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I'm still waiting for a Zero. A Zero with onboard Wifi would be brilliant: really small, needs little power, and you don't need to hook it up to anything but th
by forinti 11y ago
I'm still waiting for a Zero. A Zero with onboard Wifi would be brilliant: really small, needs little power, and you don't need to hook it up to anything but the power supply.
- elcct 11y agoI wouldn't mind onboard power supply though
- cmdrfred 11y agoWith a Zero with an on board power supply, Wifi, and Bluetooth the possibilities are endless.
- roywiggins 11y agoHere's someone working on a ESP8266 module for the Zero, which will include a simple power supply: https://hackaday.io/project/8678-rpi-wifi https://hackaday.io/project/8678-rpi-wifi Looks like they are planning to offer a few for sale eventually.
- akhilcacharya 11y agoGet a Chip!
- kale 11y agoSeems like you'd get a Pi Zero before you'd get a chip. They don't start shipping until June, and I see Zeros in stock for a few seconds (some on Adafruit yesterday, although they sold out in seconds).
- morganvachon 11y agoI have a CHIP, from the Kickstarter campaign. It really is a better deal than the Pi Zero, unless you have Pi-specific needs. It's much more powerful than the Zero in my testing (though not quite as powerful as the Pi 2) and the built in Wi-Fi/BT is awesome. The fact you can attach a LiPo battery and have it managed by an onboard power regulator is worth the whole $9 as far as I'm concerned. The only downside is no HDMI or even VGA until the respective adapters come out...in June. I currently only have one screen in the house with a composite input and it's not always available for tinkering.
- raziel2701 11y agoAnother downside is the size of the community. I think this is why the pi is going to be around for a long time despite not having the best tech specs around. There are all kinds of tutorials for hundreds of projects and the prevalence and availability of rpi forums further lower the barrier for entry.
- syberphunk 11y agoYou're going to be waiting a long time.
- Nexxxeh 11y agoNot necessarily. I picked one up about a week ago, I guess? Impulse purchase. Keep an eye on etailers that won't back-order, and just nab one when they come into stock. There's a stampede, but it's then luck of the draw.