What should I do with my Pi 0?

GvYoutube

Hi!
I recently got a brand new Raspberry Pi 0 2W, and I dunno what to do with it. Post ideas here!
(also, no soldering. ALSO 38 BUCKS FOR A KEYBAORD AND OS SD CARD JEEZ

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kRxZy_kRxZy

Start Hosting some python scratchattach to help make higher quality projects

Last edited by kRxZy_kRxZy (May 19, 2025 17:58:46)

GvYoutube

kRxZy_kRxZy wrote:
Start Hosting some python scratchattach to help make higher quality projects

El_snak

get somebody to teach you how to make your own survo, then remix a cloud project so that only u and your friends can play.

GvYoutube

El_snak wrote:
get somebody to teach you how to make your own survo, then remix a cloud project so that only u and your friends can play.

the bleep is a survo
edit: I'm dumb, but no I'm not making a server

Last edited by GvYoutube (May 19, 2025 20:13:15)

scratchcode1_2_3

ok fine vro if u don’t know pthyon then that’s very fine, just us e it as a mini computer. you can code stuff in turbowarp to use in the brwaosr browser

GvYoutube

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
ok fine vro if u don’t know pthyon then that’s very fine, just us e it as a mini computer. you can code stuff in turbowarp to use in the brwaosr browser

IT HAS 512 MB OF RAM AND FREEZES WITH ANG BROWSEE :sob:

gilbert_given_189

Maybe use it as a mini NAS? I have no more ideas other than what's already being stated.

o97doge

GvYoutube wrote:
scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
ok fine vro if u don’t know pthyon then that’s very fine, just us e it as a mini computer. you can code stuff in turbowarp to use in the brwaosr browser
IT HAS 512 MB OF RAM AND FREEZES WITH ANG BROWSEE :sob:

Try NuScratch. It's based on Scratch 1.4, but it's very optimized, and was made for the Raspberry PI.

Last edited by o97doge (May 20, 2025 02:57:46)

NanoRook

GvYoutube wrote:
kRxZy_kRxZy wrote:
Start Hosting some python scratchattach to help make higher quality projects

Then go learn Python. You are going to have a very hard time doing anything unique or interesting if you do not know how to interface with the circuitboard.

GvYoutube wrote:
scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:
ok fine vro if u don’t know pthyon then that’s very fine, just us e it as a mini computer. you can code stuff in turbowarp to use in the brwaosr browser
IT HAS 512 MB OF RAM AND FREEZES WITH ANG BROWSEE :sob:

Yes it's a fifteen dollar circuitboard. You are going to have trouble running anything GUI-related with 512MB of RAM, especially if you're not using the Lite setup.

Welcome to the physical computing world. I'd recommend starting here: https://magazine.raspberrypi.com/books/essentials-gpio-zero-v1 (just click “take me to the free pdf” if they ask you for a donation)

Last edited by NanoRook (May 21, 2025 04:49:05)

gilbert_given_189

Maybe offtopic, but I'd better mention it: Have somebody help you solder female headers on your Pi. Then you can connect things like LEDs and other electronics without needing to solder anything.

You could forego the soldering and just connect them directly to your Pi, but why would you?

kRxZy_kRxZy

If you use something like tinkercad, it should help you with how to use circuit boards and breadboards and aruidino.

ajskateboarder

Yeah the Pi 0 is not meant for GUI things- for that you should've got the Pi 4 or 5 ^^' (but with the cost of those models you may as well look for an old laptop)

But it's a good first device for GPIO programming. You could also make it a smart speaker idk

Last edited by ajskateboarder (May 21, 2025 12:01:26)

GvYoutube

ajskateboarder wrote:
Yeah the Pi 0 is not meant for GUI things- for that you should've got the Pi 4 or 5 ^^' (but with the cost of those models you may as well look for an old laptop)

But it's a good first device for GPIO programming. You could also make it a smart speaker idk

does it look like I have 60 bucks
and plus I can still used some gui apps, like viscose and a rundown dos looking browser

BigNate469

ajskateboarder wrote:
(but with the cost of those models you may as well look for an old laptop)

I do have to object to that- a cheap keyboard, mouse and screen along with a Pi 5 with 4 GB of RAM is still probably cheaper than most Chromebooks (and more powerful than them, too).

Swiftpixel

Learn HTML & CSS and code your own website. You can host it on the Pi with Cloudflare tunnels

gilbert_given_189

Swiftpixel wrote:
Learn HTML & CSS and code your own website. You can host it on the Pi with Cloudflare tunnels

Yeah, running a web server on a 512 MB computer sounds like fun.
(it's not)

minniesworld

gilbert_given_189 wrote:
Swiftpixel wrote:
Learn HTML & CSS and code your own website. You can host it on the Pi with Cloudflare tunnels
Yeah, running a web server on a 512 MB computer sounds like fun.
(it's not)

My web app I'm making barely runs on a 1gb ram Web App Service on azure. 512 MB is not easy to host on.

kRxZy_kRxZy

gilbert_given_189 wrote:
Swiftpixel wrote:
Learn HTML & CSS and code your own website. You can host it on the Pi with Cloudflare tunnels
Yeah, running a web server on a 512 MB computer sounds like fun.
(it's not)

If you are running a lightweight HTML, CSS, JS website you could get around 100 concurrent users without crashing, but if you are using backend code, it will limit it to about 15-20 considering the ram you have

MonkeyBean2

You could get a cheap wired keyboard from amazon, much cheaper and works fine (also keep in mind you will need a USB OTG adapter to actually connect it), you could also get one of those really cheap bluetooth keyboards, or just SSH into it (put your wifi credentials in when you flash the sd card so it knows where to connect).

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