We did a bit of a count recently and it turns out that The MagPi magazine has produced more than 3,200 pages of Raspberry Pi-related reading. That’s a lot of quality content (even if I do say so myself). While we’re rather proud of this achievement, we’re also very aware of the fact that these lovingly crafted collections of words and pictures can very easily get lost in the mists of time (or in the recycling bin)
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Essential reading: The MagPi’s new coding books are out now
Hi, Rob from The MagPi here! Issue 51 is out and just in case you weren’t sold on it already, here’s a little something to tempt you. Brian Corteil, writer of the feature, has christened this robot ‘Tiny’ Over the past few years, Raspberry Pi robotics has really come into its own, taking strides to make building robots just that little bit more fun and accessible
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Build a remote control robot with The MagPi 51
This column is from The MagPi issue 50 . You can download a PDF of the full issue for free, or subscribe to receive the print edition in your mailbox or the digital edition on your tablet.
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The Impact of Ten Million
Rob from The MagPi here again! As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Python is the preferred programming language around these parts. It’s powerful, it’s easy to read, and it’s excellent for teaching coding in general.
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Learn C in our brand new MagPi Essentials book!
This column is from The MagPi issue 49 . You can download a PDF of the full issue for free or subscribe to receive the print edition in your mailbox or the digital edition on your tablet. All proceeds from the print and digital editions help the Raspberry Pi Foundation achieve its charitable goals
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Beyond the bookcase
It gives me great pleasure to announce that The MagPi, the official Raspberry Pi magazine, is now available – fully translated and localised – in Germany, thanks to a collaboration with our friends at CHIP .
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Hallo Deutschland! The MagPi magazine has arrived in Germany
Less than a month has passed since we released Hacking & Making in Minecraft and we’re back again with our seventh Essentials book! Simple Electronics with GPIO Zero is dedicated to helping you build your own electronics projects in easy steps – everything from push buttons to Raspberry Pi robots, and from laser-powered trip wires to motion-sensing alarms. Those GPIO pins aren’t as daunting as they might first appear! The book boasts 12 chapters and 100+ pages of GPIO Zero – but wait, hang on… just download the free PDF and get reading already! If you can’t grab it straight away, here are a few of the chapter highlights: Program LED lights Add push buttons to your project Build a motion-sensing alarm Create your own distance rangefinder Make a laser-powered tripwire Build a Raspberry Pi robot Create a motion-sensing alarm and much more! We think our latest Essentials book is a great introduction to using the GPIO pins on your Raspberry Pi and programming them with the fab GPIO Zero Python library. It unlocks a whole new world of potential for your projects and it’s much easier to learn than you might think! You can also buy Simple Electronics with GPIO Zero in our app for Android and iOS .
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New MagPi Essentials book: simple electronics
This column is from The MagPi issue 48 . You can download a PDF of the full issue for free or subscribe to receive the print edition in your mailbox or the digital edition on your tablet .
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Software, the unsung hero
We’re back again with yet another amazing book in our Essentials series. We know you love them, and we also know that a lot of you love Minecraft
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Mod Minecraft Pi with our latest Essentials books
Geeky Gadgets Raspberry Pi Releases Free Learn To Code With Scratch e-Book Geeky Gadgets If you are looking to get started coding then a new free e-book which has been released by the Raspberry Pi Foundation as part of their MagPi Essentials selection might be worth more investigation and downloading. The PDF eBook has been created to …
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Raspberry Pi Releases Free Learn To Code With Scratch e-Book – Geeky Gadgets