50 Raspberry Pi tips and tools in The MagPi magazine issue 89

By Lucy Hattersley. Posted

Kickstart your new projects in 2020 with our guide to the best Raspberry Pi tools a maker could ever need! Armed with this kit, you'll be able to build just about anything.

A lot of projects need specific tools, and there's a lot out there to choose from. Raspberry Pi maker Mark Vanstone takes a look at the 50 best physical and digital tools you can use to build projects.

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50 Raspberry Pi 4 tips & tools

Raspberry Pi kit & gadget guide

Quickly do more with your Raspberry Pi with kits and accessories. Our guide to the best add-ons, HATs, starter kits, robot builds and accessories has everything you need.

Raspberry Pi kit & gadget guide

Add internet to a classic computer

Missing the days of dial-up? Build an interface to the modern world for an old computer (an Atari ST, in our case) using a RS232 receiver.

Add internet to a classic computer

Design a 3D printer pendant with BlocksCAD

BlocksCAD is a 3D model editor that runs just fine on the faster Raspberry Pi 4. In this tutorial we look at how to use this Scratch-like language to design a pendant for a 3D printer.

Design a 3D printer pendant

Aquatic Mini Observation System

We've got the best community projects every month. Murray Lowery-Simpson used Raspberry Pi at the heart of this solar-powered, autonomous boat that measures water quality.

Aquatic Mini Observation System

Cheeseborg

What could be more entertaining than this AI-powered grilled-cheese sandwich machine? We take an in-depth look at this capable cheese-making robot.

Cheeseborg

Plus! Win one of five Raspberry Pi and black Official Case kits.

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