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  • RP zero W or Zero W 2 availability?

    From Jesper Kaas@3:770/3 to All on Tue May 3 10:54:13 2022
    Did anyone have luck in getting one recently (this year)?
    I have 2 projects where a Pi Zero with wifi is the best (regarding
    size). One is a camera.
    Al shops I have checked have zeroes listed as "out of stock", and I
    have registered my email so I should be notified when available.

    Best regards
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    Jesper Kaas - jesperk@neindanke.online.no

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  • From Theo@3:770/3 to Jesper Kaas on Tue May 3 10:14:45 2022
    Jesper Kaas <jesperk@neitakk.online.no> wrote:
    Did anyone have luck in getting one recently (this year)?
    I have 2 projects where a Pi Zero with wifi is the best (regarding
    size). One is a camera.
    Al shops I have checked have zeroes listed as "out of stock", and I
    have registered my email so I should be notified when available.

    Last stock was 27 April according to this:
    https://rpilocator.com/?cat=PIZERO
    They have twitter and an RSS feed you can subscribe to.

    Theo

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  • From Computer Nerd Kev@3:770/3 to Jesper Kaas on Tue May 3 19:41:37 2022
    Jesper Kaas <jesperk@neitakk.online.no> wrote:
    Did anyone have luck in getting one recently (this year)?
    I have 2 projects where a Pi Zero with wifi is the best (regarding
    size). One is a camera.
    Al shops I have checked have zeroes listed as "out of stock", and I
    have registered my email so I should be notified when available.

    I've bought both this year, from here: https://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/collections/raspberry-pi-boards

    Right now they have 15 Pi Zero Ws in Sydney, though no Zero 2s: https://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/collections/raspberry-pi-boards/products/raspberry-pi-zero-w-gpio-reference

    But you're paying extra for their GPIO reference card, and judging
    from your email address I'm guessing you don't live in Australia.

    Other stockists often have them in stock with more expensive, but
    more useful, extras bundled in.

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  • From Jesper Kaas@3:770/3 to not@telling.you.invalid on Tue May 3 14:03:16 2022
    On 3 May 2022 19:41:37 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev
    <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:

    I've bought both this year, from here: >https://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/collections/raspberry-pi-boards

    Right now they have 15 Pi Zero Ws in Sydney, though no Zero 2s: >https://raspberry.piaustralia.com.au/collections/raspberry-pi-boards/products/raspberry-pi-zero-w-gpio-reference

    But you're paying extra for their GPIO reference card, and judging
    from your email address I'm guessing you don't live in Australia.

    Other stockists often have them in stock with more expensive, but
    more useful, extras bundled in.

    Thanks for the info. Australia in on the other side of the globe from
    where I live, so it might be expensive and or take long time.
    I am in Norway, so I will stick to european suppliers.
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    Jesper Kaas - jesperk@neindanke.online.no

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  • From Theo@3:770/3 to Jesper Kaas on Tue May 3 13:11:18 2022
    Jesper Kaas <jesperk@neitakk.online.no> wrote:
    Thank you for the super info. It shows that, among others, Pi-Shop had
    some at middle of april. That is not so bad, so I will wait it out :-) Pi-shop is one of those I should recieve info from when zeroes are in
    stock.
    I am not on Twitter, so I will rely on the notification from
    resellers.

    Also there's https://raspberrypi.dk/ who ship to Norway* (and asked not to be listed on RPiLocator) - they appear to have some Pi 4 in stock, so maybe
    they will get some Zeros in at some point too.

    Theo

    * "Note Norway! We are part of the VOEC scheme, so we charge and pay
    Norwegian MVA with Skatteetaten. This way, Norwegian customers avoid
    custom fees with us!"

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  • From Jesper Kaas@3:770/3 to theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk on Tue May 3 13:59:31 2022
    On 03 May 2022 10:14:45 +0100 (BST), Theo
    <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

    Last stock was 27 April according to this:
    https://rpilocator.com/?cat=PIZERO
    They have twitter and an RSS feed you can subscribe to.

    Theo
    Thank you for the super info. It shows that, among others, Pi-Shop had
    some at middle of april. That is not so bad, so I will wait it out :-)
    Pi-shop is one of those I should recieve info from when zeroes are in
    stock.
    I am not on Twitter, so I will rely on the notification from
    resellers.

    Best regards
    --
    Jesper Kaas - jesperk@neindanke.online.no

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  • From Jesper Kaas@3:770/3 to theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk on Tue May 3 16:10:19 2022
    On 03 May 2022 13:11:18 +0100 (BST), Theo
    <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

    Also there's https://raspberrypi.dk/ who ship to Norway* (and asked not to be >listed on RPiLocator) - they appear to have some Pi 4 in stock, so maybe
    they will get some Zeros in at some point too.

    Theo

    Great info Theo. Raspberrypi.dk has some very nice prices, so I will
    check in regularly. Signed up to their newsletter, so maybe they will
    send notice if they get Pi zero in.

    Best regards
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    Jesper Kaas - jesperk@neindanke.online.no

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  • From scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us@3:770/3 to Jesper Kaas on Tue May 3 22:10:29 2022
    Jesper Kaas <jesperk@neitakk.online.no> wrote:
    Did anyone have luck in getting one recently (this year)?

    I bought a Zero 2 W from The Pi Hut about two months ago. After some procrastination on my part, it's now running OctoPrint on one of my 3D printers.

    Keep an eye on rpilocator.com to see when and where they become available.

    (I think I'll use these instead of RPi 3s and 4s in my printers from now on. It's plenty fast, and a 4-pin header is all it takes to plug into a 4-pin
    UART header on the printer motherboard to supply power to the Pi and get a serial connection that keeps the USB ports free.)

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