Get started with Raspberry Pi in The MagPi magazine issue #125
By Lucy Hattersley. Posted
You'll get solidly to grips with Raspberry Pi using our gigantic starter guide this month. Discover the strengths of each Raspberry Pi computer and all the official accessories. Newcomers can use our QuickStart guide to setting up Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi OS; experiment with Python code and basic electronics; Linux and the Command Line. We've got everything you need for your Raspberry Pi journey.
Raspberry Pi Starter Guide
This is no ordinary starter guide. The latest edition of The MagPi magazine is packed with pages that demystify Our QuickStart guide helps you set up the hardware and Raspberry Pi operating system. Plus a super fast primer to making projects with Python code and basic electronics.
Get creative with Raspberry Pi Pico
Use code and components to make art, music, and much more thanks to Pico. Expand your knowledge of what’s possible with Pico to knitting, carpentry, painting and a huge range of other creative projects.
Recreating K-9 from Doctor Who
Every month we’re amazed at the projects made by the Raspberry Pi community. This month Fitz Walker stunned us with this replica K-9 from the classic Doctor Who series. It uses the latest AI technology to detect humans from aliens.
Deep sea underwater camera
Maka Niu is a deep-sea underwater system made using Raspberry Pi. It can currently go 1,500 meters underwater, with plans for a 6,000-deep system. It heads down into the ocean and uses Raspberry Pi to collect video files and images, record temperature levels and return its GPS location.
Build a Pico Plant Waterer
Using Pico to monitor the soil moisture level of a pot plant and squirt water into it. VEEB show us how they put together a Raspberry Pi gadget to look after their houseplants.
Watch your fish with a Raspberry Pi camera
We love this tutorial by PJ Evans. It uses an Entaniya waterproof case to position a camera inside an aquarium and record videos.
Lucy is Editor of Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
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