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Title: Raspberry Pi Zero: The $5 Computer
Post by: mvdarend on November 26, 2015, 10:02:34 AM

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Of all the things we do at Raspberry Pi, driving down the cost of computer hardware remains one of the most important. Even in the developed world, a programmable computer is a luxury item for a lot of people, and every extra dollar that we ask someone to spend decreases the chance that they’ll choose to get involved.

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

This will be great for a few interconnected HomeGenie devices :)

Title: Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: The $5 Computer
Post by: Gene on November 26, 2015, 10:39:25 AM

cool! I want this to replace both of my RPi installations  :D

Title: Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: The $5 Computer
Post by: david@wallis2000.co.uk on November 26, 2015, 03:23:59 PM

So long as your talking i2c spi, serial or similar.. or add a usb hub and network adapter :)

Title: Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: The $5 Computer
Post by: bkenobi on November 26, 2015, 08:39:23 PM

If it had a network adapter, I'd be all over this.  Only issue I see is that Element14 and MCM seem to have a different price point much higher than $5USD.  Very interesting option though!

Title: Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: The $5 Computer
Post by: Gene on November 26, 2015, 09:03:39 PM

I think it can connect a micro wi-fi usb adapter.

g.

Title: Re: Raspberry Pi Zero: The $5 Computer
Post by: roger.wills on December 14, 2015, 03:13:11 PM

Gene,

I can confirm that it does indeed connect with micro usb adapter, I am currently playing with one, I have a project in mind for it but I will post separately.

Roger