Get started with Raspberry Pi in Raspberry Pi Official Magazine 161

There’s loads going on in this issue: first of all, how about using a capacitive touch board and Raspberry Pi 5 to turn a quilt into an input device? Nicola King shows you how.

If you’re more into sawing and drilling than needlework, Jo Hinchliffe has built an underwater rover out of plastic piping and 3D printed parts, controlled by Raspberry Pi 5.

For beginners – or anyone else who needs their inspiration stores in need of refreshment – Rob Zwetsloot has rounded up a few of the best builds to start your journey in the world of Raspberry Pi.

One enormously popular use for Raspberry Pi is as the heart of retro computing builds. Here’s an all-in-one machine inspired by the mid 80s that takes everything useful about modern computers and bathes it in glorious beige plastic.

Taking your first steps with Raspberry Pi? Know someone else who is? Check out our guide to getting started. It’ll give you all you need to know to set you on the path to mastery.

Plus, there’s the biggest unusual tool that we’ve ever featured (it’s the size of a battleship), a guide to running your own large language model (LLM) locally on Raspberry Pi, and a look at building an AI dataset. All that, plus a system for managing the health of a cattle herd with Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, a computerised scale that tells you when you’re about to run out of printer filament, a cyberdeck built into an Amstrad PPC computer, and loads more. Subscribe here, or walk calmly to the shops to pick up a copy today.