Raspberry Pi Zero + Wi-Fi dongle Review

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Review of Raspberry Pi Zero + Wi-Fi dongle powered by the Slant community.

Price: Raspberry Pi Zero ($5) + Wi-Fi dongle ($3.49+)

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Pros

Pro
Large community

It's widely supported and you'll find a lot of resources on how to get whatever you want to do done on Raspberry Pi. It's as of 2014 still the most famous single-board computer (just check eBay).

Pro
Good performance for the price

The Raspberry Pi Zero has a 1 GHz ARMv6 CPU and 512MB of RAM.

Pro
Supports the Raspberry Pi Foundation

Raspberry Pi Foundation promotes studying computer science in schools.

Cons

Con
No onboard stoarge

The device has a microSD slot and needs a card to act as storage.

Con
Wi-Fi dongle takes up the only peripheral USB port

Pi Zero has 2 USB ports - one for peripherals, the other one for power. Since getting Wi-Fi on the Pi Zero requires a USB dongle that takes up the only peripheral USB port, a USB hub might be needed to attach keyboard and mouse.

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