Pi Zero is a $5 DIY Computer, and Yes It Really Can be Had for Five Dollars

When the first Raspberry Pi single board computer launched in 2012, many people were surprised that anyone could pack that much computing power into such a small space and charge only $35. Over the years the folks behind it have improved on the Raspberry Pi while still keeping the price at $35, and now they've gone one better. Earlier today Ars Technica broke the news on the Pi Zero, a new version of the Raspberry Pi which is launching today in the UK, where it is being sold bundled with the December edition of TheMagPi magazine. You can also find it in the UK at The Pi Hut and Pimoroni, or in the US at Microcenter or at Adafruit, where it's being sold for $5 (sans cable, storage, case, etc). The Raspberry Pi Zero is powered by the same CPU as the origninal Raspberry Pi, only with a faster clock speed. It packs in a 1GHzBroadcom BCM2835 chip with 512MB RAM, a microSD card slot, 2 micro USB ports (data and power); and a mini HDMI port which can output at 1080p. And just to be clear, this isn't a computer so much as it's the guts of one. At a minimum you're going to need cables and storage (which some of us [...]

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