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| DATE | 2015-11-27 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Five bucks, no kidding!
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price war
On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 08:39:05PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Pi Zero: A full Raspberry Pi for just $5
> New Raspberry Pi costs less than the HDMI cable you'll need to plug it
> into a TV.
>
> by Sebastian Anthony (UK) - Nov 26, 2015 3:30am PST
>
> Have you ever wanted a Raspberry Pi but thought that £16/$25—roughly
> three packs of cigarettes—was a little exorbitant for a complete
> computer capable of running Linux? Well, I have good news: The
> Raspberry Pi Foundation has just released the Pi Zero, a single-board
> computer that costs just £4/$5.
>
> The Zero isn't just some add-on module or something like that,
> either—it's a full-fledged member of the Raspberry Pi family. The Zero
> is powered by a Broadcom BCM2835 (the same SoC in the Raspberry Pi 1),
> with a 1GHz ARM11 CPU core. There's 512MB of RAM; a micro SD slot; two
> micro USB sockets (data and power); and a mini HDMI socket that can
> output at 1080p60. Perhaps most importantly, though, the Zero has 40
> GPIO pins with the same pinout as the Model A+, B+, and 2B. There's
> also some headers for RCA composite video out.
>
> The ARM CPU, according to the Foundation, is 40 percent faster than the
> original Raspberry Pi 1 Models A, A+, B, and B+. The SoC, plus the RAM
> and the standard GPIO layout, means that the Zero has enough chutzpah to
> run Raspbian. It should also be fully compatible with most existing
> Raspberry Pi software and projects.
> [...]
>
>
> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/11/pi-zero-a-full-raspberry-pi-for-just-4/
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