The MagPi — Issue 40

Raspberry PI Zero is a fully-fledged Raspberry Pi with a 1GHz processor and 512Mb of RAM, making it faster than the original Raspberry Pi!

  • Introducing the tiny $5 Raspberry Pi Zero – it’s a REAL computer…

    There’s a new Raspberry Pi and it’s free with the print edition this month! Raspberry Pi Zero is a $5 / £4 computer. Learn to code while playing Minecraft (or do just about anything else you can dream up)

  • Set up your FREE Raspberry Pi Zero Find out what you need and how to set up your new $5 computer! You can buy a cable bundle for £4 from the Swag Store or get them free if you subscribe to The MagPi while #40 is on sale!
  • Massive Astro Pi special feature! The Raspberry Pi is en route to the International Space station. Here’s your chance to learn more about this exciting mission.
  • Get started with the Sense HAT Find out how you can join in with the Sense HAT and join in with the Astro Pi mission at home


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The MagPi is freely licensed under Creative Commons (BY-SA-NC 3.0).

You can download this issue free now and forever, but buying in digital supports the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s charitable mission to democratise computing.

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