US$10 Raspberry Pi Zero W Launches

In November 2022, the Raspberry Pi range expanded with a new board that was then cheap it was included for free on the front end of the MagPi magazine. After that issue promptly sold out, the Raspberry Pi Zero was offered for sale for just $v.

However, to offer a unmarried board computer for the same price every bit a coffee didn't come without compromises. The Naught lacked some primal features of the more expensive Pi models, including wireless. Today, to help celebrate the Pi's 5th birthday, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is fixing that problem with the introduction of the Raspberry Pi Zero Westward.

The Zero West doubles the price to $10, but in return for the extra greenbacks it includes wireless LAN and Bluetooth iv.one. In doing so, it aims to solve the dongle problem. The Pi Zero only includes 1 USB port and it was being used to attach a dongle so equally to plug in all the required peripherals to use the board. The Cipher W removes the need for a dongle (and for less than a dongle costs) assuasive you to interact wirelessly with the board for most tasks, including Net admission and keyboard and mouse control.

The spec of the Pi Cypher W is as follows:

1GHz, single-cadre CPU
512MB RAM
Mini-HDMI port
Micro-USB On-The-Go port
Micro-USB power
Chapeau-compatible 40-pin header
Composite video and reset headers
CSI camera connector
802.11n wireless LAN
Bluetooth four.0

fourscore,000 units have been fabricated bachelor for the launch today and a further 25,000 volition manufactured every week going forward. There's also an official case to buy, which fits both the Pi Goose egg and Pi Zero W. It ships with three interchangeable lids (blank, GPIO admission, and camera variants) and a short camera adapter flexi cable and rubber feet.

For virtually people, the larger and more expensive Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is the meliorate choice if they intend to use the Pi as an actual computer running Linux. The Pi Cipher variants are aimed at projects where information technology forms the brains of another device, be that an electric skateboard, conditions station, or miniature arcade cabinet to proper name simply a few. Also keep in mind you will need to purchase accessories, which is why Raspberry Pi starter kits are so popular.

The Raspberry Pi Web log includes details of where to purchase a Pi Nada W from, with shipping available to the UK, US, Canada, Frg, Austria, Switzerland, French republic, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Turkey. Some online retailers will transport to other parts of the world.