Raspberry Pi Official Magazine

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

WELCOME to The MagPi 117

Production and supply-chain update • Why it is difficult to get hold of Raspberry Pi products, by Eben Upton, Raspberry Pi CEO

An update to Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye • Latest update removes the default “pi” user.

Mini Pinball Machine • Gamers are sure to have a ball with Chris Dalke’s fun desktop pinball table. David Crookes has his fingers at the ready…

Creating a Mini Pinball Machine

Open Weed Locator • Distinguishing between valuable crops and unwanted upstarts requires precise plant knowledge and some Raspberry Pi processing, learns Rosie Hattersley

Make your own OWL • OWL is open source, with full hardware assembly instructions at magpi.cc/owlassembly. You can download and 3D print the enclosure too.

Entry/Exit Notifier • A simple and descriptive name for a project that may seem simple, but has been engineered very well. Rob Zwetsloot buzzes in

NOUS: uNdersea visiOn sUrveillance System • Monitoring submerged wrecks using AI and Raspberry Pi reveals the secrets of the deep, writes Rosie Hattersley

Underwater archaeology

A Bird in the Hand • Jeff Stockman’s smart bird feeder counts the number of birds that stop by for food, and also identifies which species they are. David Crookes explains

TARDIS treasure hunt • When Roberto Tyley saw his son’s birthday party exterminated, it ultimately led him to invest time in an amazing Doctor Who-themed treasure hunt, as David Crookes explains

Commodore 64 Pico emulator • Raspberry Pi’s tiny but mighty Pico helps bring a classic computer back to life. Rosie Hattersley hears more

Resurrect a Commodore 64

Sfera Labs • Raspberry Pi is “the platform our customers prefer for industrial applications”.

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SMART GARDEN • Get outdoors and use a Raspberry Pi for practical and leisure projects.

AUTOMATED GARDENING • Get robots to grow your veg

POWERED-UP PATIO • Upgrade your back garden with Raspberry Pi

FUN IN THE SUN • Everyone needs to make sure to take a break

Learn ARM assembly: Welcome to the world of 64-bit • Learn to code a small assembly language program for Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit)

English not your mother tongue? • The MagPi is also available in German!

CDP Studio: Sense HAT • Use the low-code, block-based environment of CDP Studio to read sensors on a Sense HAT

Building a sheet metal rover body shell • Putting together a range of skills in FreeCAD, CNC routing, and metalwork to make a metal rover body shell

Raspberry Pi high-end audio • It’s time to up your audio game on our favourite computer! PJ Evans takes us through the options. This might get loud

Set up a whole-house audio system • Whether it is a single room or everything including the loo, here’s how to get audio in every room with Raspberry Pi

Audio Software for Raspberry Pi • Now that you have your hardware sorted out, how do you control it? PJ Evans hits the wheels of steel (or the command line, in this case)

Great Audio Projects • Need some inspiration? Here are some of our favourite audio-based projects built on Raspberry Pi

CutiePi • Billed as the world’s thinnest Raspberry Pi 4 tablet, Rob Zwetsloot checks out this Compute Module 4-powered portable computer

PecanPi Streamer • This black box contains some of the highest quality audio components available alongside a Raspberry Pi 3B, but is it worth it? PJ Evans engages his golden ears.

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