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so? $49 is way too expensive for this. i can get a x86 from ebay way more cheaper than this. who would even bother, the rpi zero is $5.

by tty7 9y ago

Teever 9y ago
I've never seen a rpi zero for $5 in my country. At least $11 and then there's shipping. and limits of one per customer.
- fomojola 9y ago
  (Anecdata) If you happen to be in Cambridge Massachusetts go to MicroCenter and ask: I have 5 that have all been bought at $5 ($10 for the Pi Zero W, which is still incredible to me).
- berbec 9y ago
  I've bought multiple Pi Zero Ws for $5 at my local microcenter. The first one is $5 but the second one is $15. I just would pick one up on lunch every couple days. I have four in my house. $20
  - StavrosK 9y ago
    I wish they didn't pull that shit, though. I can't buy two of them because of that. I didn't even know you can buy more than one, every site limits to one per order. I wish they just priced them normally and let me buy them in bulk. Right now my Pi Zero is collecting dust because I know I can't find a second one easily. Meanwhile, I buy ESP8266s by the tens and use them for every throwaway purpose.
bunderbunder 9y ago
Not an apples-to-apples comparison. The pi zero has no wireless, a single-core ARM11 CPU, no on-board flash storage, less than half as many GPIO pins, requires a higher supply voltage, etc etc. The pi 3 is much more comparable, and at a much more comparable price, especially after you add in the price of the SD card, which is necessary. Pi 3 is also much bigger, and, I'm guessing, draws more power.
- hdra 9y ago
  Pi Zero W includes wlan and bluetooth, and the kit that includes PSU and SD card cost around ~$35. Stil I agree, its not really comparable. The Pis is mostly learning/teaching tool. I can see using this in a product directly. Something I would grab when I needed something more than an ESP.
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- Nexxxeh 9y ago
  The closer comparison is with the Raspberry Pi Compute Modules. Notably the 3 and 3 Lite, with eMMC and without respectively, $30 and $25. No wireless though.
voltagex_ 9y ago
I'll PayPal you $5 if you can show me a receipt for a purchased Pi Zero for $5.
- nmjohn 9y ago
  I've ordered multiple rpi zero's / zero w's at cost ($5/$10 respectively) + a few dollars for shipping. Purchased through adafruit, pi hut, and canakit. No need for a receipt, it's in stock for purchase right now [0][1][2] What you don't get however, is the ability to purchase them in any bulk quantity at that price. However the bulk price is still much less than $49. [0]: https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero.html https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero.html [1]: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero [2]: https://www.adafruit.com/product/3400 https://www.adafruit.com/product/3400
- hoffs 9y ago
  https://imgur.com/gallery/myVny https://imgur.com/gallery/myVny my PayPal is masle.com@gmail.com. Thanks!
  - StavrosK 9y ago
    That's more like ten dollars though.
    - lorenzhs 9y ago
      Nobody claimed it was $5 including shipping. It's still £3.82 ($5.32) without VAT (deducting it since US prices never include sales tax, either) and shipping at Pimoroni UK right now.
      - StavrosK 9y ago
        It's not $5 plus $5 shipping unless I can buy three for $20. Otherwise it's just $10 including shipping. Since you can't buy more than one, "shipping" is just a way to get the price up. It's like those eBay sellers who sell a $10 item for $1 and charge $12 for shipping, per item.
squarefoot 9y ago
The RPi Zero at $5 is a (hardly verifiable) reality only for a few lucky purchasers, especially writers in some blogs/magazines, but an urban legend for everyone else. 10 people every now and then telling the world they got it at $5 mean nothing when there are thousands who can't get it without price inflating bundles. We already know why it is produced in so scarce quantities, so I won't comment further. Besides that, the RPi Zero has also way inferior capabilities compared to this one.. Regarding the Emlid board, yes, it's way overpriced, but it doesn't seem a product aimed at makers -though it also tries to sell itself as such-. Once you add the board to make it useable the price will grow a lot. To me it has its uses as an industrial module manufacturers can stick into their products. I personally would rather get a NanoPi NEO2 plus its dock at a total cost of $28, or 10 more for 1GB RAM, and the OrangePI also has some boards with similar characteristics, but that's a personal choice: Nano/OrangePI boards are wonderful boards for makers and experimenters but if you're building something critical then you should look elsewhere. If the Emlid board satisfies safety requirements then its price is totally justified (and selling it as a makers board could do bad PR), otherwise they should make a breadboard friendly version at a lower price.
- imtringued 9y ago
  THe RPi Zero is misleading. It has less performance than this. The direct competitor is the RPi3 and costs $35 which is $15 less and it doesnt require a breakout board to access it's IO. The eMMC is the only interesting aspect about this board. SD card manufacturers can get away with using the shittiest flash and controllers they can find because SD cards can be replaced. eMMC is not user serviceable and therefore actually needs to be... you know... reliable. This board is clearly not for hobbyists. It's intended for hardware startups that will design their own custom breakout boards.
- nottorp 9y ago
  For the record, I have a few RPi Zeros but they were all sold as kits costing $20-$30. Also, PIs aren't so solid. Definitely not good for industrial use.
- hellweaver666 9y ago
  I'm not sure where you live, but the Pi Zero isn't a myth. Just this week I bought two Pi Zero HW's and a standard Pi Zero. The standard Zero was just over €5 + shipping. I could only buy one zero, but I could have bought 50 or more of the HW's as they don't have the purchase restriction. The Pi Zero is easily obtainable now Adafruit have it for $5+shipping in the US, Kiwi-electronics have it for €5+shipping in Europe and Pimoroni have it for £5+shipping in the UK. Hardly a myth.
alex_hitchins 9y ago
Could you send me a link? I'm in the market for one of these boards and would be interested to see what the alternative secondhand option would be. Better to reuse & recycle than create more landfill.

so? $49 is way too expensive for this. i can get a x86 from ebay way more cheaper than this. who would even bother, the rpi zero is $5.

by tty7 9y ago

so? $49 is way too expensive for this. i can get a x86 from ebay way more cheaper than this. who would even bother, the rpi zero is $5.

Teever 9y ago

I've never seen a rpi zero for $5 in my country. At least $11 and then there's shipping. and limits of one per customer.

fomojola 9y ago
(Anecdata) If you happen to be in Cambridge Massachusetts go to MicroCenter and ask: I have 5 that have all been bought at $5 ($10 for the Pi Zero W, which is still incredible to me).
berbec 9y ago
I've bought multiple Pi Zero Ws for $5 at my local microcenter. The first one is $5 but the second one is $15. I just would pick one up on lunch every couple days. I have four in my house. $20
- StavrosK 9y ago
  I wish they didn't pull that shit, though. I can't buy two of them because of that. I didn't even know you can buy more than one, every site limits to one per order. I wish they just priced them normally and let me buy them in bulk. Right now my Pi Zero is collecting dust because I know I can't find a second one easily. Meanwhile, I buy ESP8266s by the tens and use them for every throwaway purpose.

bunderbunder 9y ago

Not an apples-to-apples comparison. The pi zero has no wireless, a single-core ARM11 CPU, no on-board flash storage, less than half as many GPIO pins, requires a higher supply voltage, etc etc. The pi 3 is much more comparable, and at a much more comparable price, especially after you add in the price of the SD card, which is necessary. Pi 3 is also much bigger, and, I'm guessing, draws more power.

hdra 9y ago
Pi Zero W includes wlan and bluetooth, and the kit that includes PSU and SD card cost around ~$35. Stil I agree, its not really comparable. The Pis is mostly learning/teaching tool. I can see using this in a product directly. Something I would grab when I needed something more than an ESP.
- deleted 9y ago
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Nexxxeh 9y ago
The closer comparison is with the Raspberry Pi Compute Modules. Notably the 3 and 3 Lite, with eMMC and without respectively, $30 and $25. No wireless though.

voltagex_ 9y ago

I'll PayPal you $5 if you can show me a receipt for a purchased Pi Zero for $5.

nmjohn 9y ago
I've ordered multiple rpi zero's / zero w's at cost ($5/$10 respectively) + a few dollars for shipping. Purchased through adafruit, pi hut, and canakit. No need for a receipt, it's in stock for purchase right now [0][1][2] What you don't get however, is the ability to purchase them in any bulk quantity at that price. However the bulk price is still much less than $49. [0]: https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero.html https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero.html [1]: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero [2]: https://www.adafruit.com/product/3400 https://www.adafruit.com/product/3400
hoffs 9y ago
https://imgur.com/gallery/myVny https://imgur.com/gallery/myVny my PayPal is masle.com@gmail.com. Thanks!
- StavrosK 9y ago
  That's more like ten dollars though.
  - lorenzhs 9y ago
    Nobody claimed it was $5 including shipping. It's still £3.82 ($5.32) without VAT (deducting it since US prices never include sales tax, either) and shipping at Pimoroni UK right now.
    - StavrosK 9y ago
      It's not $5 plus $5 shipping unless I can buy three for $20. Otherwise it's just $10 including shipping. Since you can't buy more than one, "shipping" is just a way to get the price up. It's like those eBay sellers who sell a $10 item for $1 and charge $12 for shipping, per item.

squarefoot 9y ago

The RPi Zero at $5 is a (hardly verifiable) reality only for a few lucky purchasers, especially writers in some blogs/magazines, but an urban legend for everyone else. 10 people every now and then telling the world they got it at $5 mean nothing when there are thousands who can't get it without price inflating bundles. We already know why it is produced in so scarce quantities, so I won't comment further. Besides that, the RPi Zero has also way inferior capabilities compared to this one.. Regarding the Emlid board, yes, it's way overpriced, but it doesn't seem a product aimed at makers -though it also tries to sell itself as such-. Once you add the board to make it useable the price will grow a lot. To me it has its uses as an industrial module manufacturers can stick into their products. I personally would rather get a NanoPi NEO2 plus its dock at a total cost of $28, or 10 more for 1GB RAM, and the OrangePI also has some boards with similar characteristics, but that's a personal choice: Nano/OrangePI boards are wonderful boards for makers and experimenters but if you're building something critical then you should look elsewhere. If the Emlid board satisfies safety requirements then its price is totally justified (and selling it as a makers board could do bad PR), otherwise they should make a breadboard friendly version at a lower price.

imtringued 9y ago
THe RPi Zero is misleading. It has less performance than this. The direct competitor is the RPi3 and costs $35 which is $15 less and it doesnt require a breakout board to access it's IO. The eMMC is the only interesting aspect about this board. SD card manufacturers can get away with using the shittiest flash and controllers they can find because SD cards can be replaced. eMMC is not user serviceable and therefore actually needs to be... you know... reliable. This board is clearly not for hobbyists. It's intended for hardware startups that will design their own custom breakout boards.
nottorp 9y ago
For the record, I have a few RPi Zeros but they were all sold as kits costing $20-$30. Also, PIs aren't so solid. Definitely not good for industrial use.
hellweaver666 9y ago
I'm not sure where you live, but the Pi Zero isn't a myth. Just this week I bought two Pi Zero HW's and a standard Pi Zero. The standard Zero was just over €5 + shipping. I could only buy one zero, but I could have bought 50 or more of the HW's as they don't have the purchase restriction. The Pi Zero is easily obtainable now Adafruit have it for $5+shipping in the US, Kiwi-electronics have it for €5+shipping in Europe and Pimoroni have it for £5+shipping in the UK. Hardly a myth.

alex_hitchins 9y ago

Could you send me a link? I'm in the market for one of these boards and would be interested to see what the alternative secondhand option would be. Better to reuse & recycle than create more landfill.