“This little device is small enough, cheap enough and flexible enough to end up in a LOT of projects where previously you may umm-and-aaah about “risking my Pi”. The fact that they kept the GPIO pin sockets intact (as well as how little power it draws) makes potential “smart device” projects much easier and cheaper; I can see this ending up in a lot of projects which wouldn’t have been cost effective before.
All of its limitations are pretty easy to overcome; a hub here, mini-HDMI-to-HDMI cable there and Micro-SD converter cable will get you set up; the only real problem is the lack of availability (not surprising given how insanely high demand has been). The Pi Hut were the only reliable source that I could find to date.
At £4 this is one of the most remarkable computers I’ve ever owned – I’ve had more than 60 systems since the early 1980’s and this little things staggers me with what it can do.”
“I love it. It's not that fast (compared to the Pi2 ;-)) but still usable for some embedded projects. And it runs Linux, compared to the Arduino. That's awesome.”
