Raspberry Pi Official Magazine

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

Welcome to Raspberry Pi Official Magazine

Raspberry Pi releases high-quality Flash Drive • Flash Drive available now from $30: a high-quality essential accessory.

Raspberry Pi Hacking Challenge made easier • RP2350 Hacking Challenge 2: less randomisation, more correlation.

Raspberry Pi prices go up • AI infrastructure continues to push up prices.

Sixfab wins CES Best of Innovation Award • Raspberry Pi-powered ALPON X5 AI gateway wins the show's highest honour.

oDuckberry • A novelty alarm clock has been turned into something ‘pro-duck-tive’.

PicoCPC • Lord Sugar's Amstrad CPC range of 8-bit computers have been sweetened with the help of Raspberry Pi Pico.

Boosting the CPC

TVArgenta • A yen for the old country is behind an Argentinian retro TV build, learns Rosie Hattersley

Comfort viewing

Pico Chess Timer • Strategy games gain an extra frisson with this coder's Pico-based timer, finds Rosie Hattersley

Time trials

Set Marvin Free • Do you dare free a demon possessing a stuffed animal? Rob Zwetsloot wonders what's the worst that could happen

Making a demon toy

Cyber Pet Tumbler • This virtual pet can be thrown around its plastic case. Rob Zwetsloot tries to keep it alive

Look after your pet

Spectrum Slit

Counter-rotating clock • rpimag.co/Counter-rotating-clock

Thought Catcher • rpimag.co/ThoughtCatcher

Artie • rpimag.co/Artie

3D print • Dazzle, charm, and beguile with a twist of your hands rpimag.co/orb-of-radiance

A QUICK INTRO TO PYTHON • Start learning Python today. Discover the libraries that help you quickly create powerful code

Part 08 Conquer the command line: stopping a process • As close to perfect as Raspberry Pi OS is, things can go wrong. In this part, we learn that there's no need to turn Raspberry Pi off and on again: just kill the process!

Part 02 Run your own Chatbot GPT • Build a local GPT and host your AI chats locally on Raspberry Pi

Part 07 Manchester Baby • “Computers were in the air” - FC Williams

Part 03 Object design with Python in FreeCAD: shapes and extrusion • Use your programming skills to make more complex 3D designs

Raspberry Pi Pico Projects

e-ink displays

Powered by Raspberry Pi

10 amazing: video projects • Clever displays, monitors, screens, and more with Raspberry Pi

FOSDEM 2026! • The inside track of Europe's biggest Open Source get-together.

Maker Monday • Amazing projects direct from social media!

Award-winning bird recognition • Created by a young high-flyer, this project is a soaraway success

Your Letters

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

Win 1 of 5 KIWI+ USB KVMs • Ideal for connecting another computer to Raspberry Pi to access it, this KVM device includes a USB hub that can be switched between both systems using the special app. It also maintains the great features of the standard Kiwi KVM, which we reviewed in issue 153 (rpimag.co/153).

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Changes • Rob gets older and thinks about how things change