Ask HN: Where to find raspberry Pi zero or alternative under $15

Re:Ask HN: Where to find raspberry Pi zero or alternative un... by zapt02 on Monday July 24, 2017 @07:16PM (#14843622)

Unfortunately the CHIP ($9) hasn't shipped for a couple of months while they revamp their CPU. I have a few and they truly are exceptional hardware and probably better than the Zero for your needs due to onboard wifi, bluetooth and 4GB of storage.

https://getchip.com/pages/chip

Its big brother CHIP Pro ($16) can be ordered in any quantity but you will need to solder your own headers. Depending on what you want to do it might be a good fit:

https://getchip.com/pages/chippro

Pine also has a $15 board that seems to be shipping:

https://www.pine64.org/?product=pine-a64-board

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Re:Ask HN: Where to find raspberry Pi zero or alternative un... by jakobegger on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @02:32PM (#14850554)

I found the CHIP to be a bit unreliable (eg. only one of half a dozen Micro USB cables I have works for flashing)

Then again, I don’t have a lot of experience with these DIY things, maybe random issues with everything are just to be expected.

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Re:Ask HN: Where to find raspberry Pi zero or alternative un... by zapt02 on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @05:39PM (#14852110)

Flashing can be a bit iffy, it being made as a Chrome extension is a weird choice. I never had any big issues with flashing, and once the device is running, I find it more stable than any of the Pis that I have, as the Pis always tend to get a corrupted filesystem within 6-12 months. They can blame SD all they want, there's something wrong with the chipset.

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