Can you believe that the Raspberry Pi got smaller and cheaper?! The new Raspberry Pi Zero is an super-ultra-low-cost, tiny-small-form-factor Raspberry Pi!
Raspberry Pi Zero Details:
BCM2835 (same as Pi 1) but up-clocked to 1GHz, so 40% faster
512MB of RAM
micro-SD Slot
mini-HDMI
micro-USB for data
micro-USB for power
unpopulated 40-pin GPIO connector (same pinout as A+/B+/2B)
Size is 65mmx30mmx5mm
If it has sold out already I nearly bought another (1 per person) at https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero
I trusted them, FWIW, but they do add the £2.50 shipping at the very end.
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BungalowBill
26 Nov 1545#1
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"..
omneity1 to EazyDuz
26 Nov 156#59
I think you missed out a 'w'. :wink:
kowalski
26 Nov 154#42
thanks, more stuff to play with for 10 minutes and then go into the Man Drawer for eternity lol :smiley:
omneity1
26 Nov 154#5
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!
Latest comments (106)
leeparsons
2 Dec 15#106
Let's hope they get stuck with them, those greedy gits
Both stores they suggest in Yeovil don't have it annoyingly. Definitely fancy one for using with risc os but will wait for a reasonable price with postage. Not surprised that the magazine is hard to find when I can see on ebay people are selling the magazine for up to £70. Supply and demand I guess.
EazyDuz
27 Nov 15#104
meh to u too
dijital
27 Nov 15#103
Meh.
EazyDuz
27 Nov 15#102
You too
dijital
27 Nov 15#100
I refer you to my previous comment.
EazyDuz
27 Nov 15#99
With 512mb RAM it only has the potential to go in the bin
EazyDuz
26 Nov 151#53
pointless tat. Cold
Gaylard to EazyDuz
26 Nov 152#57
Clearly not, as it's already one of today's top deals. This is a perfect gift for people who are interested in technology.
Spenfica to EazyDuz
26 Nov 151#58
pointless comment. Troll
omneity1 to EazyDuz
26 Nov 156#59
I think you missed out a 'w'. :wink:
dijital to EazyDuz
27 Nov 15#98
You obviously do not know how to use one of these things to its full potential.
loopie
26 Nov 15#44
If 1gig is now the standard speed for this version, could you overclock to 1.2 gig for example?
jonagon to loopie
26 Nov 15#67
It is essentially a shrunken Pi. The latest Pi's have reached 1.5GHz by disabling all safety features.
1.2GHz is a realistic expectation with a good heatsink.
dijital to loopie
27 Nov 15#97
Apparently not, from a pretty knowledgeable raspberry pi site : "1GHz with L2 cache overclock", so it seems its pre clocked.
Reserved a copy eventually. Now where do i get a micro usb male to usb female for mouse and keyboard?
Chiptivo
27 Nov 15#95
Picked my Magazine up in Tesco Bidston Moss, they had about 4 more on the shelf when I left.
KongDonkey
26 Nov 153#81
No copies of MagPi in my local WH Smith so just spent 15 minutes reading Razzle so it wan't a wasted trip.
leeparsons to KongDonkey
27 Nov 15#94
Yea i went to tesco, then went to wh smiths, then went to tesco x. Got nothing.
Tesco dont stock, or not in those branches, and smiths hadnt come in yet. Will check tomorrow, or should i say today
A1RN
26 Nov 15#92
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.
Fleabum to A1RN
27 Nov 152#93
Guess so. Kodi has no illegal content, you have to install 'addons' its akin to saying a DVD player for video pirates, whereas its the DVD you put into it that matters, Kodi can be used to stream legal content of your own network. And a Pi is aimed at doing anything you wish to do with it, and I emphasize ANYTHING. Isn't a network based media player a 'project' ?
Regards
Flea
Fleabum
26 Nov 152#91
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.
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
omneity1 to Ame2507
26 Nov 15#49
Yes, this will do all that plus much more, if he wants sound that is not available analogue on this model (i.e using a 3.5mm speaker/headphone connector), but will play through an HDMI enabled TV or monitor (if fitted with speakers of course).
Best info you're likely to get for these online at the moment is HERE. There's a good write-up HERE.
elsie to Ame2507
26 Nov 15#89
As a kid's starter I would get this book and starter kit by Carrie Anne Philbin: https://shop.pimoroni.com/search?type=product&q=adventures There are two versions of the book, the first uses a model B which only has 2 USB ports and the second uses model B+ with 4 USB ports. The B+ and v2 of the book may cost a little more but is definitely preferable imho. I think the kit is compatible with both books and then he could go on to the Adventures in Minecraft book and kit.
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
loopie
26 Nov 15#87
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
loopie
26 Nov 15#86
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.
elrasho
26 Nov 15#84
No hard wired Network? no wonder it's called Zero
tonyt3rry to elrasho
26 Nov 15#85
usb wifi nano is cheap enough
thermomonkey
26 Nov 151#83
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.
jacksonliam
26 Nov 15#82
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.
rayliuphotographer
26 Nov 15#80
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.
Mark3270
26 Nov 15#79
Just bought the magazine from Asda in Penryn, about 5 left on the shelf there ..
Ideal stocking filler for my son!
panrix
26 Nov 15#78
Just called in to WHSmiths to be told they aren't selling MagPi anymore!!! Fortunately, Tesco were :O)
BungalowBill
26 Nov 1545#1
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"..
jonagon to BungalowBill
26 Nov 151#2
Which is also a free download :smiley: Where to buy?
pishposhping to BungalowBill
26 Nov 151#77
I asked in my local WH Smiths as they only had issue 39 out who then rang head office to find out when they were getting stock. She was told that the new one that comes with the Pi has been recalled today. This was in the Crewe branch so if you're heading to a WH Smiths with stock and this info was correct - i'd hurry up before they take them off the shelf.
Traffic187
26 Nov 15#75
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.
Windows 10 Home, no. Windows 10 IoT, maybe, but unlikely.
bonzobanana
26 Nov 15#70
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.
RGB
26 Nov 151#69
paid £300+ quid for second hand P1 computer in 1998 which have half the spec compare to this Raspberry pi :stuck_out_tongue:
anyone know how wide these are im dying to put one into a gameboy for a retro console
Tenex to tonyt3rry
26 Nov 15#61
30x65x6mm. HTH
Wooderson
26 Nov 15#54
What language would you have to use with these? Say if you were interested in creating old style games like C64 / Speccy era?
AndySX to Wooderson
26 Nov 15#56
It's not a question of what language you "have" to use, but what languages are available. Available languages will depend on how you setup your Pi, but common compiled languages include C and C++. Maybe even C# with Mono? For interpreted languages (you'll need to install a relevant interpreter) things open up to Java, Python, Ruby, JavaScript etc.
Thanks OP, ordered a couple along with the essential kit :smiley:
leeparsons
26 Nov 15#52
Now to find a case
leeparsons
26 Nov 15#51
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.
leeparsons
26 Nov 15#48
where do you get a mini hdmi converter to hdmi cheap?
Nah, just get more smaller stuff like this. :wink:
omneity1
26 Nov 151#45
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.
kowalski
26 Nov 154#42
thanks, more stuff to play with for 10 minutes and then go into the Man Drawer for eternity lol :smiley:
redarrowrules to kowalski
26 Nov 15#43
I'm needing a bigger man drawer myself.
mikerr
26 Nov 15#41
Bought one from Tesco St Helens, still a few left on shelf:
___Josh____
26 Nov 15#40
Thanks great stocking filler for my son. Heated
omneity1
26 Nov 15#39
[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.
shitney
26 Nov 15#38
Can openelec be installed on this ?
leeparsons
26 Nov 15#37
im with you now.
leeparsons
26 Nov 15#35
Why is it priced at £4, but on the site is £16? Is this the magazine price then?
LeonardChallis to leeparsons
26 Nov 15#36
The £16 is for the Raspberry Pi ZERO, the essentials kit and an 8GB memory card. Change the options in the select boxes below and you'll see the price update. The magazine is £5.99 (see my last comment).
LeonardChallis
26 Nov 152#34
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.
MrFizzy
26 Nov 15#10
No network, but presumably you can add via usb?
errrr2 to MrFizzy
26 Nov 15#12
I was wondering that, how do you network it and at what cost?
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.
dijital
26 Nov 15#31
That's insane, I love it :smiley:
Tenex
26 Nov 15#30
Thanks for that, their link was broken when I tried it.
crazygoldfish
26 Nov 151#29
dont really need one, but got one anyway,,,,,,,,,,,, a computer for 4quid!
Just picked up a MagPi with free Zero at Asda. These would make great stocking fillers for those budding developers.
claire486
26 Nov 15#25
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.
fr3dy77_sp33d
26 Nov 15#24
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....
dwl99
26 Nov 15#22
I had no idea this was out!
paolodituoro
26 Nov 15#21
just got the magpi from w h smiths , bargain
loopie
26 Nov 15#15
Will a 1 gig Pi run Kodi smoothly?
snoopygb to loopie
26 Nov 151#20
Yes but it is a bit slow on the menus
brendanb581
26 Nov 151#19
Well it has a HDMI out so guess so
tigger80
26 Nov 15#18
this is increadable
commodorewhite
26 Nov 15#17
Can I I get analog audio out of one these boards? Am looking for a tiny picoreplayer.
eek
26 Nov 151#16
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.
You will also need 1 x MicroUSB > USB adapter (included in the kit)
EDIT: Thanks @eek.
omneity1
26 Nov 15#13
Yes, just realised that. :neutral_face:
errrr2
26 Nov 15#11
But that doesn't include the Pi.
errrr2
26 Nov 151#9
Where is the essentials kit only £1 extra? It costs £6 at PiHut, so £10 including the Pi?
Camiano
26 Nov 15#8
Site shows £16 until you take off the "Essentials kit" and "SDCard" then it becomes £4. Wow!! (Plus P&P). This looks great.
omneity1
26 Nov 15#7
Cheaper to buy the MagPi to get a Zero, if you order online you pay £4 + £2.50 shipping = £6.50
pete_l
26 Nov 15#6
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 .....
omneity1
26 Nov 154#5
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!
LeonardChallis
26 Nov 15#4
These guys are incredible. Very hot, thanks!
brendanb581
26 Nov 15#3
where can i get the magazine? raspberrypi.org is sold out!
Opening post
Can you believe that the Raspberry Pi got smaller and cheaper?! The new Raspberry Pi Zero is an super-ultra-low-cost, tiny-small-form-factor Raspberry Pi!
Raspberry Pi Zero Details:
BCM2835 (same as Pi 1) but up-clocked to 1GHz, so 40% faster
512MB of RAM
micro-SD Slot
mini-HDMI
micro-USB for data
micro-USB for power
unpopulated 40-pin GPIO connector (same pinout as A+/B+/2B)
Size is 65mmx30mmx5mm
If it has sold out already I nearly bought another (1 per person) at
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero
I trusted them, FWIW, but they do add the £2.50 shipping at the very end.
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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!
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https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/how-to-get-magpi-40/
1.2GHz is a realistic expectation with a good heatsink.
http://raspi.tv/2015/raspberry-pi-zero-free-on-the-cover-of-this-months-magpi-magazine
This is better than any Black Friday deal so far.
Tesco dont stock, or not in those branches, and smiths hadnt come in yet. Will check tomorrow, or should i say today
Regards
Flea
Good deal. Good device to get young inquisitive minds into development.
Regards
Flea
Best info you're likely to get for these online at the moment is HERE. There's a good write-up HERE.
If you need the keyboard/mouse etc the Pi foundation have this all-in-one kit on their swag store http://swag.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-starter-kit-adventures-in-raspberry-pi-edition
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
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 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.
Ideal stocking filler for my son!
Personally, I'm looking at attempting to get Node.js running on this: http://weworkweplay.com/play/raspberry-pi-nodejs/
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.
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.
http://www.stuff-uk.net/p-1238146.aspx
You will also need 1 x MicroUSB > USB adapter (included in the kit)
EDIT: Thanks @eek.
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 .....
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!