A List of Raspberry Pi Approved Resellers

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There are currently roughly 99 Raspberry Pi Approved Resellers. We thought it would be nice to collect them all in one place with their names, locations, and websites. Approved Resellers are able to guarantee quality and customer support. We here at PiCockpit have a sister company – buyzero.de – that is itself a Raspberry Pi…

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Paragon Project: Pico Air Quality Monitor

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Want to monitor the air quality in your home or city? Then this is the ideal project for you! It’s a straightforward and simple air quality monitor with a Raspberry Pi Pico! This great little project was put together by Yakroo and shared on hackster.io. Before I tell you all about it though, I do…

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Announcing the WINNER of Our Raspberry Pi 5 Contest!

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We’re very excited today to announce the winner of our Raspberry Pi 5 contest! You’ll recall that back on October 4th, we put out a call for the craziest idea that you could come up with for a Raspberry Pi 5. And, as long as it wouldn’t destroy the Pi, we would also enact it…

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A Simple Guide to ARM vs. RISC-V vs. x86

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Introduction We’ve been talking a lot about Raspberry Pi 5 here at PiCockpit, of course. The other day, I found a discussion about Raspberry Pi 5 that centered on the Pi’s ARM architecture and how that stacks up with RISC-V architecture. For years, people have talked about Raspberry Pi’s compatibility with x86. But what about…

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Paragon Project: Blackberry Pi Cyberdeck

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This project is unquestionably a contender for Paragon Project of the year! It’s a cyberdeck made with a Raspberry Pi Zero that mirrors the shape and size of an old Blackberry phone. It was created and shared by Zhou Xu over at zxmake.dev. It’s fittingly called “Blackberry Pi”. Zhou clarifies that the inspiration for the…

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6 Ways to Keep Your Raspberry Pi 5 Safe

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What should you do to secure your Raspberry Pi 5? In this article, I’ll go over some of the quickest and best ways to ensure that your Raspberry Pi 5 is safe. So before (or while) you’re setting up your Raspberry Pi 5, read this article first! #1: Set up secure passwords, seriously For many…

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Paragon Project: Linux Handheld Terminal

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In our Paragon Projects series, we highlight the coolest projects that we find. This Linux Handheld Terminal though fits into a very special genre. It’s a tool that can help you develop even more awesome projects. It was put together by Balazs, who then published the details over at Hackaday and made the whole thing…

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4 Facts about the Raspberry Pi 5 Case

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The new Raspberry Pi 5 case is super cool. Figuratively and literally. As I’ve elaborated before, I’m a bit of a case nerd when it comes to single board computers. While I’ve used a lot of official Raspberry Pi cases, my favorite cases are actually the Argon ONE case and the FLIRC case for Raspberry…

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Reserve Your Raspberry Pi 5 Today!

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Introduction Excited about Raspberry Pi 5? Be sure to reserve yours today with our PiCockpit Raspberry Pi 5 Reservation Tool! Our reservation tool is available to customers in the EU and Switzerland. All orders will be fulfilled through our sister company – www.buyzero.de. To be clear, Raspberry Pi has made it exceedingly clear that for…

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TigerVNC and RealVNC on Raspberry Pi Bookworm OS

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Since the release of Bookworm OS, I’ve seen a number of people struggling to get a VNC server set up on their Raspberry Pi. So I thought I would take this opportunity to share with you how to get RealVNC installed on yours. We discussed the switch over from RealVNC in our article about Bookworm…

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