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Raspberry Pi Official Magazine issue 138

Raspberry Pi Official Magazine

Issue 138,

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Discover a new generation of retro computers in the latest edition of The MagPi magazine. Head back to the year 2000 with this guide to emulating the Nintendo GameCube, Sony PlayStation, and Sega Dreamcast. Packed with legal ROMs and new games.

  • Next gen retro with Raspberry Pi 5. Turn the super-fast Raspberry Pi 5 into a range of new classic consoles
  • Art and crafts with Raspberry Pi. The intersection of making and technology is a magical place
  • Discover sound synthesizers with Bullfrog. This incredible project uses RP2040 and wires to explain sound synthesizers
  • All new HAT+ hardware. A new specification for Raspberry Pi Hardware Attached on Top is revealed
  • Raspberry Pi at Maker Faire Shenzen. Eben Upton and Raspberry Pi head to the Maker Faire event in China
  • WIN! CrowVision 11.6-inch screens

Errata

Real Time Clock (RTC), P40-42. This article has been updated to advise against using trickle charging and a lithium battery. The annotation on Page 41 now directs readers to the BAT connection instead of UART (thanks to RaspISteve for spotting this).

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