Raspberry Pi Zero - The $5 Computer

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The World’s Most Affordable Computer

Raspberry Pi has become popular in the last couple of years for selling credit card sized computers for just $35. Just when we thought the price could not get any better they have done it again. The company has introduced the Raspberry Pi Zero. This is an even smaller version of previous Raspberry Pi models and it sells for just $5. The company is focusing on affordability as one of their primary goals. They feel that “Even in the developed world, a programmable computer is a luxury item for a lot of people, and every extra dollar that we ask someone to spend decreases the chance that they’ll choose to get involved”. This is a smart move for the company, to empower people by providing them with an even more affordable product.

Technical Specifications

Now that you know how affordable this micro-computer is you might be wondering about the specs. Let me start by saying that the Raspberry Pi Zero runs Raspbian operating system. It also runs other popular applications such as Scratch, Minecraft and Sonic Pi. As with other models the cases, cables, MicroSD, mouse and keyboard are sold separately. Here are the full specs:

A Broadcom BCM2835 application processor
- 1GHz ARM11 core (40% faster than Raspberry Pi 1)
512MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM
A micro-SD card slot
A mini-HDMI socket for 1080p60 video output
Micro-USB sockets for data and power
An unpopulated 40-pin GPIO header
- Identical pinout to Model A+/B+/2B
An unpopulated composite video header
Our smallest ever form factor, at 65mm x 30mm x 5mm

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Christiantheman

Wow definitely going to buy one. I M huge on technology so this got my attention right away!

Targaryen

Very nice – Will buy one soon to check it out. Already played around with the $35 one and I loved it.

Joker

This is incredible. I spend 5 bucks for breakfast everyday. I would have built a server room by now with these.

Kal-El

I wonder if I can pair this up with a very small monitor and take it to starbucks to browse the deep webb. That would be my main purpose for this.

I am with you on that! If so it would be epic.

JonSnow

Can I play the new call of duty on it? If I can’t then it is useless to me. (I’m certain it’ll run Overwatch cause blizzard optimizes the poop out of their software)