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The Official Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler with the Raspberry Pi 5. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe Raspberry Pi 5 Active Cooler is the official heatsink and fan for the new Raspberry Pi 5.Small, low-profile, quiet, highly effective, great value.It's not recommended that you remove and refit the cooler after installation.I love my new Raspberry Pi 5. It gives me a huge amount of extra performance compared to its predecessor, and this power unlocks a lot of new possibilities. But there was one thing…

Waveshare SIM7600G-H 4G HAT (B) for Raspberry Pi Supports LTE Cat-4 4G/3G/2G Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETI'm working on an exciting Raspberry Pi project that requires the single-board computer to operate off-grid for a whole week, while efficiently powering the Pi itself, some low-power environmental sensors. Size and weight constraints are not major issues (within reasonable limits), so harnessing solar energy seems like the most logical solution.Initially, I considered connecting a solar panel to a power bank and…

A Peltier thermoelectric cooler module Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETI was approached the other day for cooling advice for an SBC (single board computer) project. Without going into unnecessary detail, the issue was that the board needed to operate in an unusually warm environment, and even with a heatsink and fan installed, the processor was running rather close to the thermal edge.If a heatsink and fan weren't enough to cool the board, what could be done without resorting to drastic modifications?  (The board in…

A Peltier thermoelectric cooler module Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETI was approached the other day for cooling advice for an SBC (single board computer) project. Without going into unnecessary detail, the issue was that the board needed to operate in an unusually warm environment, and even with a heatsink and fan installed, the processor was running rather close to the thermal edge.If a heatsink and fan weren't enough to cool the board, what could be done without resorting to drastic modifications?  (The board in…

Raspberry Pi fitted with a UPS Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETThe Raspberry Pi.  (not included) Also: Finding Raspberry Pi: Where to buy the latest model and its alternativesNote: I've also used the GeeekPi UPS HAT Four flat-headed screws attach the Raspberry Pi to the HAT. to make my screwdriver tip magnetic. Making my screwdriver bit magnetic makes fitting the screws a lot easier! Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETTighten the screws holding the HAT down a little bit at a time, don't just crank down on one…

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Raspberry Pi raised an undisclosed amount from Sony Semiconductor Solutions at a $500M valuation, the same valuation as its $45M raise in 2021, to work on AI — - Raspberry Pi has received fresh investment from Sony's semiconductor unit, in a deal that will let users and developers make visual sensory applications using its AI chips. Ryan Browne / CNBC: Raspberry Pi raised an undisclosed amount from Sony Semiconductor Solutions at a $500M valuation, the same valuation as its…

Sony's semiconductor division has announced that it's making a "strategic investment" in Raspberry Pi as a way to bring its AI tech to a wider market. The idea is to give Raspberry Pi users around the world a development platform for its Aitrios edge computing (on-chip) AI platform used for image sensing functions like facial recognition.  "We are very pleased to be partnering with Raspberry Pi Ltd. to bring our Aitrios platform — which supports the development of unique and diverse solutions utilizing our edge AI devices…

Did you hear about the elusive new Girl Scout cookie, the Raspberry Rally? This year was my daughter’s first as a Girl Scout and her first time peddling cookies to neighbors, friends and complete strangers. Initially, Cora, 8, was stoked to put on her Brownie vest and pull her red wagon, stacked precariously high with $6 boxes of treats, around our Santa Ana neighborhood.Like a lot of people, we were excited about the new cookie — but we never actually got to see any Raspberry Rally cookies or taste them. And we were…

Global shutter sensors with no skew or distortion have been promised as the future of cameras for years now, but so far only a handful of products with that tech have made it to market. Now, Raspberry Pi is offering a 1.6-megapixel global shutter camera module to hobbyists for $50, providing a platform for machine vision, hobbyist shooting and more.  The Raspberry Pi Global Shutter Camera uses a 6.3mm Sony IMX296 sensor, and requires a Raspberry Pi board with a CSI camera connector. Like other global shutter sensors, it…

Image: Raspberry PiDevelopers using C or C++ on Windows to do programming on a Raspberry Pi Pico have a new Windows installer. The new Windows installer makes it easier to install the toolchain to begin developing for the Pi Pico and other RP2040-based boards. Those extra tools are necessary to use the Raspberry Pi Pico software development kit (SDK). Also: This is a Raspberry Pi running a 5G networkAs Raspberry Pi's Gordon Hollingworth explains, installing the Linux-based toolchain for developing from a Raspberry Pi…