[clug] Raspberry Pi Zero: US$5 for bare board

[steve jenkin]

1. Does this change anything? Is Ardunio still a great deal?

2. The Raspberry is a commercial operation.
    As there better value alternatives? More options than the Beagle boards?

Board $5 [out of stock]
<https://www.adafruit.com/product/2885>

Budget pack $30
<http://www.adafruit.com/products/2817>

<https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/>
	• A Broadcom BCM2835 application processor
		• 1GHz ARM11 core (40% faster than Raspberry Pi 1)
	• 512MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM
	• A micro-SD card slot
	• A mini-HDMI socket for 1080p60 video output
	• Micro-USB sockets for data and power
	• An unpopulated 40-pin GPIO header
		• Identical pinout to Model A+/B+/2B
	• An unpopulated composite video header
	• Our smallest ever form factor, at 65mm x 30mm x 5mm

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