RASPBERRY PI ZERO: THE $5 COMPUTER

Cryonic90

At this moment its sold out everywhere… You can leave your email address at some sites when it becomes available again

ruudvddries

In my search to get the size of my Pimatic system smaller, using the Zero, I stumbled upon this interesting posted. It explains how one could expand the zero with four USB ports without using the OTG or Power micro USB ports on the zero itself. Maybe, just maybe, I’m going to give this a try myself.

Might be interesting for anyone getting a Zero, sooner or later.

http://frederickvandenbosch.be/?p=1343

Regards,

Ruud

beikeland

in stock today
http://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero

but only 1 pr order, and shipping is more expensive than the pi, so I think I’ll wait

jclukkien

In stock today, for now only with kit accessoires. http://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero?utm_source=back-in-stock&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=stock-notification&utm_content=Raspberry Pi Zero&bis_id=vMEW5A&variant=14062725188

I just ordered one before they are all sell out again.

beikeland

I currently hate kickstarter, but this may be of interest to you guys

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1728237598/hubpixed-raspberry-pi-zero-hub-without-cable

Guest

Hello everybody,
here is also a Kickstarter campaign.
It’s a customer of us.
What chances do you give this Projekt.
(i just want to have feedback)
RasPiBox Zero
von Hartmut Wendt

Thanks

mfg
Chris

leader21

@chris said:

What chances do you give this Projekt.

well, personally i like the idea for integrating raspberrys with c-rail mounting into electronic cabinets. i have two regular pi b running at the basement in my house electrics.
the price of 37 euro is surely ok for that kind of product.
but when i compare i would rather go for a pi2 with an enclosure than the pi zero and this solution. the needed space is nearly the same and the costs are equal in my opinion.
what makes it interesting is the proto board for own developing.
another thing is that the pi zero is sold out almost everywhere at the moment. this makes it hard to sell actually.

mwittig

I basically agree with what @leader21 is saying.

If the price tag stays as is (assuming 37 Euros) and the pricing for Zero doesn’t drop (~15 Euros in Germany at the moment) it’ll be tough competion given that a DIN rail enclosure for Raspi B & 2 is already available for about 10 Euros! To make it a good deal I think the price need to get down to 25 Euros, honestly!

A comparison with German street prices:

Raspi Zero: 15 Euro plus enclosure with hub (37 Euros) = 52 Euros
Raspi B+ (27,90) plus DIN rail enclosure (10,90) = 38,80 (both items from Reichelt - see below)

Reichelt items

EDIT: To be fair, I should have taken the prototyping feature into account. A prototyping board for Raspberry like the one from Adafruit costs about 15 Euros. If you need prototyping features the price for the alternative solution is on par with the Raspibox Zero based solution. The Adafruit prototyping board has a some advantages though:

More cabling terminals
larger protying space
prototyping area is not obscured by an overlaying board. I think this is the case with Raspibox Zero from what I can see on the photos

Note beyond that basic prototyping boards can already be optained for 5 Euros!
See the following links:

Adafruit board for 15 Euros from Flikto: https://www.flikto.de/products/adafruit-prototyping-pi-plate-kit-for-raspberry-pi?utm_medium=cpc
Basic prototyping board for 5 Euros from Watterott: http://www.watterott.com/de/RPi-Proto-HAT

Guest

Hello,
yes that was also my opinion.

Thanks for the feedback.

Guest

raspberry Pi 3 B released / raspberry Pi 3 A announced:
http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2016/02/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-3-model-b/

edit: sorry havnt seen that there is a separate thread