First Impressions with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
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First Impressions with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
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#2I know many of you may be wondering if you should get one of these, and if they can be used to create a cheaper cluster than RPi4s. I try to answer that as well as talk about my experience with the RPi Zero and how quick it is with Go and Node.js compared to the older generation.
Are you running Zeros now or other models? What would you run on an RPi Zero 2?
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#3The idea of using it as a self-hosted Github Actions runner spoke to me. I wouldn't have thought of that. Thank you!
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#4The idea of using it as a self-hosted Github Actions runner spoke to me. I wouldn't have thought of that. Thank you!
Don't blame me. The idea came from Martin Woodward (from GitHub) and I was surprised how I had it up and running, executing builds in a few minutes.
What kinds of things would you run with yours? Maybe you could use a GitHub action to trigger IoT lights on and off.
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#5Does anyone else have feelings about “there’s too many tiers of Pi” yet?
I’m not sure if I feel that but it’s on my mind.
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#6Does anyone else have feelings about “there’s too many tiers of Pi” yet? I’m not sure if I feel that but it’s on my mind.
What baffles me is the rather bad availability of older versions.
I'd have guessed that there's somewhere a warehouse full of Pi Zero Ws, but I can't buy one right now in Germany. There's a shop in Switzerland, but I'd have to pay import taxes and whatnot to get hold of that.
So, let's try a Model 3 B+ then... Same as before: Official vendors are almost all sold out, one has some but it's 15 to 20 Euro above the recommended price...
Something's broken in the reselling system if you ask me.
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#7Does anyone else have feelings about “there’s too many tiers of Pi” yet? I’m not sure if I feel that but it’s on my mind.
What baffles me is the rather bad availability of older versions. I'd have guessed that there's somewhere a warehouse full of Pi Zero Ws, but I can't buy one right now in Germany. There's a shop in Switzerland, but I'd have to pay import taxes and whatnot to get hold of that. So, let's try a Model 3 B+ then... Same as before: Official vendors are almost all sold out, one has some but it's 15 to 20 Euro above the reco…
In case you didn’t hear, there is a global supply chain crisis and a chip shortage.
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#8Does anyone else have feelings about “there’s too many tiers of Pi” yet? I’m not sure if I feel that but it’s on my mind.
What baffles me is the rather bad availability of older versions. I'd have guessed that there's somewhere a warehouse full of Pi Zero Ws, but I can't buy one right now in Germany. There's a shop in Switzerland, but I'd have to pay import taxes and whatnot to get hold of that. So, let's try a Model 3 B+ then... Same as before: Official vendors are almost all sold out, one has some but it's 15 to 20 Euro above the reco…
It says on the official Raspberry Pi website:
Are you discontinuing Zero and Zero W?
No. We seldom discontinue products, even where they have been superseded by more modern product at the same price point. Zero 2 W is $5 more expensive than Zero W, and joins the Zero family as a third member.
Note that Zero and Zero W are currently experiencing supply constraints in the context of the global semiconductor shortage. We hope that this will be resolved in 2022.
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#9Does anyone else have feelings about “there’s too many tiers of Pi” yet? I’m not sure if I feel that but it’s on my mind.
The different options are definitely appreciated.
The default choice should be the base model Raspberry Pi 4. The other options (compute module, Zero, higher RAM versions) are for specialized needs. Even if you’re using the Zero or Compute Module you probably want the normal Raspberry Pi 4 around for development.
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#10Interesting, dint know faasd