I know I'm complaining about an almost free computer, but ARM11 (ARMv6) isn't compatible with most Linux OSes which long ago moved to ARMv7. If only this was compatible with ARMv7 it would run a lot more stuff.
Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
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Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
#52Arduino Uno for $2, NodeMCU for $3, RPi for $5... please let this trend continue. A year or two, and we'll basically have computronium - simple dev boards powerful and cheap enough to just tile your house with them.
I've recently figured out that there's no point in designing your own PCB for placing sensors at home, when you can get an Arduino and an ESP8266 for $5; add power (and some ~$0 of voltage regulation) and you have a base station. Or just buy NodeMCU for $3 and skip on wiring Arduino and ESP8266 together.
Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
The TCO for something that can operate similarly to a computer, should be around 50 USD (micro-USB cable, HDMI cable, eth/wlan adapter, case). But all in all it's an impressive little machine that can do wonders for small home/school projects.
Don't be ridiculous. $5 will get you 80% of these peripherals from eBay. Especially if you're on the budget.
Sure if you fancy the risk of your house going up in flames because you bought some dodgy no-name power supply knocked out in a Chinese electronics sweatshop.
Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
#54Blown away with this. As a youngster cutting my teeth on Cambridge based computers, great to see a Welsh machine. Currently using RPis for most of my development, I'm working on a design for a RP laptop. Not hard, but I did want to thrown in multiple boards. This looks to be one way to achieve this. Technical details (cant seem to find any power requirements) and tour here from adafruit:
- https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-zero...
Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
#55The "$5 computer" is, of course, £4 in the UK. http://pimoroni.com/zero
Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
#56Broadcom must be delighted to have managed to find a use for their obsolete part from 2007 or so. Some accountant, somewhere, is happy :-)
Probably a neat little board too, but unlikely to be $5. It's at £11.88 [0] ex VAT ex shipping at farnell UK (and can't be ordered anyway) -- that's more like nearly $20 these days.
[0]: http://uk.farnell.com/raspberry-pi/raspberrypi-zero/sbc-zero...
Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
#57Arduino Uno for $2, NodeMCU for $3, RPi for $5... please let this trend continue. A year or two, and we'll basically have computronium - simple dev boards powerful and cheap enough to just tile your house with them. I've recently figured out that there's no point in designing your own PCB for placing sensors at home, when you can get an Arduino and an ESP8266 for $5; add power (and some ~$0 of voltage regulation) and…
I'm speculating, rather sooner than later, the foundation will let people (read Chinese) clone Pi Zero at will ala Arduino way.
They can't even have a profit margin with that price point. So why not open-source it anyway to let go of the burden of manufacturing? That would be a great boost for the Raspberry platform.
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#58Is there any way to buy these from Europe?
The article mentions three vendors in UK. I just ordered mine from http://pimoroni.com/zero (they accept Bitcoin).
Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
#59Arduino Uno for $2, NodeMCU for $3, RPi for $5... please let this trend continue. A year or two, and we'll basically have computronium - simple dev boards powerful and cheap enough to just tile your house with them. I've recently figured out that there's no point in designing your own PCB for placing sensors at home, when you can get an Arduino and an ESP8266 for $5; add power (and some ~$0 of voltage regulation) and…
Even more awesome: Skip the extra Arduino and use the ESP8266 as your Arduino.
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#60It is so sad that when it comes to India price is increased to $18 http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-79263