Five years since the Raspberry Pi burst on to the scene, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched Raspberry Pi Zero W. The wireless LAN enabled version of the Raspberry Pi Zero will cost just $10.
While Raspberry Pi Zero has found many applications, the lack of wireless connectivity meant the use of dongles or a USB hub. Zero W is said to overcome this by integrating the Cypress CYW43438 wireless chip found in the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. With this, the Pi Zero W supports IEEE802.11n wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity.
Alongside a 1GHz single core CPU and 512Mbyte of RAM, the board comes with a Mini-HDMI port, a Micro-USB On-The-Go port, Micro-USB power and a HAT-compatible 40-pin header.
Eben Upton, chief executive of Raspberry Pi Trading, said: “We imagine you’ll find all sorts of uses for Zero W. It makes a better general purpose computer because you’re less likely to need a hub: if you’re using Bluetooth peripherals, you might well end up with nothing at all plugged into the USB port. And of course it’s a great platform for experimenting with IoT applications.”
Author
Graham Pitcher
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk