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Building the ultimate retro computer

Although I assembled it myself, and its software all comes from an open-source DIY project, in many ways my MiSTer is the most versatile computer I own. It’s a shapeshifting wonderbox that can change its own logic to make itself run like countless other machines as accurately as possible. From old arcade boards to early… Read more

Camera Extension Aims To Get Your Raspberry Pi Camera Closer To the Action

Home News (Image credit: THine Electronics) The official Raspberry Pi camera now comes in many forms, including the HQ camera, which offers interchangeable lenses. But one thing has remained the same—the flat flex cable that connects the camera to the connector on the Pi. THine Electronics announced a plug-and-play kit that aims to extend the… Read more

Low Cost Raspberry Pi Pico SDR Won’t Hertz Your Wallet

Home News (Image credit: Luigi Cruz) The Raspberry Pi Pico is becoming the Swiss Army Knife of microcontrollers, and this is largely down to the flexibility provided by the programmable IO (PIO) and the $4 price tag. In the latest project to grab our attention, we see Luigi Cruz, a computer student and amateur radio… Read more

Pico4ML Brings Machine Learning To the Raspberry Pi Pico

Home News (Image credit: Arducam) The Raspberry Pi Pico wouldn’t be the first board that comes to mind for machine learning, but it seems that the $4 may be a viable platform for machine learning projects. The Pico4ML from Arducam is an RP2040 based board with an onboard camera, screen, and microphone that looks to… Read more

Raspberry Pi Zaps Mosquitoes with Laser Beam

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) Don’t be fooled by their tiny size or the fact that you can crush one with your hand. Mosquitos are murderers, killing, by some estimates, more than a million people each year by spreading terrible diseases. Maker Ildar Rakhmatulin is all too familiar with these killer bugs and decided to… Read more

Raspberry Pi Controls Ceiling Fan with Radio Waves

Home News (Image credit: River’s Educational Channel) Some of the most fun Raspberry Pi projects come with a warning label and this is one of them! River’s Educational Channel recently shared a project in which a Raspberry Pi is used to control a ceiling fan using radio waves. This is an impressive project from beginning… Read more

StreamPi: The Raspberry Pi Stream Deck App for Online Gamers

Home News (Image credit: StreamPi) Streaming online doesn’t have to cost a fortune with DIY systems like StreamPi. Using a Raspberry Pi, you can create a custom stream deck experience totally catered to your streaming needs. It’s a cross-platform, open-source application designed to integrate with common platforms used by streamers, and it’s triggered with touchscreen… Read more

How to Build a KVM Over IP with Raspberry Pi

If you’ve ever needed remote access to a PC, you’ve probably tried VPN or other apps such as TeamViewer. However, this kind of software only works within the remote computer’s OS, which means that it can’t access the BIOS, reboot, install an operating system or power on the computer. There are several solutions that allow… Read more

Banana Pi Serves Up New BPI-M2 Pro SBC With Amlogic S905X3

Home News (Image credit: Banana Pi) If you’ve had enough Raspberry Pi, it might be time to sample Banana Pi’s latest single-board computer (SBC), the BPI-M2 Pro module. This new 65 x 65mm board is based on the Amlogic S905X3 chip. The Amlogic S905X3 is a quad-core microprocessor capable of reaching speeds as high as… Read more

Next Raspberry Pi CPU Will Have Machine Learning Built In

Home News (Image credit: Future) At the recent tinyML Summit 2021, Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton teased the future of ‘Pi Silicon’ and it looks like machine learning could see a massive improvement thanks to Raspberry Pi’s news in-house chip development team. It is safe to say that the Raspberry Pi Pico and its RP2040… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Converts Guitar into Midi Controller

Home News (Image credit: Philip Gisslow) Once a project idea gets in your head, you just have to play it out. No one knows that better than maker Philip Gisslow who used a Raspberry Pi Pico module to turn his electric guitar into a working Midi controller. Midi controllers are used to create real-time music… Read more

Block Based Coding Comes To the Raspberry Pi Pico

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The Raspberry Pi Pico has been with us for just over a month and in this short space of time, there have been many projects for every level of user. But for those just starting their journey with code it can be a little daunting, and this is where… Read more

Raspberry Pi Cat Detector Gun Scans for Felines

Home News (Image credit: Niklas Fauth) Sometimes you’re looking at a cat and sometimes you’re not. We know what it’s like. But how you can know for sure? With Niklas Fauth’s Raspberry Pi-powered cat detecting gun, of course! Don’t worry, this cat-detecting gun is safe—shooting only images that are evaluated using machine learning to determine… Read more

Geniatech Launches XPI-3288 Raspberry Pi Alternative

Home News (Image credit: Geniatech) It may have a name that sounds like a 1960s spy plane, but the Geniatech XPI-3288 is a single board computer which looks like it has just stepped out of the Raspberry Pi factory, but it has a few differences that make it stand out from the crowd. Image 1… Read more

CircuitPython Could Become a Bootable OS for Raspberry Pi

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) CircuitPython, Adafruit’s enhanced fork of the MicroPython language, runs on nearly 200 different microcontroller boards, including the Raspberry Pi Pico, and it could soon become an operating system for regular (non-Pico) Raspberry Pis. While appearing as a guest on the Tom’s Hardware Pi Cast this week, CircuitPython Programming Lead Scott… Read more