When will the raspberry pi zero be in stock again?

Rumor has it Microcenter has $5 Raspberry Pi in US in store only. No online. I plan on checking this out this weekend.

Clem

Anyone near a Microcenter in the US should be able to grab 1 or 2. They have a limit on how many. The sales guy said they received 100 and were gone in 3 days.

Clem

How come when we see this question the answer is always that some other company had x but had already sold them y days ago or they occasionally have 1 or 2 hanging around 1 per order if you are lucky. I would like to know when E14/Farnell/CPC will have them in if at all ...it's been over 2 months since they have had any for other than back orders.

Personally I would rather pay say £10 for a zero using the modern SOC and 1GB or something like it. After all you can now get 64 bit Pine boards and Odroid  C0s which  are just a bit more and have some real compute grunt and sweet peripherals!!

Dunno. I am just trying to get my hands on a few to play with and giving help to this side of the pond. I would rather get through online like Element14.

The product features mix is just not there for the 'zero.. it has a great perceived low price, but if it doesn't meet customer needs in terms of actual product functionality then it is a failure.

Today it meets some hobbyist needs, but does nothing for education in schools due to technical issues like lack of usable interfaces without additional hardware and soldering, nor for business use due to low supply levels and sourcing difficulties from their conventional suppliers.

It is rapidly becoming a case-study of how a product can eventually fail in my opinion! I think RPF are wise enough to now see that though, they should use it for publicity but concentrate on their core products.

(Just an opinion.. as always best taken with a pinch of salt : ).

Indeed, I wasn't blaming you in anyway. I managed to get a few for projects and for a certain range of projects they are OK for but really they are a step backwrds for the RPI as a whole, not for the lack of connectors/networking which is afterall the reason you may buy such a low profile board but for the compute aspects. Also the price whilst cheap doesnt encourage the retailers/wholesalers/manufacturers to stock/build them therefore you have some shortage which is isn't in my mind justified a few months in to a revision of a mature product. As I said previously I would rather pay a bit more for a better zero (lets call it a zero+) which is basically an RPI 2 cut down with out the connectors. I think that allowing every one to make a buck or two on it would mean that folk are actually engendered to deliver some to the customer you and me!

I admit I will find the zero as is usefull for a  range of tasks Shabaz. Anything not using a network will be fine. For example I've boughtg a few for balloon launches where the weight and power reduction is relevant  also certain tasks that you may put an Arduino in you can use an RPI and get code execution speeds and sizes many 100's of timesbigger .

Any thing using the network is a bit poor unless you fancy gluing a WIFI to it. If fulfills a hacker tinkerer need as seen by the number of some times forced hacks you see on Hackaday for example.

As an educational tool I don't think it's suitable which is afterall it's proposed primary function.

I would like to get my hands on one ...at least.

I did order one via element14 but then they cancelled my order.

When I asked they said it would be fulfilled when they received stocks.

However I got another email saying it had been cancelled ... again.

I find it strange that other stores seem able to supply yet element14 who are 'partners' with Raspberry Pi can;t manage to meet their customers orders.

Mark

I looked on the RPi website and they show RS and E14 as distributors for the B+ and others but NOT for the zero (where they list 4 hobby suppliers)

It just confirms my long held belief that the RPi Org is not a credible source for a key component for any commercial activity.

MK

I looked on the RPi website and they show RS and E14 as distributors for the B+ and others but NOT for the zero (where they list 4 hobby suppliers)

It just confirms my long held belief that the RPi Org is not a credible source for a key component for any commercial activity.

MK

Unfortunately I have to agree, the zero  would make a good hacker device if you could get one and the RPI2 makes a good media player but the educational goals for this device (materials etc) have been mostly deliveredo by enthusiastic 3rd parties. For comercial use the Compute RPI is too expensive and especially out side the UK the RPI is more expensive than better alternatives.