The MagPi Christmas Special is out now.
For the festive season, the official magazine of the Raspberry Pi community is having a maker special. This edition is packed with fun festive projects!
Click here to download the MagPi Christmas Special
Merry Christmas Makes
Inside, you’ll discover how to make smart decorations using your Raspberry Pi. Here are just a few of the things you’ll make and discover:
- Magazine tree: turn the special cover into a Christmas tree, using LED lights to create a shiny, blinky display
- DIY decorations: bling out your tree with NeoPixels and code
- Santa tracker: follow Santa Claus around the world with a Raspberry Pi
- Christmas crackers: the best low-cost presents for makers and hackers
- Yuletide game: build Sliders, a fab block-sliding game with a festive feel.
Sliders
A Christmas game from the MagPi No.52
Inside the MagPi Christmas special
If you’re a bit Grinchy when it comes to Christmas, there’s plenty of non-festive fun to be found too:
- Learn to use VNC Viewer
- Find out how to build a sunrise alarm clock
- Read our in-depth guide to Amiga emulation
- Discover the joys of parallel computing
There’s also a huge amount of community news this month. The MagPi has an exclusive feature on Pioneers, our new programme for 12- to 15-year-olds, and news about Astro Pi winning the Arthur Clarke Award.
The MagPi outlines our new Pioneers programme in detail
After that, we see some of the most stylish projects ever. Inside are the stunning Sisyphus table that’s a moving work of art, a facial recognition door lock, and a working loom controlled by a Raspberry Pi.
The MagPi interviews the maker of this amazing Sisyphus table
If that wasn’t enough, we also have a big feature on adding sensors to your robots. These can be used to built a battle-bot ready for the upcoming Pi Wars challenge.
The MagPi team wishes you all a merry Christmas! The MagPi can be downloaded for free, or you can pick up a physical version in WHSmith. Or subscribe for 6 or 12 months and get a free Pi Zero.
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