Owning a powerful computing machine is something that not many of us can afford but thanks to the introduction of Raspberry Pi Zero, everyone who has $5 in spare cash with them can afford it. Yes, that is correct, Raspberry Pi Zero only costs $5, making it much cheaper than the company’s original Raspberry Pi Model B and its successors, which have been sold in the range of $20-$35. The very surprising thing about Raspberry Pi Zero is that despite its low price tag, it is able to deliver up to 40 percent more performance compared to Raspberry Pi 1.
Specifications of Raspberry Pi Zero
Thanks to the featured 1GHz single core processor made on the ARM11 architecture, programmers and users alike will get more performance from it. The single core chip is present inside a Broadcom BCM2835 AP (or application processor), along with 512MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM. Naturally, the company had to stick with a RAM chip that delivered less bandwidth compared to DDR3 and DDR4 speeds in order to keep the pricing competitive.
There is also a microSD card slot and microUSB ports for the purpose of transferring data and powering up the extremely affordable computer. The remaining specifications have been listed below:
- A miniHDMI port for 1080p60 video output
- A 40-pin GPIO header
- Identical pinout to Model A+/B+/2B
- Composite video header
The Smallest Computer There Is?
Raspberry is not only the most affordable, but also the smallest computer that the company has ever built so far. It measures in at 65mm x 30mm x 5mm, which only means that it will be able to fit into the most smallest of openings and form factors without giving any trouble of fitting in. For programmers out there, this is perhaps the best present they could receive from a tech company. There are several thousand units that have been made and as demand increases, so will the number of units.
Only after few years, it will be available in a few online outlets in Pakistan, with a price tag of almost 3000 rupees…this is how ‘Digital Pakistan’ is moving ahead.
Hope for the best! I presume competition will be high among the online marketers!! You will be able to buy it in Rs.100 as a second hand in a LANDA BAZAR :P
purchase it from ebay for $5, economy shipping is free if not pay a few more, you’ll be able to have it for $5-$10 maximum within one month delivery time.
good idea!
How can a Pakistani buy from eBay when PayPal services don’t exist here?
PayPal is payment processing syste, without using it you can purchase from eBay. Pay via credit card.
eBay uses PayPal to process credit card transactions. It is not like I haven’t tried. There eBay and Paypal go hand in hand.
Yes you can purchase stuff on eBay. But if you select regular postal shipping, there is no guarantee the item is going to reach you. Most probably, it is going to be stolen an Pakistan’s customs.
True, got my spy watch but lost my spy pen, these things were extremely expensive in Pakistan those days (two years ago)
how i can buy from ebay in pakistan
order anything at ebay, while payment option select credit card instead of payment via paypal account.
can i use debit card instead?
it costed me about 5000 in Pak, $25 model
i bought from a online store
Which Store?
Pak robotics may be. I don’t remember much as it was 4 years ago.
from where can i buy this online here?
Go for orange pi pc….A little expensive but much better
Before going for rpi2 I’d researched on it a lot (and other development boards). It’s bit unstable than raspberry pi and lacks user community.
I see potential as a torrent + file server. Has anyone tried using it to serve files within the home network + run a torrent server off of it?
Haven’t tried but you can (home network file sharing)
An awesome thing by them, let it come to Pakistan, it’ll help me in lots of projects…
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Want to know what can be the possible applications of raspberry pi?
Where can i get a beginner level knowledge on this?
You can think raspberry pi as a computer that will control the hardware for you (to turn on/off certain devices under certain circumstances), best place to learn about it is its official forum;
raspberrypi.org/forums/
Also check out
hackster.io/raspberry-pi
you will find an awesome collection of projects based on raspberry pi & other development boards.
You can think raspberry pi as a computer that will control the hardware for you (to turn on/off certain devices under certain circumstances), best place to learn about it is its official forum;
raspberrypi[dot]org/forums/
Also check out
hackster[dot]io/raspberry-pi
you will find an awesome collection of projects based on raspberry pi & other development boards. (replace [dot] with actual dot symbol .)
Dear Omar, where to find it in Pakistan?
contact any dealer like robotics dot pk, etc
or visit college road, RWP
or Hall road, LHR
or Cooperative market, KHI
@muneeb_rajaa:disqus
Hall road per nahi mila…
roboticspk dot com has two models
Roboticspk don’t have raspberry pi zero.
It is nice and CHEAP but lacks in:
processing
no Ethernet port
no audio jack
no Camera interface (CSI)
you mentioned pros, but forgot to compare other things except price.
compare following:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/pi-zero/
vs
https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/
You forgot to mention, its sold out… worldwide .
At least for now, you’ll be suuuuper lucky to get one of these even from the official store!
Can i install windows on this thing and join multiple pis together to make one big supercomputer-ish machine???
If windows supports ARM architecture.
nope, you can install linux (ubuntu mate) & windows 10 ioT (it’s not like normal windows that you use everyday)
Yes. but u have to install windows in an SD card using PC and then plug it in THIS DEVICE.
if you can do this then yes, may be
No. Stop spouting BS about things you have no idea.
yup. u may BShit here, almighty. leaving space for you
Thanks for all the help guys. This leads me to the conclusion that to run windows… i still need the kangaroo…
ProPK. filtering comments which critisize the content of poorly written articles??
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