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Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer

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Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer

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I would love to see someone sell these as preconfigured as minimal bandwidth tor exit nodes with wifi so they can be spread far and wide. Just connect to power, make sure it is connected to a wifi network and then leave it alone. Just make sure it advertises itself as such so that law enforcement knows that it is likely not owned by the owner of the Internet connection and therefore doesn't make sense to do anything other than find the device and disable it if that's what they want. It should have a similar disclaimer as the standard tor exit not notice, except it should say something like "this tor exit node is operating on a disposable computer and was placed clandestinely on this network without the consent of the owner" or something to that effect.

I know there are ethical implications here, but that doesn't mean that something like this shouldn't or won't exist eventually.

Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer

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Arduino 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. https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino

You may want to wait for the ESP32 https://twitter.com/EspressifSystem/status/66220572512541491...

Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer

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Make sure you are connecting the 5V power supply to the PWR IN port, not the USB port.

Yes I did connected to the usb power in not on the other general purpose usb. Can someone tell if only connecting the power supply would light the green led (no sdcard) ?

On a normal Pi the red light comes on when there is 5v and the green light flashes during disk activity like booting, I would bet the zero is similar. Don't use a cheap phone charger, use a good quality 1-2 amp power supply. Also be sure your sd card was correctly burned. Use the instructions and tools from raspberrypi.org--there are lots of crap SD burning tools so avoid them all. Try a different sd card and again use a good brand.

Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer

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> Today, I’m pleased to be able to announce the immediate availability of Raspberry Pi Zero, made in Wales and priced at just $5.

I'm confused: they say it's $5 but at Adafruit (one of the places where USAians can buy it), the cheapest are the Raspberry Pi Zero Starter Pack and the Raspberry Pi Zero Budget Pack, priced at $59.95 and $29.95, respectively.

Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer

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>LCD screens are like, $100 http://www.walmart.com/ip/41177602 >a mouse is $10-$20 new http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=mouse&sort=price_low&ca...

Looks like your link broke walmarts website. Don't expect that from larger companies...

Working for me. Could have been a hiccup due to Thanksgiving/Black Friday shopping traffic.

Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer

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> Today, I’m pleased to be able to announce the immediate availability of Raspberry Pi Zero, made in Wales and priced at just $5. I'm confused: they say it's $5 but at Adafruit (one of the places where USAians can buy it), the cheapest are the Raspberry Pi Zero Starter Pack and the Raspberry Pi Zero Budget Pack, priced at $59.95 and $29.95, respectively.

It's $5 at Adafruit. The starter pack has a whole bunch of stuff you might want for your first Pi, but probably can scrounge around for free or cheaper.

Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer

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So for the price of a $1000 pc I could get 200 of these. What would be great experiments for them?

>What would be great experiments for them? Donating them to school computer clubs and seeing what teenagers do with them.

Well, if I were to use that hypothetical $1000 to help others, I think there would be more efficient ways to use them than donating RPis... my question was trying to point to technological discussion! But thanks for the suggestion nonetheless :P

In the mean time, I found out about Beowulf clusters, highly interesting!

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