{"id":9408,"date":"2020-01-09T23:29:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T06:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/?p=9408"},"modified":"2020-01-09T23:29:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T06:29:45","slug":"raspberry-pi-0-w-kit-from-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/?p=9408","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi 0 W Kit from Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been having a heck of a time getting these Raspberry Pi 0 W from Adafruit, so I bit the bullet and purchased a kit.  I purchased two kits to finally get my bike club set up to the needed amount with the development ones as spares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0Wkit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0Wkit.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0Wkit-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0Wkit-768x309.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which came to 59.32 for two.  Kind of expensive when you consider that one unit alone is $10.00, but it was almost worth it.  Let;s go through the review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0WkitContents.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0WkitContents.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0WkitContents-293x300.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So in the kit was <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the Pi 0W itself (more on that in a bit), <\/li><li>a power supply which has a switch (this was nice made the price easier to swallow)<\/li><li>USB On the Go cable (I really did not need this but it was nice)<\/li><li>HDMI converter (if I did not have a small collection of these it would be worth it)<\/li><li>Heat sink<\/li><li>Stickers<\/li><li>Pin out Guide<\/li><li>Case<\/li><li>There was a business card with support info (not pictured)<\/li><li>Headers (its in the box with the case)<\/li><li>Camera Cable (also in the box with the case)<\/li><li>Rubber bumper feet (another thing in the case)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So most of the stuff I already have, but if I did not have any of this stuff, this kit would be nice, BUT one really notable missing part, a micro-sd card.  No problem, I got a bunch, but that would have been nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So regarding the Pi itself, most of the Pi0W I have are version 1.3 this one is a 1.1, makes it different, but for my purposes, it will work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rpi0W-1_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rpi0W-1_1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rpi0W-1_1-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rpi0W-1_1-768x392.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the items were nested in the box for the case<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0W-case.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0W-case.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0W-case-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0W-case-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Case is nice but I have three problems with it,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi01CloseupCase.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi01CloseupCase.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi01CloseupCase-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi01CloseupCase-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First problem is that it smudges easily.  Not too much of a big deal, but was a minor bummer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0WBottom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0WBottom.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0WBottom-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0WBottom-768x422.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second problem was the bottom had not way to be covered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, you have to disassemble the case to change SD cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One nice thing with the case is the give you three different covers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0WKitCovers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0WKitCovers.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0WKitCovers-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.apolonio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/RPi0WKitCovers-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>One with a slot for pin access<\/li><li>One for a camera<\/li><li>One completely covered.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I mentioned earlier that one missing piece is the micro sd card, but another one is a micro usb cable to PC.  But with the OTG and power cable, I guess that covers what you would need to cover all the ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would rate this 3.5 stars out of 5, and if I were forced to use whole numbers, I would lean more towards a 4 star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weight: 296.2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been having a heck of a time getting these Raspberry Pi 0 W from Adafruit, so I bit the bullet and purchased a kit. 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