Raspberry Pi - Who's gonna have a dabble?

[eharding]

New Pi Zero on sale today....

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero...

...£4. Bargain!

[0000]

And it still does 1080p. Insane.

I don't even need one but I think I'll have to.

[RizzoTheRat]

Bloody hell. Anyone know which shops stock MagPi? Might be worth picking one up with the mag if's got loads of extra info on Zero. Been toying with the idea of buying a second one to use as an adblocker so this sounds ideal.

ETA: Bugger, no Ethernet (well what the hell did I expect for 4 quid) which means not suitable for that. http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-68090/...

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Thursday 26th November 08:56

[0000]

Out of stock on the swag store.

[eharding]

0000 said:

Out of stock on the swag store.

Ordered a couple first thing this morning, one from Pimornoni and one from the Swag store - suspect they're selling out very quickly.

Get yourself down to WHSmiths and grab a copy of the MagPi for £6 - they have a free Pi Zero stuck on the cover...

[ajprice]

RizzoTheRat said:

ETA: Bugger, no Ethernet (well what the hell did I expect for 4 quid) which means not suitable for that. http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-68090/...

So could one of these be networked or put online at all, wired or wifi?

[0000]

It's got USB, so you could presumably do wired or wireless with an adapter.

[eharding]

At this price point, if you're thinking about IoT applications, then the combination of a $5 Pi Zero and a $2 ESP866 is the way to go - you can build standalone sensor + EPS8266 solutions easily enough now that they've ported the Arduino stack to it, but in cases where you want some more compute oomph but still keeping things cheap as cheap chips, adding a Pi Zero looks ideal.

[RizzoTheRat]

0000 said:

It's got USB, so you could presumably do wired or wireless with an adapter.

Single micro usb, I've just remembered I've got a USB wifi dongle so all I'd need is a micro to USB cable, which is about a quid (and I think one came with my phone). Would need a hub if you want to run a mouse/keyboard off one, but an unpowered one costs peanuts.

[loudlashadjuster]

Grabbed a MagPi in WH Smith Uxbridge, few copies left in there.

Now all I have to do is spend the same again on a mini HDMI cable!

[Russ35]

Just picked up a couple of copies from WH Smith.

These things are tiny. This is it sat on top of discount card (credit card size)



Just on my way to the Christmas market at Manchester, so need to just do a quick shopping list to call in at Scan on my way past.

[0000]

Looks like two micro USB ports?

[Stiggolas]

Yeah 2 ports, one for power and the other USB.

[arnie12]

No experience at all but fancy a dable with one of these where would you guys start?

[McAndy]

Would the Pi Zero suffice for a Kodi set up on an external hard drive?

[boxst]

McAndy said:

Would the Pi Zero suffice for a Kodi set up on an external hard drive?

I haven't played with one yet, this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8GZr2fyUY0 seems to make it possible although I reckon it'll struggle with HD.

I would of thought that by the time you've added a USB network adaptor, and faffed around, buying a really not that expensive B would be better.

[McAndy]

Fair dos.

[RizzoTheRat]

The original Pi apparently struggled a bit with HD video, but this is a quicker processor so may be ok. Unless you've got them lying about a usb wifi dongle, mini to standard HDMI and micro to standard USB adaptor are going to set you back around £15 in which case you're better off going for a Pi2, which happily streams HD video from my NAS.

I know the idea was to make it as small and cheap as possible, but I can't help thinking if they'd stuck with full size HDMI and USB ports it would more usable and in the long run cheaper for most people.

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Thursday 26th November 13:50

[eharding]

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[gpb1]

Finally a Pi that will fit in my numerous Altoids tins