Raspberry Pi Official Magazine #147

Artificial intelligence is blazing hot at the moment. Raspberry Pi has gone from having not one, but two incredible AI products in the space of a few months. In issue 143 we revealed AI Kit; this month we're proud to cover AI Camera. AI Camera looks like a regular Camera Module but has a Sony IMX500 Intelligent Vision Sensor that runs neural network models on the camera. It connects to Raspberry Pi using the ribbon cable, which leaves the board free to control hardware. Meanwhile, your AI Camera provides object and pose detection, and you can train AI models. To celebrate we've gathered together some of the best AI projects from the community, and put together a how-to guide to using your new AI Camera. Raspberry Pi is a whole…

“The AI Camera is built around a Sony IMX500 image sensor with an integrated AI accelerator” People have been using Raspberry Pi products to build artificial intelligence projects for almost as long as we've been making them. As we've released progressively more powerful devices, the range of applications that we can support natively has increased; but in any generation there will always be some workloads that require an external accelerator, like the Raspberry Pi AI Kit, which we launched in June (magpi.cc/aikit). The AI Kit is an awesomely powerful piece of hardware, capable of performing 13 trillion operations per second. But it is only compatible with Raspberry Pi 5, and requires a separate camera module to capture visual data. We are very excited therefore to announce a new addition to…

With the latest release of Raspberry Pi OS, Raspberry Pi 5 can make use of the extra performance available from Class A2 microSD cards. And to help you take advantage of this, we are introducing our own range of high-quality, low-cost Raspberry Pi SD Card Cards on the table As many of you will know first-hand, your choice of microSD card makes a huge difference to your Raspberry Pi experience. Historically, we've worked with our Approved Reseller partners to test and endorse third-party microSD cards. But as cards have become more sophisticated, and particularly with the advent of Class A2 cards, this process has become increasingly cumbersome. To ensure you have the best possible experience at the lowest possible cost, we've worked with our partner Longsys to develop a range…

“A snap-on silicone base that unfussily protects the base and edges of your Raspberry Pi 5 ” Another great recent accessory launch is the Raspberry Pi Bumper: the simple casing solution you never knew you needed, and already a firm favourite here at Pi Towers. It's a snap-on silicone base that unfussily protects the base and edges of your Raspberry Pi 5, and the surface you're putting it down on, and also makes it easy to use the power button. It's compatible with the Raspberry Pi Active Cooler, and will set you back a meagre £2.80/$3. Here's what you get: • One-piece flexible silicone rubber bumper • Enables easy access to the power button • Mounting holes remain accessible underneath the bumper The Raspberry Pi Bumper will help protect and…

MAKER A Miami highschooler and YouTuber, Connor competes in robotics competitions and also runs cross country. magpi.cc/garagerobots We've all been there. You see a tough dirty spot and think ‘ah, if only a robot could do it for me'. Or is that just us? Well, the thought did occur to Connor at least: “I first thought of [my project] because of a dirt patch on the concrete in my backyard,” Connor tells us. “Initially, I wanted to just use a regular old pressure cleaner, but then I thought how much easier and less time-consuming it would be if I could relax and watch a robot do the job for me.” Over the course of a few months, Connor built that robot, a device to automatically clean a space measuring two…

MAKER Swedish embedded systems engineer Anders uses Linux daily and enjoys restoring gadgets and old computers to working order. magpi.cc/brstester Anders Sandahl loves collecting old computers: “I really like to restore them and get them going again.” For this project he wanted to build a kind of a component tester for old DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) Flip-Chip boards before he embarked on the lengthy task of restoring his 1966 PDP-9 computer – a two-foot-tall machine with six to seven hundred Flip-Chip boards inside – back to working order. His Raspberry Pi-controlled DEC Flip-Chip tester checks the power output of these boards using relay modules and signal clips, giving accurate information about each one's power draw and output. Once he's confident each component is working properly, Anders can begin to assemble…