RASPBERRY PI ZERO W JOINS THE FAMILY

[ChrisSmolinski]

Today is Raspberry Pi’s fifth birthday: it’s five years since we launched the original Raspberry Pi, selling a hundred thousand units in the first day, and setting us on the road to a lifetime total (so far) of over twelve million units. To celebrate, we’re announcing a new product: meet Raspberry Pi Zero W, a new variant of Raspberry Pi Zero with wireless LAN and Bluetooth, priced at only $10.

To recap, here’s the full feature list for Zero W:

1GHz, single-core CPU
512MB RAM
Mini-HDMI port
Micro-USB On-The-Go port
Micro-USB power
HAT-compatible 40-pin header
Composite video and reset headers
CSI camera connector
802.11n wireless LAN
Bluetooth 4.0

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

[Pigmeat]

Does this version still have the FM transmitter hack you could do on the original flavors, Chris? Ten bucks would be dirt cheap for something like that.

[Josh]

This is nice, but then you've to consider all the needs to operate such a device in a useful fashion such as mon, kb/mouse, os, power supply, etc etc. Might as well buy a cheap tablet and be done with it.

[ChrisSmolinski]

This is nice, but then you've to consider all the needs to operate such a device in a useful fashion such as mon, kb/mouse, os, power supply, etc etc. Might as well buy a cheap tablet and be done with it.

They can be very useful for embedded type applications, where you won't be interacting with them much.

[Pigmeat]

Al sez they're way cool once you add knobs.

[Josh]

I'm gonna do a hifer using one of these gizmos that sends "mmmmm bacon",  you know, since it's a beacon.