Raspberry Pi Weekly Newsletter

Issue #280 - 2019

11 January 2019

A new year, a new Raspberry Pi Weekly!

Issue #279 - GivingTuesday

30 November 2018

New MagPi, new award, and a call for support

Issue #278 - Achoo

23 November 2018

Wireframe, HackSpace, kittens and a head cold!

Issue #277 - 3A+

16 November 2018

The new Raspberry Pi 3A+ - phenomenal cosmic powers! Itty-bitty living space

Issue #276 - NCCE

9 November 2018

A massive announcement, a new magazine, and the return of the PoE HAT

Issue #275 - Rick

2 November 2018

Magazines, astronauts, books, and more!

Issue #274 - Wireframe

29 October 2018

New magazine announcement, robotic kitties, and CoderDojo in Brussels!

Issue #273 - TV

19 October 2018

Watch TV via your Pi while drinking your Pi-cooled beer!

Issue #272 - Lighthouse

12 October 2018

Videos galore, Raspberry Pi makes, and more!

Issue #271 - Face

5 October 2018

So. Much. Raspberry Pi. Goodness!

Issue #270 - SpaceLab

17 September 2018

A new round of the Astro Pi challenge, a project vote, and a storied rubber band ball

Issue #269 - BASIC

7 September 2018

Embrace the power of BBC BASIC, and so much more!

Issue #268 - PoE

24 August 2018

Power your Pi via Ethernet, build your own drone, and help translate our content

Issue #267 - Debian

17 August 2018

Debian turns 25, the PoE HAT is out in the wild, and more

Issue #266 - Dot

10 August 2018

Read a STEM book, watch a maker video, start a Code Club, and drive a buggy with your phone

Issue #265 - Curiosity

3 August 2018

New videos, new projects, and new cake!

Issue #264 - Mu

27 July 2018

Birthdays, space, magazines, vibrations, and a new IDE

Issue #263 - Homepage

20 July 2018

Our new homepage is oh so pretty

Issue #262 - Royals

13 July 2018

Raspberry Fields video, and a royal visit at CoderDojos birthday celebrations!

Issue #261 - Wiz

29 June 2018

Raspberry Fields, Android on your Pi, and a lot of hot glue!

Issue #260 - Affirmative

22 June 2018

Robot dogs, E Ink, magnets, and the majestic Teslonda

Issue #259 - Arthur

15 June 2018

ISS-tracking papercraft, droid home assistants, shoulder-perching familiars, and more...

Issue #258 - Data

8 June 2018

Build your own weather station, check out Coolest Projects International, and more...

Issue #257 - Nemo

1 June 2018

Saving the oceans, celebrating young makers, and sitting back with the latest The MagPi

Issue #256 - Scouts

27 May 2018

Raspberry Pi's new partnership with the Scouts, issue 7 of HackSpace magazine, hanging plotters, gardening projects, Raspberry Jams, owls...

Issue #255 - Weatherproof

20 May 2018

A great weatherproof case and heaps of project ideas

Issue #254 - Tricorder

12 May 2018

Photos from Pis in space, a super tricorder build, Hello World issue 5, an AR projector, and more

Issue #253 - Pokédex

7 May 2018

Catch all the Pokémon and make all the things!

Issue #252 - Haven

27 April 2018

Tackling climate change and shipping Zeros!

Issue #251 - Dojo

20 April 2018

Start a Dojo, make with paper, join us in North America, and more...

Issue #250 - Museum

13 April 2018

Museum in a Box, house-building in Minecraft, and Star Trek prop-making.

Issue #249 - Impact

6 April 2018

Measuring G-force, monitoring cookies, sensing pressure, and reading The MagPi in translation!

Issue #248 - Eggs

2 April 2018

Coffee robot, The MagPi 68, digital making for Easter, and a basket of project!

Issue #247 - Fields

23 March 2018

Join us at Raspberry Fields this summer!

Issue #246 - 3B+

16 March 2018

The all new, all wonderful Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

Issue #245 - Big

10 March 2018

Worldwide Jams, awesome projects, and your chance to join us

Issue #244 - Six

2 March 2018

Six years of Raspberry Pi — celebrate with us this weekend!

Issue #243 - qrocodile

23 February 2018

#SpaceDaveFacts, Coolest Projects, LEGO, and retro gaming!

Issue #242 - Doggo

16 February 2018

Wearables, self-watering plants, and barking puppers...

Issue #241 - Candle

9 February 2018

Space, the final frontier...and the best place to blow out candles!

Issue #240 - Champions

2 February 2018

Picademy, Code Club Champions, Coolest Projects and more...

Issue #239 - Teletext

26 January 2018

Build a home theatre system, find tech treasure in your trash, and enter Coolest Projects!

Issue #238 - Pots

19 January 2018

Money management, binary clocks, face-punching, and more...

Issue #237 - BMO

12 January 2018

Videos, jobs, headers, and cake. So much cake.

Issue #236 - PiServer

5 January 2018

PiServer, hedgehog spotting, magazine writing, and more...

Issue #235 - Rosie

22 December 2017

HackSpace magazine, The MagPi, the Raspberry Pi Annual 2018, and more...

Issue #234 - 2000

15 December 2017

2000 Dojos, Scratch for blind students, festive community projects, and more

Issue #233 - Expander

8 December 2017

GPIO expander tool for Mac/PC, Christmas builds, and the new Official Raspberry Pi Beginner's Book!

Issue #232 - Enigma

1 December 2017

More new resources than you can shake a keyboard at...

Issue #231 - HackSpace

24 November 2017

HackSpace magazine, the latest Projects Book, and our brand-new free online course for Code Club volunteers!

Issue #230 - Blue

17 November 2017

Blue Pi, YouTube, MacRobert, projects, and more...

Issue #229 - Reboot

10 November 2017

Brand-new HackSpace magazine, the Royal Society computing report, and more...

Issue #228 - Parp

3 November 2017

Pioneers swag, WhooPi Cushion tutorial, a fully autonomous corporation, and fantastic Pi projects!

Issue #227 - 6000

27 October 2017

A new Code Club milestone, zombie-themed resources, The MagPi 63, and many other lovely things!

Issue #226 - Riot

20 October 2017

League of Legends live-stream, Pi labs in West Africa, Astro Pi case replicas, and more!

Issue #225 - Jack

13 October 2017

Issue #224 - Fingerprint

6 October 2017

The Foundation's influential women, fingerprint readers, AIY Projects guides, and more

Issue #223 - Mission

29 September 2017

New Astro Pi challenge, LEGO-filled new issue of The MagPi, and so much more...

Issue #222 - Save

22 September 2017

A new Pioneers challenge, Astro Pi upgrades, a cookie jar with frickin' lasers! And more...

Issue #221 - Turtle

15 September 2017

Turtle land rovers, YouTube translations, loads of maker projects, and more...

Issue #220 - Thirteen

8 September 2017

Code Club expansion, CoderDojo book release, new FutureLearn course, and more...

Issue #219 - Translate

1 September 2017

The MagPi 61, Hello World 3, YouTube videos translations, and much more!

Issue #218 - Nerf

25 August 2017

Mod a Neft blaster, lose yourself in Sonic Pi, run a Birthday Jam and more...

Issue #217 - Stretch

18 August 2017

Raspbian Stretch, Moonhack 2017, Pis in the sky and more...

Issue #216 - Darth

11 August 2017

Join the team, join the resellers, join the Raspberry Jam community

Issue #215 - Moonhack

4 August 2017

Could this be the biggest Raspberry Pi Weekly yet?

Issue #214 - Worldwide

28 July 2017

Raspberry Jam Big Birthday Weekend, turtles against landmines, an awesome jukebox, and more

Issue #213 - Outdoors

21 July 2017

Pioneers winners announced, projects galore, and we have a new doctor!

Issue #212 - Planespotting

14 July 2017

Plane-spotting, trainspotting, earthquake-spotting, lightning spotting, etc

Issue #211 - OctaPi

7 July 2017

OctaPi, Hackathons, Radio, Buses and more...

Issue #210 - MacRobert

30 June 2017

Winning the MacRobert Award, the Raspberry Pi Integrator Programme, and more

Issue #209 - Powered

23 June 2017

Raspbian updates, Raspberry Pride stickers, and more...

Issue #208 - Mira

16 June 2017

The cutest robot, a GPS GoPro, Coolest Projects 2017, and more

Issue #207 - Looper

9 June 2017

It's been a music making, storm cloud brewing, education training wonder week!

Issue #206 - Thomas

2 June 2017

Astro Pi comes to a close as Pesquet lands on solid ground, plus projects and more...

Issue #205 - CoderDojo

26 May 2017

CoderDojo, Hello World, The MagPi and awesome Pi projects galore!

Issue #204 - Energy

19 May 2017

A Diana Award for a young Jam organiser, a weaponised teddy bear, and more projects and articles than you can shake a Blinkt at

Issue #203 - Julia

12 May 2017

Exciting plans for Code Club, Julia language on Raspberry Pi, AIY Projects kit builds, astrophotography, and much more!

Issue #202 - AIY

5 May 2017

The MagPi #57, Google AIY Projects, BerryNet, time-stretched photography and more!

Issue #201 - Support

28 April 2017

Make it outdoors. Make a Raspberry Jam. Make a drone. Make science happen.

Issue #200 - Mum

21 April 2017

New Upton baby, Pulse Train HAT, Tinkernaut, Automated French press and more

Issue #199 - Steampunk

14 April 2017

That Steampunk Laptop, neat upgrades to the Sense HAT emulator, a cool vacancy in our US team, and projects from the practical to the terrifying

Issue #198 - Macintosh

7 April 2017

Jamboree 2017, BlueDot beta, Julia, LEGO Macintosh, a heartbeat monitor, a singing bug box, and more

Issue #197 - Winners

31 March 2017

Pioneers winners announced, The MagPi 56 on the shelves, photo booths tweeting, and wizards dueling. Check out this week's Raspberry Pi Weekly!

Issue #196 - Zelda

24 March 2017

Astro Pi Winners, Pi Wars 2017, Pi in a notebook and more.

Issue #195 - Pie

17 March 2017

It's Pi Day week, people, and this week's Raspberry Pi Weekly is delicious

Issue #194 - Five

10 March 2017

We're hiring, we're five years old, we love builds with blinky lights

Issue #193 - W

3 March 2017

Zero W launch, five years of Raspberry Pi, MagPi 55, and legal firecrackers

Issue #192 - Stent

24 February 2017

1000 educators, medical device testing, superior screensavers, and the last few tickets to our birthday celebration

Issue #191 - Schedule

17 February 2017

VNC Connect, Big Birthday Weekend plans, cake, games, and... did we mention cake?

Issue #190 - How

10 February 2017

Start a Code Club, become a Pioneer, be safe online, and more...

Issue #189 - Robocod

5 February 2017

A fish-driven fish tank, ordering toast via Twitter, DIY smart devices from doors to dishwashers, and how to spot a fake case

Issue #188 - Hello

27 January 2017

New free Hello World magazine, Google, MagPi and more...

Issue #187 - Potter

20 January 2017

Compute Module 3, a new digital making curriculum, Bett, a real-life Weasley clock, Pioneers, cake, and... did we mention cake? CAKE!

Issue #186 - Laugh

13 January 2017

Pioneers, Picademy, and Prophets. Plus Teddy Ruxpin, Astro Pi, and more...

Issue #185 - Tea

6 January 2017

Can you automate a cocktail? How about tea? We've the answers to these and more!

Issue #184 - Desktop

23 December 2016

Get Raspberry Pi's desktop environment on PC and Mac, grab your tickets for our 5th birthday party, super Christmas projects, and more!

Issue #183 - Gingerbread

16 December 2016

A mostly edible robot, a wonderful but short-lived mountaintop build, distraction-free writing, and more

Issue #182 - Training

9 December 2016

Free training, Hour of Code, Christmas Lists and Festive treats plus more...

Issue #181 - Wheaton

2 December 2016

Twitter madness, Astro Pi and a CBE. Plus much, much more...

Issue #180 - Pioneers

25 November 2016

Introducing Pioneers, a heap of MapPi releases, and more. Much, much more...

Issue #179 - Bacteria

18 November 2016

Particle Security, Astro Photography, Musical Bacteria and more. Much, much more!

Issue #178 - Lollipop

11 November 2016

Lickable games controller, lithium-ion battery-powered Raspberry Pi skateboard of peril, kittens, and plenty more.

Issue #177 - Spinach

5 November 2016

Mine-detecting spinach, Pi in France, German MagPi, the Queen of Robots...and more.

Issue #176 - Spooky

28 October 2016

Witches, pumpkins, and MagPi... plus more... much, much more...

Issue #175 - Sisyphus

21 October 2016

Photos and Retros and Tables, oh my....

Issue #174 - Community

14 October 2016

A visit to the Palace, a new Essential Guide, Flash, and Ada... plus much, much more...

Issue #173 - Challenge

8 October 2016

Raspberry Pi celebrates the community, Astro Pi reaches out to Europe, challenges aplenty and more... much more...

Issue #172 - PIXEL

30 September 2016

PIXEL, MagPi 50, T3 Awards, be our videographer, Picademy, another Picademy, and more, more, more...

Issue #171 - Attend

23 September 2016

Jam, Jam and more Jam... plus an air drum kit to get your weekend rocking.

Issue #170 - Pledge

16 September 2016

Picademy is expanding, GPIO Zero is upgrading, and libraries are improving...

Issue #169 - 10MillionPi

9 September 2016

Ten million Raspberry Pi sold! It's time to celebrate!

Issue #168 - Pallet

2 September 2016

A wooden NES, one barking dog, the mystery of the hallway whistler and much, MUCH more...

Issue #167 - Vote

26 August 2016

Vote for your favourite Raspberry Pi project for the MagPi 50th Issue!

Issue #166 - Snap

19 August 2016

GPIO learning, Pokemon lure building, Certified Educator making, Snapchat... chatting, and much, much more...

Issue #165 - Sky

12 August 2016

Skycademy, Sense HAT Emulator, Astro Pi Science Results, Cameras, Planes and a Whoopee Cushion... plus much, much more.

Issue #164 - Drums

5 August 2016

Pi Wars, Drums, Cameras, Booting, Bluetooth, and more...

Issue #163 - Making

29 July 2016

MagPi issue 48, join us for day of making, wordy weather forecasters, Camp Bestival, and much, much more...

Issue #162 - Bees

22 July 2016

Bees, Minecraft, Downloadable Farmers, Useless Ducks and much, much more...

Issue #161 - Games

15 July 2016

Musical Mario, app building, space, intriguing home automation, and more

Issue #160 - Tiny

8 July 2016

It's the week to be small with tiny space travel, tiny laptops, and tiny award winners

Issue #159 - Panoramic

1 July 2016

The MagPi, Scratch Essentials, Panoramic Zeros, Minecraft Selfies and more

Issue #158 - Coolest

24 June 2016

Internet of Voice, Piper, Kickstarter projects, Astro Pi, Mars rover and more

Issue #157 - Commander

17 June 2016

A CBE for the CEO, Astro Pi antics in space, and a fridge that enjoys taking selfies

Issue #156 - Infinity

10 June 2016

Creative Technologists, new stuff from the Pi Hut, a motorised skateboard and more

Issue #155 - Holopainting

3 June 2016

Skycademy, Adafruit's buying guide, holopainting, night vision, micro:bit, Naturebytes and more

Issue #154 - Boat

27 May 2016

The MagPi #46, Astro Pi, Analog Zero, Pi Wars, Twitter API, Garage door opener and more

Issue #153 - Connector

20 May 2016

New Pi Zero, Google Cloud Vision API, Picademy Q&A, Foundation Annual Review and more

Issue #152 - Cardboard

13 May 2016

Raspbian updates, motor controller boards, Google cardboard controlled robot, a stepper motor HAT and more

Issue #151 - Baltimore

6 May 2016

Picademy in Baltimore, Minecraft over VNC, a Raspberry Pi Foundation reading list, Pi 3 Bluetooth and more

Issue #150 - Camera

29 April 2016

Camera module V2, The MagPi 45, Ubuntu MATE, Chromium OS, robotics and more

Issue #149 - Robonaut

22 April 2016

Astro Pi animation, FUZEBOX, Minecraft bedrock, ScottTV, European Maker Week and more

Issue #148 - Scales

15 April 2016

Astro Pi competition winners, Picademy, smart scales, Pi Zero, parking sensor, immersive art, and more

Issue #147 - Etch

8 April 2016

Essentials books, Creative Technologists, SD card burning tool, Ubuntu MATE, Turtle, Python and more

Issue #146 - Bit

1 April 2016

MagPi #44, micro:bit resources, picamera, Pi 3 hosting, Amazon Echo, rovers, dash cams and more

Issue #145 - Weather

25 March 2016

Raspberry Pi weather station, Astro Pi competition, electronic music, Sonic Pi, DIY catwheel and more and more

Issue #144 - Window

18 March 2016

Raspberry Pi games, Pi display case, CentOS, PiDrive, VoxCube, Dog tracker, photo frame and more

Issue #143 - Celebrate

11 March 2016

Tim Peake video, Creative Technologists, ZeroBorg, Alexa Voice, 7-segment displays, Minecraft and more

Issue #142 - Connected

4 March 2016

Raspberry Pi 3, Picademy USA, The MagPi, Pi Zero production, Clef Hero, Pi0drone and more

Issue #141 - Birthday

26 February 2016

Sonic Pi, Webfoot games, R Kade Zero, IBM Watson IoT, PyCon Namibia and more

Issue #140 - Izzy

19 February 2016

Your code in space, Chromium OS, baby monitors, Amazon drones, a Pi Zero Quadcopter and more

Issue #139 - Educators

12 February 2016

New Raspbian, GPIO Zero, 3D printed Astro Pi case and more

Issue #138 - Ed

5 February 2016

Astro Pi update, new coding challenges, Pi Zero MCB, node.js, twitterbot and more

Issue #137 - Moving

29 January 2016

The MagPi Issue 42, Foundation moving offices, Astro Pi, a real time sensor dashboard and more

Issue #136 - Dash

22 January 2016

Experiment with the Sense HAT, Jobs at Raspberry Pi and Code Club, Pi Zero, NES mod and more

Issue #135 - Car

15 January 2016

Issue #134 - Binoculars

8 January 2016

Issue #133 - Mirror

1 January 2016

Issue #132 - Christmas

25 December 2015

Issue #131 - Tim

18 December 2015

Issue #130 - Cygnus

11 December 2015

Issue #129 - Launch

4 December 2015

Issue #128 - Zero

27 November 2015

Issue #127 - Eagle

20 November 2015

Issue #126 - Robot

13 November 2015

Issue #125 - Merge

6 November 2015

Issue #124 - Mutant

30 October 2015

Issue #123 - Desk

23 October 2015

Issue #122 - Balloons

16 October 2015

Issue #121 - Scratch

9 October 2015

Issue #120 - Jessie

2 October 2015

Issue #119 - Payload

25 September 2015

Issue #118 - Cube

18 September 2015

Issue #117 - Display

11 September 2015

Issue #116 - Juliet

4 September 2015

Issue #115 - Sense

28 August 2015

Issue #114 - Stan

21 August 2015

Issue #113 - Intelligence

14 August 2015

Issue #112 - Stack

7 August 2015

Issue #111 - Print

31 July 2015

Issue #110 - Bilbao

24 July 2015

Issue #109 - Chief

17 July 2015

Issue #108 - Lego

10 July 2015

Issue #107 - Drones

3 July 2015

Issue #106 - Chickens

26 June 2015

Issue #105 - Case

19 June 2015

Issue #104 - America

12 June 2015

Issue #103 - Garden

5 June 2015

Issue #102 - Wheelchair

29 May 2015

Issue #101 - Interactive

22 May 2015

Issue #100 - Flight

15 May 2015

Issue #99 - Mate

8 May 2015

Issue #98 - Build

1 May 2015

Issue #97 - Droplet

24 April 2015

Issue #96 - Amazonian

17 April 2015

Issue #95 - Tyler

10 April 2015

Issue #94 - Voyager

3 April 2015

Issue #93 - Dog

27 March 2015

Issue #92 - Eclipse

20 March 2015

Issue #91 - Dots

13 March 2015

Issue #90 - Three

6 March 2015

Issue #89 - Magazine

27 February 2015

Issue #88 - Five

20 February 2015

Issue #87 - Estonia

13 February 2015

Issue #86 - Two

6 February 2015

Issue #85 - Muppet

30 January 2015

Issue #84 - Lab

23 January 2015

Issue #83 - Sticker

16 January 2015

Issue #82 - Clone

9 January 2015

Issue #81 - Radio

2 January 2015

Issue #80 - Desktop

26 December 2014

Issue #79 - Jumper

19 December 2014

Issue #78 - Astro

12 December 2014

Issue #77 - Elves

5 December 2014

Issue #76 - Jacket

28 November 2014

Issue #75 - Wales

21 November 2014

Issue #74 - Twenty

14 November 2014

Issue #73 - Tuatara

7 November 2014

Issue #72 - Depth

31 October 2014

Issue #71 - Disrupt

24 October 2014

Issue #70 - Jam

17 October 2014

Issue #69 - Cluster

10 October 2014

Issue #68 - Lamb

3 October 2014

Issue #67 - Moon

26 September 2014

Issue #66 - Pythonic

19 September 2014

Issue #65 - Physical

12 September 2014

Issue #64 - Web

5 September 2014

Issue #63 - Ice

29 August 2014

Issue #62 - Salt

22 August 2014

Issue #61 - Louis

15 August 2014

Issue #60 - Caroline

8 August 2014

Issue #59 - Hat

1 August 2014

Issue #58 - Euro

25 July 2014

Issue #57 - Plus

18 July 2014

Issue #56 - Hamster

11 July 2014

Issue #55 - Butterflies

4 July 2014

Issue #54 - Fox

27 June 2014

Issue #53 - Create

20 June 2014

Issue #52 - Pocket

13 June 2014

Issue #51 - Lemsip

6 June 2014

Issue #50 - Usage

30 May 2014

Issue #49 - Ambiance

23 May 2014

Issue #48 - Ronald

16 May 2014

Issue #47 - Dinosaur

9 May 2014

Issue #46 - Heston

2 May 2014

Issue #45 - Telephone

25 April 2014

Issue #44 - Maynard

18 April 2014

Issue #43 - Compute

11 April 2014

Issue #42 - Life

4 April 2014

Issue #41 - Makey

28 March 2014

Issue #40 - Academy

21 March 2014

Issue #39 - Slash

14 March 2014

Issue #38 - Opening

7 March 2014

Issue #37 - Jamboree

28 February 2014

Issue #36 - Cannon

21 February 2014

Issue #35 - Africa

14 February 2014

Issue #34 - Belgium

7 February 2014

Issue #33 - Panflute

31 January 2014

Issue #32 - Danger

24 January 2014

Issue #31 - Astronaut

17 January 2014

Issue #30 - Dalek

10 January 2014

Issue #29 - Bumblebee

3 January 2014

Issue #28 - Actually

27 December 2013

Issue #27 - Postal

20 December 2013

Issue #26 - Hipster

13 December 2013

Issue #25 - Cambridge

6 December 2013

Issue #24 - Fashion

29 November 2013

Issue #23 - Manchester

22 November 2013

Issue #22 - Woz

15 November 2013

Issue #21 - Moustache

8 November 2013

Issue #20 - Japan

1 November 2013

Issue #19 - Pumpkinry

25 October 2013

Issue #18 - Infrared

18 October 2013

Issue #17 - Million

11 October 2013

Issue #16 - BMO

4 October 2013

Issue #15 - Minecraft

27 September 2013

Issue #14 - Pneumatic

20 September 2013

Issue #13 - Berlin

13 September 2013

Issue #12 - Party

6 September 2013

Issue #11 - Stratos

30 August 2013

Issue #10 - Mario

23 August 2013

Issue #9 - Festival

16 August 2013

Issue #8 - Rewired

9 August 2013

Issue #7 - Science

2 August 2013

Issue #6 - Lumberjack

26 July 2013

Issue #5 - Bicycle

19 July 2013

Issue #4 - Microwave

12 July 2013

Issue #3 - Picturesque

5 July 2013

Issue #2 - Growth

28 June 2013

Issue #1 - Seed

21 June 2013