Quick answer The best Raspberry Pi 5 projects for beginners in 2026 are: Pi-Hole network-wide ad blocking, a retro gaming emulator with RetroPie, a Home Assistant smart home hub, a personal NAS with OpenMediaVault, and a PiVPN home VPN server. A Raspberry Pi 5 (8GB) with a starter kit costs about $100-130 in 2026, and […]
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What you will need Before starting, here is exactly what we recommend for a reliable Pi-Hole setup. These are the same products we use on our own network. Raspberry Pi 5 Starter Kit (CanaKit recommended, includes case, power supply, microSD, cables) — about $100-130 Argon ONE V3 Case (optional upgrade with active cooling and M.2
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If you bought a Raspberry Pi and it’s been sitting in a drawer since 2020, I get it. Life happens. But the Pi 5 changed everything, and honestly 2026 is the best time to dust one off (or grab a new one). I’ve been running projects on these little boards for years, and the jump
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Dexter GoPiGo3 Raspberry Pi Robot Kit for STEM Learning Many Elementary Schools are introducing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) programs. In our son’s elementary school they teach robotics using Lego education (WeDo & EV3 MindStorm). This is great, but I wanted my son to learn even more than what Lego offered, which lead me to
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