Or £5.99 for this months edition of MagPi magazine and this comes as a free gift. Forget the "cover disk", they just did the first "cover computer"..

I think you missed out a 'w'. :wink:

thanks, more stuff to play with for 10 minutes and then go into the Man Drawer for eternity lol :smiley:

W H Smith's always seem to stock the MagPi, you may also find in larger supermarkets. Just ordered two of these from 'The PiHut', it's worthwhile paying an additional £1 for the 'Essential Zero Kit' from the which also includes:

4 x Rubber Feet (To protect your Raspberry Pi Zero)
1 x MiniHDMI > HDMI adapter (to allow the use of standard HDMI cables)
1 x MicroUSB > USB adapter (to allow the use of standard USB devices)
2 x Single row, 20 pin GPIO headers
1 x Dual row, 40 pin female GPIO header
1 x Dual row, 40 pin right-angled GPIO header
1 x Dual row, 40 pin GPIO header

Will be trotting down to get a copy of the MagPi to get a third, happy to support this project - a computer for £5!!!


EDIT: Just realised the Essentials kit doesn't include the Pi Zero boards. The board plus Zero kit is £10. Still a bargain IMHO!

Or £5.99 for this months edition of MagPi magazine and this comes as a free gift. Forget the "cover disk", they just did the first "cover computer"..

where can i get the magazine? raspberrypi.org is sold out!

These guys are incredible. Very hot, thanks!

W H Smith's always seem to stock the MagPi, you may also find in larger supermarkets. Just ordered two of these from 'The PiHut', it's worthwhile paying an additional £1 for the 'Essential Zero Kit' from the which also includes:

4 x Rubber Feet (To protect your Raspberry Pi Zero)
1 x MiniHDMI > HDMI adapter (to allow the use of standard HDMI cables)
1 x MicroUSB > USB adapter (to allow the use of standard USB devices)
2 x Single row, 20 pin GPIO headers
1 x Dual row, 40 pin female GPIO header
1 x Dual row, 40 pin right-angled GPIO header
1 x Dual row, 40 pin GPIO header

Will be trotting down to get a copy of the MagPi to get a third, happy to support this project - a computer for £5!!!


EDIT: Just realised the Essentials kit doesn't include the Pi Zero boards. The board plus Zero kit is £10. Still a bargain IMHO!

When you go to the (pihut.com) website from the deal's link, the Essential Kit is priced at £6. That's more than the board itself.
Just the Pi Zero comes to £4 but choosing (or rather, failing to deselect) the Essential Kit gives a cost of £10. As for £6 for an 8GB Micro-SD .....

Cheaper to buy the MagPi to get a Zero, if you order online you pay £4 + £2.50 shipping = £6.50

Site shows £16 until you take off the "Essentials kit" and "SDCard" then it becomes £4. Wow!! (Plus P&P). This looks great.

​Where is the essentials kit only £1 extra? It costs £6 at PiHut, so £10 including the Pi?

No network, but presumably you can add via usb?

​But that doesn't include the Pi.

Yes, just realised that. :neutral_face:

Nano WLAN adapter. £3.24
http://www.stuff-uk.net/p-1238146.aspx

You will also need 1 x MicroUSB > USB adapter (included in the kit)

EDIT: Thanks @eek.

Will a 1 gig Pi run Kodi smoothly?

you will need one of

1 x MicroUSB > USB adapter (to allow the use of standard USB devices)

for that to work but it does seem to be the only way.

Personally I'm going to wait until pimoroni release their pHAT DAC and see how small I can make a music player I can make.

​Can I I get analog audio out of one these boards? Am looking for a tiny picoreplayer.

this is increadable

Well it has a HDMI out so guess so

just got the magpi from w h smiths , bargain

I had no idea this was out!

Can the Zero Essentials kit be bought separately?

deals like this makes me sad. sad because it's such a great kit and I know that I will get some skill by playing with it but I opt for humble bundle type of purchases....

Does anybody know if this could substitute a starter pack of Amazon for £50. I really want to buy this for my son for christmas but I dont have a lot of knowledge about it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Just picked up a MagPi with free Zero at Asda. These would make great stocking fillers for those budding developers.

thanks op

dont really need one, but got one anyway,,,,,,,,,,,, a computer for 4quid!

Thanks for that, their link was broken when I tried it.

That's insane, I love it :smiley:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/raspberry-pi-zero-out-today-get-it-free-with-the-magpi-40/

For the past week we’ve been teasing a big reveal in The MagPi 40, with people guessing it might be free stickers, free t-shirts or even just a punnet of free fresh raspberries. Some of you got close though; in issue 40 of The MagPi, we’re announcing a brand new Raspberry Pi!

And this brand new Raspberry Pi Zero is attached to the cover of The MagPi, free.

Just picked mine up from WH Smith (Hull Prospect Centre), free on the cover of The MagPi magazine for £5.99. It was the only one on the shelf, so I'd be quick and get one ASAP if I were you.

Why is it priced at £4, but on the site is £16? Is this the magazine price then?

im with you now.

Can openelec be installed on this ?

[quote=**** openelec be installed on this ?[/quote]Yes, but I'd go for the Raspberry Pi 2 as it has a quicker processor, more RAM and an on-board Ethernet port. This will work but it will be slower.

Thanks great stocking filler for my son. Heated

Bought one from Tesco St Helens, still a few left on shelf:

thanks, more stuff to play with for 10 minutes and then go into the Man Drawer for eternity lol :smiley:

If 1gig is now the standard speed for this version, could you overclock to 1.2 gig for example?

Have this up-and-running now, it's working like a champ. I've got it running off an old portable powerbank, will be interesting to see how long it holds up for.

Nah, just get more smaller stuff like this. :wink:

Hi, looking for a raspberry pi for my son. Can't seem to find much info online. Will these run the same apps and such as the raspberry pi b? I think he wants it to do basic programming and to run mine craft pi. Thanks

where do you get a mini hdmi converter to hdmi cheap?

Yes I wrote my request, and then check ebay. Was thinking I haft to wait a month from china to get a cheap one, but looks like I don't. Happy days. Off to buy the mag later, and I might get a second for a pressie for the nephew.

Now to find a case

pointless tat. Cold

What language would you have to use with these? Say if you were interested in creating old style games like C64 / Speccy era?

Thanks OP, ordered a couple along with the essential kit :smiley:

anyone know how wide these are im dying to put one into a gameboy for a retro console

Just bought the last one from tesco St Helens

sold out

Mine's just gathering dust now.

Looks like they sold out, https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero has some if you care to try there.

Now that sounds interesting. Is it a good DAC

will this run windows 10 ?

paid £300+ quid for second hand P1 computer in 1998 which have half the spec compare to this Raspberry pi :stuck_out_tongue:

Was going to buy one but I won't be able to get to Wh Smiths and can't see anyone online selling with reasonable postage for something that will fit in a small envelope. Play the waiting game I suppose. CPC aren't selling individually as far as I can tell.

thanks for that bud

​oos here as well

Expired deal. OOS

Sold out boo! However I did find for £16.99 with the HDMI and USB adapter not such a good price but I called them and it is dispatched within the UK so will be quick.

Just called in to WHSmiths to be told they aren't selling MagPi anymore!!! Fortunately, Tesco were :O)

Just bought the magazine from Asda in Penryn, about 5 left on the shelf there ..

Ideal stocking filler for my son!

I just order a board from https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero this morning, as to not take the risk hunting down the magazine. With shipping it came to £6.50 so I guess I just lost out on the magazine.

I went to both the Liverpool Street WH Smiths and I've never seen so many people huddle around the Linux magazines area in a WHSmiths, like ever.

By the time you include the adaptors to go from mini HDMI/USB to full HDMI/USB , thats another £3-4, and I'm going to stick in a 64GB microSD card in. Factor in a small USB hub as well.

No copies of MagPi in my local WH Smith so just spent 15 minutes reading Razzle so it wan't a wasted trip.

Cold as it's cheaper with the magazine. Also expired as both shops are sold out!

Will also more than likely be cheaper from CPC once they list it without the kit.

If you want mini hdmi and micro usb adapters asap, could be worth checking poundland. I've seen both of those in there recently.

I purchased the cheapest pi I could find and got the official pi sound card (HiFiBerry I think it was called). It is quite small even with one of the cases attached. When you buy a NAS box that you can load Logitech Media Server on to it becomes a really cheap way of providing multiroom audio at a fraction of the cost of these sonos/apple type things, not to mention far more flexible.

No hard wired Network? no wonder it's called Zero

Shame the wifi nano will have to go through an adapter before you can plug in, and the keyboard usb adapter as well. Wish it had 2 normal usb's. Must have been pence difference. much less than buying 2 adapters.

Oh, I see need a powered hub, a wifi usb card, a micro usb converter, a HDMI converter, I think by the time I get those items and the cover price of the magazine I'll be getting close to a PI2. But cool if you already have all the converters etc

ordered mine from cpc for 12 including cables
going to make a battery powered internet radio, audio can be taken from io pins via a capacitor and resitor filter. 2 line lcd screens are about 4 pounds on ebay, so can use that as a display.
ps rose apple pi is also out , has 2 gig of ram and is faster than pi2, so,might get one of those as well,once they start appearing on ebay

yes https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-zero/audio-outputs

Anything that brings the next generation of kiddies into te world of development and exploration is better than playing mindless games.

Good deal. Good device to get young inquisitive minds into development.

Regards
Flea

Are people thick? This isn't aimed at cheapskates trying to pirate movies through Kodi, this is for integrated electronic projects. You know, actually being productive and building something with your Pi, learning to code etc.

Picked my Magazine up in Tesco Bidston Moss, they had about 4 more on the shelf when I left.

Reserved a copy eventually. Now where do i get a micro usb male to usb female for mouse and keyboard?

With 512mb RAM it only has the potential to go in the bin

I refer you to my previous comment.

For those still looking, there's a map of shops which might have a magazine here:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/how-to-get-magpi-40/

You too

Meh.

meh to u too

Let's hope they get stuck with them, those greedy gits