Essential electronics in The MagPi magazine issue #144
By Lucy Hattersley. Posted
The incredible thing about Raspberry Pi is the interaction between electronic code, software, and electronics thanks to the built-in GPIO (general purpose input/output) pins. This makes it better than shiny computers made with glass and glue.
Building electronic projects with Raspberry Pi is great fun, and is why we’re here. So this month we welcome newcomers to the world of electronic making with our guide to essential electronics. If you’re a bit more advanced our guide to using the new AI Kit, camera & vision projects, and private cloud server will keep you busy.
Program a robot arm, with Raspberry Pi and Python code
Essential Electronics.
Become familiar with electronic components, circuit building, code and some great starter projects. This month’s lead feature will have you up and running with electronics and code in no time at all.
Build a private cloud server
Take control of your data by building a do-it-all email, documents, spreadsheets, email, file sharing and social media server. It’s the ultimate answer to keeping your data personal, private, and safe while discovering how cloud services work. Plus you get to save money!
Learn to use the new AI Kit
Get to grips with ultra-fast image recognition by connecting the new AI Kit to Raspberry Pi. With 13-tera operations per second, this neural interface performs machine learning tasks at ultra-fast speeds. Add some smarts to your projects, and learn how artificial intelligence works with AI Kit and Raspberry Pi.
Incredible photo & vision projects
Put that Raspberry Pi Camera to use with these incredible vision-based projects. Adding a camera to Raspberry Pi is more than just a camera replacement, with eyes your Raspberry Pi can see and interact with the world around it.
ArmPi FPV AI Vision
Give your Raspberry Pi a hand! In fact, give it the whole arm with this incredible robotics arm project. We test out ArmPi, and AI-powered robotic arm for experimentation.
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Lucy is Editor of Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
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