Issue #128 — Zero

Hi

On Thursday the Foundation announced the immediate release of a new product: Raspberry Pi Zero, at just $5, and free on the front cover of The MagPi.

Ben

Picture of the week

The brand new $5 Raspberry Pi Zero

News

• Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer (raspberrypi.org)
  Official announcement of Pi Zero
• The MagPi Issue #40 (raspberrypi.org)
  The new MagPi is on sale - with a free computer on the cover
• Hour of Code 2015 (raspberrypi.org)
  Free Pi and PC learning resources for the hour of code
• Raspbian Jessie Lite (raspberrypi.org)
  An official minimal Raspbian image based on Debian Jessie
• GPIO Zero: a friendly Python API for physical computing (raspberrypi.org)
  GPIO Zero is here - installed in Jessie and available from the apt repo

Projects

• Alex’s Nixie Clock (raspberrypi.org)
  Clock (not bomb) project from ten year old Texan Alex
• $5 Raspberry Pi Zero Pirate Radio Throwies (makezine.com)
  Build a Raspberry Pi Pirate Radio with a Pi Zero
• High Performance Computing Fortran Compiler Agreement (hackaday.com)
  You can try out GPU programming on your Raspberry Pi
• lightshowpi (lightshowpi.org)
  Create your own light show using LightShow Pi
• Indoors workout stepper (instructables.com)
  Use an indoor workout stepper with the Raspberry Pi and Arduino
• MooseBox (github.com)
  Cold air automation and temperature monitoring platform

Articles & more

• Did you get a Raspberry Pi Zero? (raspberrypi.org)
  Review of the best of tweets and media from Pi Zero launch day
• Raspberry Pi Zero: a $5 computer (opensource.com)
  All you need to know to get started with the new Pi Zero
• Shrinking to Zero: The Raspberry Pi gets smaller (bbc.co.uk)
  The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones covers the latest Pi hardware release
• Raspberry Pi's latest computer so cheap it comes free with magazine (theguardian.com)
  Made in Wales and selling for £4, the Pi Zero comes free with the MagPi
• The $5 Raspberry Pi Zero could be as revolutionary as the original (wired.co.uk)
  The smallest Raspberry Pi yet might be its biggest
• Raspberry Pi Announces $5 Computer: Model Zero (makezine.com)
  Raspberry Pi announced its newest model, the Zero, costing just $5
• The $5 Raspberry Pi Zero (hackaday.com)
  It's the smallest Pi yet, while still keeping the core experience
• How Google Inspired Raspberry Pi's $5 Computer (blogs.wsj.com)
  A chance encounter with Google chairman Eric Schmidt led to Pi Zero
• Raspberry Pi Zero: £4 computer sells out in less than 24 hours (telegraph.co.uk)
  Around 20,000 Pi Zero units were sold on day one
• Raspberry Pi Zero already sold out, says 'amazed' founder (wired.co.uk)
  Virtually every Pi Zero in existence has been sold within 24 hours
• Raspberry Pi Zero sells out within 24 hours (arstechnica.com)
  Touts have already started selling the $5 Pi Zero on Ebay for up to $150
• Raspberry Pi schools competition in Lebanon (develop-online.net)
  Raspberry Pi schools competition will seek new programming talent in Lebanon
• Running a Bitcoin node just got cheaper with the $5 Raspberry Pi Zero (themerkle.com)
  Pi Zero makes for a very affordable Bitcoin node
• GPIO Zero for the Raspberry Pi (recantha.co.uk)
  Mike Horne gives GPIO Zero a spin - and loves it!

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