Hey everyone, come and see, come and see! Here’s a great new bookazine from the makers of the official Raspberry Pi magazine. We do love the folks at The MagPi. Clever, they are. If, like us, you’re over 2020 already, dive into the pages of The Official Raspberry Pi Handbook 2021, and pretend it never… The post New book: The Official Raspberry Pi Handbook 2021 appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Hey there, folks, Rob from The MagPi here! I hope you’ve all been doing OK. Today we celebrate the 100th issue of The MagPi, the official Raspberry Pi magazine! Most of you probably know that The MagPi didn’t start off official, though: eight and a half years ago, intrepid community members came together to create… The post The MagPi #100: celebrate 100 amazing moments from Raspberry Pi history appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Mike Perez from Audio Arkitekts took to YouTube to show you how to build your own music streamer using a Raspberry Pi. Haters of Bluetooth and RCA plugs, he’s done this for you. Mike reports a “substantial difference in sound quality” compared to his previous setup (the aforementioned and reviled Bluetooth and RCA plug options).… The post Personal Raspberry Pi music streamer appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Today we have a guest post from Igalia’s Iago Toral, who has spent the past year working on the Mesa graphic driver stack for Raspberry Pi 4. It’s been nearly a year since we first announced that we were developing a Vulkan driver for the latest generation of Raspberry Pi devices (Raspberry Pi 4, Raspberry… The post Vulkan update: we’re conformant! appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

In the latest issue of Wireframe magazine, Mark Vanstone shows you how to turn a 3D shooter into a VR game for a variety of viewers, from Google Cardboard to gaming headsets. Browser development has really matured of late, with a numberof exciting new features coming to the fore. Where WebGL was well supported, the… The post Make your own virtual reality 3D Shooter appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Maker Jen Fox took to hackster.io to share a Raspberry Pi–powered trash classifier that tells you whether the trash in your hand is recyclable, compostable, or just straight-up garbage. Jen reckons this project is beginner-friendly, as you don’t need any code to train the machine learning model, just a little to load it on Raspberry… The post Classify your trash with Raspberry Pi appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Add a bit of security to your project or make things selectableby using different cards. In the latest issue of HackSpace magazine, PJ Evans goes contactless. NFC (near-field communication) is based on the RFID (radio-frequency identification) standard. Both allow a device to receive data from a passive token or tag (meaning it doesn’t require external… The post Read RFID and NFC tokens with Raspberry Pi | HackSpace 37 appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Ruth and Shawn from YouTube channel Kids Invent Stuff picked a cool idea by 9-year-old Nathan, who drew a Foam-Firing Spy Camera, to recreate in real life. The trick with spy devices is to make sure they look as much like the object they’re hidden inside as possible. Where Raspberry Pi comes in is making… The post Defeat evil with a Raspberry Pi foam-firing spy camera appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

Did you see the coolest International Space Station (ISS) on Earth on the blog last week? ISS Mimic is powered by Raspberry Pi, mirrors exactly what the real ISS is doing in orbit, and was built by NASA engineers to make the ISS feel more real for Earth-bound STEAM enthusiasts. The team launched ISS Mimic… The post Q&A with NASA engineers behind Raspberry Pi–powered ISS Mimic appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

The most wonderful time of the year is approaching! “Most wonderful” meaning the time when you have to figure out what gift best expresses your level of affection for various individuals in your life. We’re here to take away some of that stress for you — provided your favourite individuals like Raspberry Pi, of course.… The post Raspberry Pi Christmas Shopping Guide 2020 appeared first on Raspberry Pi.

As the Raspberry Pi has become more powerful temperature management has become more important. This article aims to provide some easy techniques to monitor the temperature of your Pi. The Pi 4 will start to throttle the performance if the temperature exceeds 80 degrees so it is wise to keep an eye on your system [...] The post Raspberry Pi Temperature Monitoring appeared first on Raspberry Pi Spy.

Overclocking the Raspberry Pi 400 is easy and gives you an extra performance boost for free. The Pi 400 has been designed to be used without any active cooling. This has been achieved with careful PCB design and a massive heat-sink. Not only does this allow the Pi 400 to run at 1.8GHz out the [...] The post Overclocking the Raspberry Pi 400 appeared first on Raspberry Pi Spy.