For me, the Pi Zero is pretty much useless, because it has no networking. No wireless, no wired. Nothing.
So, if someone says they were not sure if people would buy them, I believe that. Looks like there are a lot of people that have completely different uses for their Pies than mine. Go figure.
The use case is much closer to that of an Arduino, than that of the Rasberry B. So, unless you are looking to do embedded type stuff, then you are probably not the right market.
The zero is definitely in an awkward spot. It's so-so as a microcontroller replacement (no low power modes, limited number of analog inputs, inputs not 5v tolerant), but the price point makes it otherwise competitive. The ESP8266 is getting high level languages like Lua, micro python, and Basic and priced well. The "low power mode" sucks because it basically just resets the unit and doesn't have interrupt driven wake modes.
I bought a zero and it will probably be my only purchase. It just doesn't seem to
I can understand small first batches (Score:4, Insightful)
For me, the Pi Zero is pretty much useless, because it has no networking. No wireless, no wired. Nothing.
So, if someone says they were not sure if people would buy them, I believe that. Looks like there are a lot of people that have completely different uses for their Pies than mine. Go figure.
Re: (Score:5, Informative)
The use case is much closer to that of an Arduino, than that of the Rasberry B. So, unless you are looking to do embedded type stuff, then you are probably not the right market.
Re: (Score:5, Informative)
I bought a zero and it will probably be my only purchase. It just doesn't seem to
Re:I can understand small first batches (Score:2)