Raspberry Pi Zero for $8.94 is available on backorder.
Limit of one per customer (as requested by the Raspberry Pi Foundation).
Expected dispatch date is between May 09 and Jun 13.
$3 untracked delivery is also available if you are interested in this shipping method.
Pi-hole
Camera (i.e. doorbell camera)
Retro game console
Media streamer
Print server
And a lot more if you're willing to do some extra work - the above are just ones that require (in my opinion) a bit less finagling.
https://itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-zero-projects/
https://raspberrytips.com/raspberry-pi-zero-projects/
https://lifehacker.com/top-10-raspberry-pi-zero-projects-tha…
https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-roundup/10-things-to…
I believe the $8.94 is for the Raspberry Pi Zero (non-wireless) version, the Raspberry Pi Zero W is $17.95 and OOS
Correct, Not the wireless version. Posted only Zero valiant but during revision, it was made Zero W. I have edited the post again. Thanks.
@IDontKnowWhyImHere: Oops 😬 My bad. Sorry.
I got side tracked checking out the difference between the W and the 2 W and forgot that your deal was for the non-wireless version.
Brilliant, thank you for sharing.
CMIIW but this appears to be the (oldest) non wifi Zero, not the Zero W ($17.95) that you mention; and not the latest Zero which is the Zero 2W ($22.95).
Correct, Not the wireless version and not the latest wireless variant. Posted only for Zero valiant but during revision, it was made Zero W. I have edited the post again.
And, I was after just the Zero variant for my use so posted it for someone who wants just Zero. Thanks.
Having said that I am sure there are still lots of nice uses.. for example an offline surveillance camera using Motioneye - you could just go and collect the memory card if there was a breakin/incident you wanted to see footage of (just not for real time monitoring)
The v2 camera alone costs >4x this board so cheaping out on the pi makes no sense for this purpose. If you want cheap surveillance you might as well get an ESP32 cam board.
Honestly I can't think of any useful projects which don't make use of any network connectivity.
AAARRG! Where is the 0W/2W?!
Can this be used for home bridge?
Don't bother, it's too under powered. Camera works well with another Rasp Pi 3/4 running Homebridge
Which Raspberry Pi is more suitable to run Pi-hole?
Very low resources used I am running it on the original pi with no issues. Depending how you want to connect wifi or ethernet would determine if you can use a zero board without expansions.
The one in this deal does not have wireless, so you'd need to connect either a USB-to-Ethernet adapter or a USB-WiFi adapter.
The Zero (both W and non-W) and full-Pi are both fully capable of running Pi-Hole. Depending on how busy your network is, having a full-Pi with a proper Ethernet port and more hardware resources (i.e. RAM) would potentially be more performant - and with the Pi-4 specifically no longer sharing bandwidth with the USB bus even more so.
Whether those performance improvements are noticable or not is another question: it's not like all your network traffic is going via Pi-Hole: only DNS requests. So most of your traffic will involve the Pi-Hole, but the required bandwidth isn't ridiculous compared to streaming, torrenting, etc. (Pi-hole you're setting up a local DNS server; not a router or VPN node, which would involve most/all of your traffic)
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/belkin-usb-on-the-go-micr…
Would this work with a usb Ethernet adapter
Not sure if you need to have OTG to connect an ethernet adapter, but that cable would give you the full-size USB port you would likely need with a USB-Ethernet adapter like this one: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/d-link-usb-3-0-to-gigabit…
(i.e. you would need both these products, as the Pi Zero only has Micro USB ports; assuming OTG is either required or doesn't cause any issues (I don't think either is the case))
@Chandler: https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMbZQoi
I think this should do the trick, and for connecting peripherals
This is not a great deal, at least get the wireless version or you be spending more $$ on conneting to the network.
That said it's pretty easy to disassemble a cheap $5 usb nano adapter and solder the adapter board to the pi. I've done it but it does use up the only available usb port. But it's more trouble than it's worth not to get a W board.
Odd Question, but does anybody know where I can get stock of Pi2's ? Yes Need 2's … No other model…just 2's.
I'd email Core Electronics as their supplier might stock them but no demand to have them listed.
My go to website for part searching is octopart.com - it aggregates data from a bunch of suppliers and shows you inventory and prices. The stock levels aren't always accurate but it's a good starting point.
They show RS Components has 3 in stock still for the "Raspberry Pi 2 Model B" https://octopart.com/raspberry+pi+2+model+b-raspberry+pi-584…
But when you go to RS website, they claim to have over 1000! https://au.rs-online.com/web/p/raspberry-pi/8326274
I have one. I used it for a retroPi project but only ended up using it for a week and now its just sitting there.
Its sitting in a NES case made for it that I got from core
I am more than happy to buy it from you.
PM me a price you’d be looking for it
not sure what a good price would be
Yeah I bought the Pi Zero too, setup RetroPie, Webserver. I have not plugged it in for a long time too.
Amazing tech for less than $10 but I do wish I paid extra for the Wireless version. Plugging in a USB wifi dongle and Bluetooth dongle works out more and is clumsy.
But it boots so slow…. Maybe it is just my memory sticks, painful… So I setup a laptop with much more games with Emulation station like the RetroPie and downloaded heaps of games, but that also has been off for more than a year. Spent 10x more time setting up than playing.
Best bet is to sign up to Core to get a notification when it's back in stock and then act quickly when you get the email.
Plenty on Facebook Marketplace.
Thanks OP, been on the lookout for one of these all year! Will be trying to program up a word clock
"Regretfully we have had a stock issue on our website and Pi Zero alert emails were sent by accident. We do not have stock and I have processed a refund for your order. The refund should clear in 1-3 business days."
Order cancelled :(
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Basic uses? I gifted a friend w/the RPi4 w/8GB RAM and he's been using as a desktop for now.