Pi Zero new feature

[Douglas6]

Sigh. Another week of this interminable thread.

[jamesh]

Sigh. Another week of this interminable thread.

Sad, but true.....

[phpandsql]

(For those who don't know what we're talking about: viewtopic.php?p=951228#p951228)

Liz could you shed some light on this?

[piglet]

I'm sure she could, but that would spoil their fun.

[jamesh]

Well, I could shed some light on it, bt I prefer to watch you all squirm. Ahhhhh.

[fsck]

Well, I could shed some light on it, bt I prefer to watch you all squirm. Ahhhhh.

Meanwhile, at Pi Towers

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[Dis93]

Oh, how I wish there was an upvote button for fsck and jamesh's comments...

[akginty]

How about some kind of very cheap Radio Frequency (RF) transmitter/receiver.
Considering the Pi Zero is a good candidate for a high-function "Internet Of Things" device, very cheap comms would be fantastic. At a unit cost of £4 - 50 or 100 units would enable some very interesting "things" indeed. Imagine a network of solar powered devices dotted around a farm, measuring environmental conditions, detecting livestock and wild animals, spotting floods early, controlling targetted irrigation. And if a few got eaten by lizards or trodden on by cows, so what, they're cheap to replace, even on a limited budget.

[davidcoton]

How about some kind of very cheap Radio Frequency (RF) transmitter/receiver.
Considering the Pi Zero is a good candidate for a high-function "Internet Of Things" device, very cheap comms would be fantastic. At a unit cost of £4 - 50 or 100 units would enable some very interesting "things" indeed. Imagine a network of solar powered devices dotted around a farm, measuring environmental conditions, detecting livestock and wild animals, spotting floods early, controlling targetted irrigation. And if a few got eaten by lizards or trodden on by cows, so what, they're cheap to replace, even on a limited budget.

Highly unlikely. The cost and effort of gaining regulatory approvals rules it out. It would no longer be a $5 device*. Also, as with the Pi 3, we would probably have seen the publication of FCC documents by now.

*Note that the cost of replacing a deployed Pi Zero with sensors, power supply, etc lost to mutant lizards or stroppy livestock is considerably more than $5 -- including labour, probably nearer $500.

[Flagbit]

It's a Sticker saying:

You won the lottery.
But I got a Raspberry Pi Zero and saw a twoheaded unicorn.

[TimG]

Well, I could shed some light on it, bt I prefer to watch you all squirm. Ahhhhh.

Then we shall continue to post nonsense to this thread, making you squirm too

Is the new feature a waffle iron?

[Dis93]

I reckon it's a flux capacitor integrated on board.

[W. H. Heydt]

I reckon it's a flux capacitor integrated on board.

Already been suggested. Try to be novel in your ideas.

[Dis93]

Too much effort to re-read this type of thread this late at night, H.W.

[solar3000]

Well, I could shed some light on it, bt I prefer to watch you all squirm. Ahhhhh.

Then we shall continue to post nonsense to this thread, making you squirm too

Is the new feature a waffle iron?

No, its made of copper.

[TimG]

I reckon it's a flux capacitor integrated on board.

That would be ridiculous - the Pi-Zero has no wheels.

[Tzarls]

I reckon it's a flux capacitor integrated on board.

That would be ridiculous - the Pi-Zero has no wheels.

No wheels, so you don´t need roads.

[davidcoton]

I reckon it's a flux capacitor integrated on board.

That would be ridiculous - the Pi-Zero has no wheels.

No wheels, so you don´t need roads.

You just use the digital superhighway.

[davidcoton]

Perhaps they will screen-print the URL of this forum on the Zero Rev2 -- so new users know where to come when it doesn't boot. That's why all of us here don't need to know.

[texy]

Locked as it's going far too off topic...again.