Raspberry Pi Zero W?

obsidianspider

Nice! That will make so many projects easier.

sergioad

It is allready here and I think it could be gorgeous to have a GearBest generic USB SNES gamepad with a pi zero W inside for retro gaming and retro online multiplayer

BuZz

Mine arrived today :-) Not tried it yet.

sergioad

@BuZz man... I want three of them, one for a server, one as a Chromecast device and other as a RetroPie SNES gamepad 😀

Deltax5

@herb_fargus said in Raspberry Pi Zero W?:

Raspberry Pi

is it better then the Raspberry Pi 3 or is it good cuz of it's size.

FlyingTomahawk

Am I assuming correct that besides the WiFi and Bluetooth the specs stayed the same as the previous Pi Zero 1.3 ?

The WiFi and Bluetooth are a very much needed addition and will make setup lot more easy and comfortable.

DigitalMonkey

Has anyone actually got their hands on a Zero W & tried Retropie on it?

The only thing I found online was this - https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/5wz9yi/so_i_got_the_zero_w_today_but_retropie_doesnt/

:/

Fruitybit

@DigitalMonkey It doesn't specify that they actually did try the pi1/zero image there, so not convinced. Should be getting mine soon, wish I'd gone for next day delivery now! But I'll try as soon as.

spagbol

@Fruitybit The current builds (either specifically for the old Zero or for the 3) don't work on the new Zero W. Mine arrived yesterday and I've tried both builds.

DigitalMonkey

@spagbol :(

BuZz

Probably needs a firmware or kernel update. I will create some new images now for you.

adamspc

@BuZz

Sent some love from othermod.com. Hope others are supporting you guys with donations too.
Keep up the hard work.

BuZz

@adamspc Thanks very much - very generous :-)

BuZz

Images are uploading to my google drive.

BuZz

Please try these https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_knGioK16E6eXJIZEtnMDJTeVk

Fruitybit

@spagbol Yup, should have looked here 5 minutes ago! Can also confirm no joy! Except for the rather natty bright shiny green bubble wrap envelope mine came in, lots of joy there;))

New image it is then...

DigitalMonkey

@Fruitybit Let us know how the new image goes with the Zero W.

Still waiting for the postie to bring mine :)

Fruitybit

@DigitalMonkey lol!(( what a time to run out of sd cards!! Damn forward planning brain fail.

tashman

I'm trying it now. It is quite slow (I'm using a 4Gb class 2 card) and it's hanging at:-

[FAILED] "Failed to start apply_noobs_os_config.service"

tashman

It didn't respond after 6-7 minutes so I killed it.....