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side rant: it's annoying how you can't buy these things by themselves, usually bundled with crap I do want this, I think it's taken for granted how easy this t

side rant: it's annoying how you can't buy these things by themselves, usually bundled with crap I do want this, I think it's taken for granted how easy this thing can connect to a camera. I bought a Teensy/blue/BeagleBone/etc.. thinking "Oh I'll just plug in a camera into it". For the Teensy it won't but maybe the Beagle bone. I was using a single core Pi Zero so it was noticeable doing things like iterating over frames. Granted it can just be poor code on my part/noob in OpenCV.

avhon1 5y ago
It seems pretty easy to order just the Pi? I opened the US suppliers, and of the ones that aren't already out of stock, you can: buy directly from Makerbright: https://makerbright.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-.html https://makerbright.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-.html or place an order, which will ship in early November, from: * Sparkfun https://www.sparkfun.com/products/18713 https://www.sparkfun.com/products/18713 * PiShop https://www.pishop.us/product/raspberry-pi-zero-w-2/ https://www.pishop.us/product/raspberry-pi-zero-w-2/ * CanaKit https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w.html https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w.html
- jessfyi 5y ago
  Ah thanks! I also just realized other vendors would likely ship later. Wish they mentioned them in the official blogpost as well.
- jcun4128 5y ago
  Thanks for that, yeah I saw the two on the rpi site suggested were already out of stock. I do normally buy from Amazon/locker but I just grabbed one from MakerBright. Part of me feels bad whenever I use these so much computing wasted, like I have one taking a picture of an indoor garden/turning a light on/off with a cron job/Apache server and that's it. Oh well, good time for tech anyway.
- numpad0 5y ago
  Zero WH and Zero bundles are unlimited but bare Zero/Zero W are limited to 1 per customer/account/shipping address. Allegedly sold at loss, that’s also why Zero WH exists.
el_oni 5y ago
I think that's more due to the 3rd party seller than the raspberry pi foundation. I just picked one up from the pihut[0] without anything bundled in. [0]https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2 https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2

avhon1 5y ago

It seems pretty easy to order just the Pi? I opened the US suppliers, and of the ones that aren't already out of stock, you can: buy directly from Makerbright: https://makerbright.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-.html https://makerbright.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-.html or place an order, which will ship in early November, from: * Sparkfun https://www.sparkfun.com/products/18713 https://www.sparkfun.com/products/18713 * PiShop https://www.pishop.us/product/raspberry-pi-zero-w-2/ https://www.pishop.us/product/raspberry-pi-zero-w-2/ * CanaKit https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w.html https://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w.html

jessfyi 5y ago
Ah thanks! I also just realized other vendors would likely ship later. Wish they mentioned them in the official blogpost as well.
jcun4128 5y ago
Thanks for that, yeah I saw the two on the rpi site suggested were already out of stock. I do normally buy from Amazon/locker but I just grabbed one from MakerBright. Part of me feels bad whenever I use these so much computing wasted, like I have one taking a picture of an indoor garden/turning a light on/off with a cron job/Apache server and that's it. Oh well, good time for tech anyway.
numpad0 5y ago
Zero WH and Zero bundles are unlimited but bare Zero/Zero W are limited to 1 per customer/account/shipping address. Allegedly sold at loss, that’s also why Zero WH exists.

el_oni 5y ago

I think that's more due to the 3rd party seller than the raspberry pi foundation. I just picked one up from the pihut[0] without anything bundled in. [0]https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2 https://thepihut.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2