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antongribok · 2017-12-27 16:06:12+00:00

If you have a MicroCenter close by, you can get the Raspberry Pi Zero W for $5.

tmaly | karma 3852 | avg karma 0.95 · | 2019-02-11 15:09:32+00:00

I have managed to buy a Pi zero for $5 at a Micro Center store.

lannisterstark | karma 1085 | avg karma 2.04 · | 2023-10-30 10:59:06

Not everyone lives near a microcenter though. The pi zero W/2W comes out to like , $15+ ship + taxes and is more like $24.

heywire | karma 1967 | avg karma 2.99 · | 2018-12-10 20:52:51

Depending on the project, Raspberry Pi Zero W is often powerful enough. $5 on sale at Microcenter, $4 for the case.

tssva | karma 5581 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2020-05-15 14:35:50

A RPi Zero W is only $10 where I live and sometimes is on sale for less.

iamflimflam1 | karma 4302 | avg karma 3.83 · | 2022-12-17 04:08:15

You can get a pi zero w for $10

ranger_danger | karma 649 | avg karma 0.48 · | 2022-05-16 15:15:42

Where are you finding raspberry pi for $5?

pulse7 | karma 2572 | avg karma 3.1 · | 2016-11-04 09:40:06+00:00

$4 will buy you: 580MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 8MB NOR storage, Wi-Fi.

$5 will buy you Raspberry Pi Zero: 1 GHz CPU, 512 MB, 1 Micro-USB, camera interface (CSI), Mini-HDMI.

So if you need WiFi, VoCore is cheaper.

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olegkikin | karma 1731 | avg karma 3.06 · | 2016-11-04 15:19:53+00:00

$5 buys you Raspberry Pi Zero: 512MB RAM, 1GHz CPU, MicroSD slot, 40 I/O pins, mini-HDMI, microUSB.

knowaveragejoe | karma 2819 | avg karma 2.01 · | 2024-05-15 19:20:57

On the other hand, a Pi zero is <$10. I remember them being $1 at Microcenter for a time.

Is the cheapest Intel system as power sipping as the Pi's?

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raptor99 | karma 33 | avg karma 0.72 · | 2022-05-04 05:54:04

He is more than likely talking about a Pi Zero or even a Pi Zero W (built in wifi). I have bought both before for $5 each also.

iask | karma 263 | avg karma 2.07 · | 2016-06-15 17:30:31+00:00

Interesting. I went to Microcenter once and got a tablet for $20 bucks. Nothing fancy though...had Jellybean installed. I will definitely check them out for the pi zero...hope I am not too late to the party.

bobleeswagger | karma 43 | avg karma 0.19 · | 2022-12-19 17:15:38

Raspberry pi zero or equivalent. Less than $10 and power is virtually free no matter where it runs.

dumpsterlid | karma 403 | avg karma 1.27 · | 2022-11-05 12:18:57

A raspberry pi is only like $40 also

3chelon | karma 1124 | avg karma 3.0 · | 2018-12-10 16:01:28+00:00

To be fair, a Pi Zero W costs less than £10, or the equivalent in dollars.

DeathArrow | karma 9561 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2021-12-02 23:54:29

Raspberry Pi is $50.

RamenJunkie_ | karma | avg karma · | 2016-06-15 12:01:25+00:00

Pi Zero is $5 but it doesn't have blue tooth, or Wifi and you're probably going to need a dongle to use an HDMI cable and a dongle to convert the micro USB to a usable real USB. The CHIP is pretty much a cheaper Pi Zero.

JshWright | karma 13295 | avg karma 3.64 · | 2015-12-14 15:07:34

Even more relevant is the ESP8266 at $2. The Pi Zero doesn't have WiFi, and has _way_ more computing power than you would need to run a few RGB LEDs.

cdnsteve | karma 2107 | avg karma 3.35 · | 2015-11-26 20:14:53+00:00

When I see $5 all I can think about is a massive cluster of these working together with something like Apache Mesos (http://mesos.apache.org/). The Raspberry Pi Zero, due to low cost, low power requirements (Around the 160mA mark (0.5/0.7W!) and small form factor, could be the future of data centres.

You could literally build a 100Ghz machine for $500.

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mmoskal | karma 631 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2021-01-21 16:50:19+00:00

You can never get RPi Zero at $5 in volume. It's always one per household, etc. It's a subsidized educational price.

OTOH for this kind of board $4 seems like about the right price - RP2040 looks like ~$1 MCU to me.

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