The MagPi

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

WELCOME to The MagPi 149

Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor • In December 2025, Raspberry Pi introduces its complete desktop solution.

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W • New Raspberry Pi Pico with wireless on sale now at $7.

Raspberry Pi USB 3 Hub on sale now at $12 • Probably the best USB hub on the market.

Raspberry Pi Connect • New native panel plugin and connectivity testing.

Powering industrial innovation • Compute Module 5 meets Revolution Pi.

Hackberry Pi Zero • Zitao Dai's pocket-sized tinker tool contains parts from two popular retro smartphone brands. David Crookes challenges you to guess them both

MIDI Gesture Controller • Extracting an arresting array of sounds from a guitar became a mission for keen coder Gary. He tells Rosie Hattersley how he built a Raspberry Pi-based expression pedal

Third Eye for Blind • Md. Khairul Alam's potentially life-changing project aims to use AI to assist people living with a visual impairment.

Adventure Time Self-Playing Guitar • Creative technologist Allie Katz's cosplay creation includes an automated electric guitar with a Raspberry Pi inside. Rosie Hattersley tunes in

Get started with your Raspberry Pi • Find out how to connect everything up, run an OS, and start using your Raspberry Pi

Raspberry Pi models • Raspberry Pi computers come in three main form factors…

Set up your Raspberry Pi • Install an OS and connect everything

Desktop computing with Raspberry Pi • You can use your Raspberry Pi as a standard desktop computer

Coding and digital making • Learn to code and start creating your own projects

Touch Display 2 • The Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 is a portrait orientation touchscreen LCD display designed for interactive projects like tablets, entertainment systems, and information dashboards

Part 02 Build your own streaming media server • Last month, we used Jellyfin to build a streaming media server. Now, we'll build a specialised LibreELEC-based Kodi box so our TV can talk to that server

Micro Journal

The Pet Piano

Habit Tracker

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

What's new in FreeCAD Version 1.0 • The version 1.0 milestone version of FreeCAD is out now – let's dive in and look at some of the many new features and upgrades

Needful things: telescopic gauges • A look at the tool that tells you when you are professionally boring.

PART 02 Build a Pico software-defined radio • By connecting our Raspberry Pi Pico-based SDR to an antenna, we can listen to a wide range of radio signals

PART 02 Make your own programming language: Compiling a language • Build your own programming language part 2: creating a high-level language compiler

Budget engraving pen • Personalise and customise gifts and mementos with an individual engraving

MATERIAL MATTERS

MAKE YOUR MARK

ENGRAVED IN HISTORY

Hozo NeoRulerGO • Tiny but precise measuring and multi-scale digital roller ruler for makers, DIYers, and draughtspeople

ONLY THE BEST Robotics • Get things moving with this selection of Raspberry Pi robots

Trilobot Base Kit vs PiCar-X

ArmPi FPV AI Vision

MARS Rover

CamJam EduKit #3

PiDog

INTRODUCING COMPUTE MODULE 5 • Modular version of Raspberry Pi 5 on sale now from $45

ACCESSORIES • Accessorise your Compute Module 5

MEET THE ENGINEER DOMINIC PLUNKETT • How the pieces of the CM5 puzzle came together

COMPUTE MODULE CASE STUDIES • Success stories from...