unicorn (Pico W Aboard) • Shining like a galaxy of stars, this Pico W-powered RGB LED display will light up your projects. By Phil King

10 Amazing: Art programs • Get creative on Raspberry Pi with these excellent apps

Learn Libre Office • Raspberry Pi is more than up to the task of running free, but powerful, office applications. Start with these invaluable guides, suggests Rosie Hattersley

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