Raspberry Pi Official Magazine #149

One of the joys of editing The MagPi is seeing behind the curtain and watching all the amazing products come to life. I've had a Raspberry Pi 500 for a while now, and it's been a joy to watch it get launched to market. Raspberry Pi 500 takes all the power of Raspberry Pi 5 and turns it into a keyboard-style computer of the type most of us grew up with. Meanwhile, the brand new official Raspberry Pi Monitor is a companion screen that turns Raspberry Pi into a full desktop computer kit. In some ways, the bigger news is Compute Module 5, which is also out this month. This completely different product takes Raspberry Pi 5's form factor and puts it into a stripped-back modular format that is perfect…

Raspberry Pi has introduced its latest desktop computer setup: Raspberry Pi 500 and Raspberry Pi Monitor. Raspberry Pi 500 is easy to understand although packed with hidden details. It takes the power of Raspberry Pi 5 and places it into a high-quality keyboard. Featuring a quad-core 64-bit processor, wireless networking, dual display output, and 4K video playback, it's described by Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton as “a capable desktop PC that's ideal for home computing.” It is available as a standalone device for $90 or as part of a Desktop Kit (including a mouse, power supply, micro HDMI to HDMI cable, and Raspberry Pi SD card preloaded with Raspberry Pi OS). Raspberry Pi 500 monitor? Raspberry Pi Monitor is a thoughtful hardware addition to the Raspberry Pi stable. It's been…

Our epic year of product launches continues with Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W (magpi.cc/pico2w), the wireless-enabled variant of this summer's Pico 2. Built around our new RP2350 microcontroller (magpi.cc/rp2350), featuring the tried and tested wireless modem from the original Pico W, and priced at just $7, it's the perfect centrepiece for your connected Internet of Things projects. RP2350: the connoisseur's microcontroller, redux When we launched our debut microcontroller, RP2040 (magpi.cc/rp2040), way back in 2021, we couldn't have imagined the incredible range of products that would be built around it, or the uses that the community would put them to. Combining a symmetric pair of fast integer cores; a large, banked, on-chip memory; rich support for high-level languages; and our patented programmable I/O (PIO) subsystem, it quickly became the go-to device for…

Most Raspberry Pi single-board computers, with the exception of Raspberry Pi Zero and A+ form factors, incorporate an on-board USB hub to fan out a single USB connection from the core silicon, and provide multiple downstream USB Type-A ports. But no matter how many ports we provide, sometimes you just need more peripherals than we have ports. And with that in mind, we have launched the official Raspberry Pi USB 3 Hub (magpi.cc/usbhub), a high-quality four-way USB 3.0 hub for use with your Raspberry Pi or other, lesser, computer. Key features include: • A single upstream USB 3.0 Type-A connector on an 8 cm captive cable • Four downstream USB 3.0 Type-A ports • Aggregate data transfer speeds up to 5Gbps • USB-C socket for optional external 3 A power supply (sold…

The latest version of Raspberry Pi OS (magpi.cc/rpioct24) includes an all-new, native panel plugin for Raspberry Pi Connect, our secure remote access solution that allows you to connect to your Raspberry Pi desktop and command line from a web browser. Since the launch of our public beta with screen sharing (magpi.cc/connectpost) back in May 2024, and the addition of remote shell access and support for older Raspberry Pi devices in June (magpi.cc/connectshell), we've been working on improving support and performance on as many Raspberry Pi devices as possible – from Raspberry Pi Zero to Raspberry Pi 5 – both when using Raspberry Pi OS with desktop and our Lite version. By default, Raspberry Pi Connect will be installed but disabled, only becoming active for your current user if you choose 'Turn…

Revolution Pi has been designing and manufacturing successful products with Raspberry Pi Compute Modules for years. In this article, Ekkehard Kreb, Revolution Pi's Head of Marketing talks about why they continue to choose Raspberry Pi technology, and discuss their experience designing with our brand-new Compute Module 5. “Revolution Pi has been building flexible industrial devices with Raspberry Pi Compute Modules since the very beginning,” says Ekkehard. “As a long-time partner, we have witnessed their impressive evolution from the first to the fifth generation over the past ten years.” Technical advancements that matter Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5's enhancements directly address industrial requirements: it provides quad-core CPU performance up to 2.4GHz, a built-in USB 3.2 controller, and an improved PCIe controller. Raspberry Pi's continuous integration of more interfaces directly on the…