Is there any way to buy these from Europe?
Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
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#42I don't see anything about Ethernet/Wi-Fi. Am I missing something? I understand they had to cut some features to reduce the prize. But networking is such a fundamental requirement for these types of systems, you'd think that it would be the last feature to be excluded.
And one kind person suggested PPP over serial in comments to the Make article: http://elinux.org/RPi_Serial_Connection#Network_connection_w...
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#43Is there any way to buy these from Europe?
You can get one with a subscription to the raspberry pi magazine, I haven't seen anywhere else to get them.
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#44Ah well. I recently (a week ago) started a new project with the Arduino and then they release this beast. It's basically cheaper than an Arduino (except that there's no storage in the Pi) AND faster than the Arduino. Sure, it won't have the same IO capabilities as there's much more layers but it will be pretty close and I don't really need great performance anyways. I guess, I'll have to switch to the Pi, it's not ev…
Well, I would like to note that people on a budget have been buying Arduino Nano with USB for $2 from eBay for a long time.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Plug a wipi into it via the USB OTG cable. Done.
No. Wireless adapter needs better power source, so it's RPi to powered hub to WiFi, which makes the setup quite a bit bulkier and pricier. Like gp I wish some sort of network connectivity can be included to make it more complete as a standalone computer.
Nope, we have hundreds of Pi2's with two wipis in them, yeah it's fine.
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#46Somewhat disappointing that in Australia RPi Zero costs AU$19.38 (plus AU$12.95 shipping). Quite a lot more than US$5 (=AU$6.93).
Yeah, just paid AU$20 for it. So it's $5 in theory, right?
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#47Even without the Ethernet connector this is impressive. Yes, you should add the microSD, cables and peripherals cost, but even adding that the RPi Zero is a marvel.
http://theunshut.com/2015/11/26/raspberry-pi-zero-5-dollar-m...
It’s amazing what you can do with $5.
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#48$5 is an amazing price for something so functional.
The current go-to device for semi-disposable network-attached devices is the ESP8266, which was supposed to be a WiFi add-on board for the Arduino until someone ported Lua to run on it[2]. That is ~$3, but nowhere near as functional as the Pi Zero.
[1] https://batilanblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/first-experienc...
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Plug a wipi into it via the USB OTG cable. Done.
No. Wireless adapter needs better power source, so it's RPi to powered hub to WiFi, which makes the setup quite a bit bulkier and pricier. Like gp I wish some sort of network connectivity can be included to make it more complete as a standalone computer.
You don't need a hub, you need a smartphone charger (one that gives you more than 500mA at output).
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#50Still lacking: USB Device Mode support... :(