Pi Zero Impressions

First Impressions of the new tiny £5 Raspberry Pi Zero.

29 Feb 2016  •  2 min

I brought a Raspberry Pi Zero on Friday because it was really hyped up and it was also very cheap. I brought mine from The Pi Hut, I got the Zero + Essentials Kit variation (which costed £10.25 at the time of purchase).

First Impressions

My first impression of the Pi Zero was that it was extremely small. The only place I had seen it is in magazines which made it look bigger. When I first booted it up it took a while making me think it was going to be quite slow but once it was booted up it seemed quite snappy (in bash/command line mode).

Setup

network={
    ssid="ssid of your network"
    psk="password of your network"
}

Overall the Raspberry Pi Zero is great for the £5 price tag but can set you back a little more for the adapters. It is very small so can be used for projects when a traditional Pi is too big.

Jake Walker

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