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New product: Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W on sale now at $15

It’s been nearly six years since we unleashed the $5 Raspberry Pi Zero on an unsuspecting world. Of all the products we’ve launched, Zero is still the one I’m proudest of: it most perfectly embodies our mission to give people access to tools, and to eliminate cost as a barrier. We’ve sold nearly four million units of Zero, and its $10 wireless-enabled big brother Zero W, and they’ve made their way into everything from smart speakers to hospital ventilators. But where our larger products have grown steadily more powerful over the years, we’ve never found a way to pack more performance into the Zero form factor.

Until today.

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Priced at $15, Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W uses the same Broadcom BCM2710A1 SoC die as the launch version of Raspberry Pi 3, with Arm cores slightly down-clocked to 1GHz, bundled into a single space-saving package alongside 512MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM. The exact performance uplift over Zero varies across workloads, but for multi-threaded sysbench it is almost exactly five times faster.

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is available to buy today from our network of Approved Resellers. If you are a subscriber to The MagPi, you’ll be receiving a free Zero 2 W in the next few days; all new subscribers will receive a unit as a welcome gift.

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W specifications

Here are the highlights:

Broadcom BCM2710A1, quad-core 64-bit SoC (Arm Cortex-A53 @ 1GHz)
512MB LPDDR2 SDRAM
2.4GHz IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.2, BLE
1 × USB 2.0 interface with OTG
HAT-compatible 40 pin I/O header footprint
MicroSD card slot
Mini HDMI port
Composite video and reset pin solder points
CSI-2 camera connector
H.264, MPEG-4 decode (1080p30); H.264 encode (1080p30)
OpenGL ES 1.1, 2.0 graphics

If a lot of this looks familiar, it’s because Simon Martin, who designed both Zero 2 W, and the RP3A0 package that powers it, has been able to squeeze all this extra performance into the original Zero form factor. Almost all cases and accessories designed for Zero should work perfectly with the new board, including our own case and selection of cables.

A Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W inside the red and white official Zero case, next to the red and white official keyboard and mouse, and a black mug of coffee, upon a wooden desk. — PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS…itty-bitty living space!

Packaging magic

The principal barrier to creating a higher performance Raspberry Pi Zero has always been form-factor: with a tiny board, and single-sided component placement, there is no physical room to accommodate both the main system-on-chip (SoC) and a discrete SDRAM package.

Like Raspberry Pi 1, Raspberry Pi Zero and Zero W are built around the Broadcom BCM2835 SoC. This neatly sidesteps the problem by using package-on-package (PoP) technology, in which the SDRAM package sits directly on top of the SoC.

PoP is an elegant solution if the silicon die in the SoC is small enough to fit in the cavity between the balls of the SDRAM top package. Unfortunately, as Broadcom added first a quad Cortex-A7 (to create BCM2836), and then a quad Cortex-A53 (to create BCM2837), the die outgrew the PoP cavity. From Raspberry Pi 2 onward, we use discrete SDRAM, but this option wasn’t available to us for a future Zero.

But there’s another way to avoid discrete SDRAM, and if you’ve been following Raspberry Pi since the start, you’ve met it before. Back in the day, BCM2835 had a slightly evil twin, BCM2763, which integrated a 128MB SDRAM die directly into the package along with the SoC die; this arrangement is known as a system-in-package (SiP). BCM2763 was intended for use as a graphics coprocessor for mobile phones, and powered the original Raspberry Pi prototype we demoed back in 2011.

Simon, who designed the BCM2763 package at Broadcom a decade ago, now works at Raspberry Pi. In between designing the official mouse and keyboard, the High-Quality Camera, and Raspberry Pi 400, he found time to create RP3A0, a modern SiP which combines the BCM2710A1 die used in BCM2837A1, a 4Gbit Micron LPDDR2 die, and the decoupling capacitors required to smooth the core supply voltage.

Never one to pass up an opportunity for artistic expression, Simon even managed to squeeze a very low-resolution Raspberry Pi logo into the package ball-out, as you can see from this package and X-ray image.

Not the smallest Raspberry Pi logo, but possibly the lowest resolution

PCB magic

Thermals are a challenge when packing more performance into a small package: can we dissipate the heat generated by the faster processor? In common with other recent Raspberry Pi products, Zero 2 W uses thick internal copper layers to conduct heat away from the processor. If you hold a Zero W and a Zero 2 W in your hands, you can really feel the difference in weight.

All this extra copper translates into higher sustained performance: we’ve found that in a 20C ambient environment, an uncased Zero 2 W can run our favourite LINPACK linear-algebra stress test indefinitely without throttling.

Sealed wireless in a can

Next to the large RP3A0 package, you’ll find a large metal shield can, which covers the wireless circuitry on the board and protects it from external interference. Like all Raspberry Pi products since 3B+, Zero 2 W has FCC modular certification, which reduces the compliance workload involved in incorporating it into an end product.

New Raspberry Pi Zero 2 PSU

To accompany Zero 2 W, we’re also launching a new official USB power supply. This closely resembles the Raspberry Pi 4 PSU, but with a USB micro-B connector in place of the USB-C connector, and with a slightly reduced peak current rating of 2.5A. Even this is overkill if you’re powering a Zero 2 W, but it comes in handy if you want to power a Raspberry Pi 3B or 3B+.

The PSU costs $8, and is available in with the following plug types: US and Canada (type A); Europe (type C); India (type D); UK (type G); and Australia, New Zealand and China (type I).

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W availability

Today, Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is available in the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United States, Canada, and Hong Kong. We’ll add new countries as we complete our radio compliance work, with Australia and New Zealand coming up first in November.

Sadly, Zero 2 W isn’t immune to the current global semiconductor shortage. We expect to ship roughly 200k units this calendar year, with a further 250k to follow in the first half of 2022.

Frequently-asked questions

We’ll update this list as we answer questions in the comments, but here are a few to get you going.

Are you discontinuing Zero and Zero W?

No. We seldom discontinue products, even where they have been superseded by more modern product at the same price point. Zero 2 W is $5 more expensive than Zero W, and joins the Zero family as a third member.

Note that Zero and Zero W are currently experiencing supply constraints in the context of the global semiconductor shortage. We hope that this will be resolved in 2022.

Will there be a version of Zero 2 W with 1GB of SDRAM?

No. 1GB LPDDR2 monodie are not available, and producing a SiP with two stacked SDRAM dice would be very challenging.

What do the markings on RP3A0 mean?

RP3 is the name of the package. A0 indicates that this is the first version of the part. AU indicates that the package uses gold (as opposed to copper) bond wires.

The 4-digit code is a manufacturing date, expressed as a year and a week number. Amusingly quite a lot of units were manufactured in week 41 of 2020, yielding the misleading code “2041”.

The 6-digit code is an order date, expressed in the format YYMMDD.

How long will Zero 2 W remain in production?

We aim to keep Zero 2 W in production until at least January 2028.

Credits

Products like Zero 2 W draw on the skills of the entire Raspberry Pi team. Aside from Simon, particular thanks are due to Roger Thornton for compliance, Phil Elwell for firmware, and Mike Buffham for commercials.

I’d like to thank our partners at Broadcom, Micron and ASE for their help in making RP3A0 a reality. Like most Raspberry Pi products, Zero 2 W is built at the Sony UK Technology Centre, in Pencoed, South Wales: we couldn’t do this without them.

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Congratulations on the Pi Zero 2 W, it’s a very welcome addition to the Zero family, and I’m sure will find it’s way into many projects around the world. Looking forward to what the industrial designers & maker community members come up with!
I’ve created a one hour video review of the Zero 2 W with instructions on overclocking, and increasing the swap space (to be able to use YouTube)
Check it out here & let me know in the comments what your favorite project is going to be:
https://youtu.be/0i71jx8_374
Max

Is this Pi Zero 2 W2 available in India??

Sure is! https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w/

Select ‘India’ in the dropdown list it scoots to when you click ‘Buy now’ 👍 It’ll show you a list of Approved Resellers to buy from.

A really nice surprise, congrats!

Too bad I can only order one of them as there is a 1pcs per customer limit in place again at my preferred reseller (root cause given is chipageddon).

Just noted the uFL connector!
Will there be a version which has the connector assembled and can be used with the CM4 antenna?

The Zero 2 has an on-board antenna, it doesn’t have a uFL connector. There are no current plans to add one. Sorry!

O.k. Thanks for the feedback.
Anyhow, what is the footprint next to the USB connector intended for?
To me this looks like a uFL socket footprint and a small resistor can be used for connecting it (disabling the onboard antenna) .. But I might be wrong.

The footprint is there for compliance testing only.

Wow! This is so exciting! I can’t wait till I get my hands on one and can start doing some tiny projects which are more powerful than ever. And even more Raspberry Silicon! RP3A0 is another truly amazing achievement.

Why the new power supply? Aren’t the specs close to identical to the Official Raspberry Pi 3 Universal Power Supply?

The previous power supply was a re-badged third-party product. We designed the new one in-house, and as a result it uses much less plastic than the previous model which is great for everyone!

The blog post only says that this psu is overkill for the zero2. But how many amps does the zero2w need?

I’m currently using a zero1w on a samsung tv that has a 1A USB port. Sometimes i connect it to a Motorola Atrix lapdock. Both have no problems powering the zero1w. The lapdock struggles with everything above a Pi2B.

I think the zero2 could work with the lapdock. But would it also work on the 1A USB output of my tv?

Will we see availability of the bare RP3A0 package for custom assembly, as the RP2040 has been? Having them available as bare chips for assembly at places like JLCPCB would be amazing.

No, sorry. The RP3A0 will not be available separately.

I notice that this unit has 2.4 and 5ghz Wi-Fi. Any other new features not mentioned in the blog post?

The Zero 2 has single-band 2.4GHz wireless only. It does not have 5GHz support. Sorry!

Cost reason or board space? It is quite hard to find 5GHz devices for small/IOT stuff and 2.4GHz space is crowded. Recently found just one – the BW16, RTL8720DN based module, there should be more. Oh, well, a missed opportunity regarding this, but still great upgrade, many thanks for that.

I’m pretty sure most iOT devices use 2.4 for the extra range, but I could be wrong.

Bit of both, but mostly cost. Keeping the Zero 2 price point down was the most important thing.

When it requires so much power I don’t see much benefit to this form factor, but maybe that’s just me.

I agree 100%, what the focus should be is server OR client:
– To me the original Raspberry 2 still holds the server crown in Gflops/W with the IO limits of the SD card.
– Raspberry 4 has an underdimensioned GPU compared to the CPU but can be used as a calculation server for heavier (non SD card) related duties.
The missing device is a Zero with more powerful GPU than the Raspberry 4!!!

Yup, just you (the the guy above!). People have been asking for a LONG time for a more powerful Zero. And here it is! As for 512KB of RAM being a limitation – just write better code! You only need huge amounts of RAM for things like web browsers, and for the use cases Zero’s get used for, that not all that common. Zero’s get used for robots and get stuffed in to small devices to provide processing power, not desktop capabilities.

Umm, 512MB of RAM, not 512KB. ;) A forgivable error! PS: I’m **very** happy for the whole team at Raspberry Pi trading! You guys are awesome! May the chip shortage not give you any undue grey hear! Please don’t forget to meditate, do yoga, or something like that, to relieve the stress. :)

Oops. You are clearly correct! Sorry for the mistype!

It isn’t about the form factor for me. To me, the whole point of the Zero has been as a cheap replacement for a development Raspberry Pi. You develop a project with a $35+ board and you want to keep it, but you also want to move to a new project. So you buy a $5+ RPi Zero and swap in the SD card.

We have a colossal number of customers for whom form factor is vital. It’s a brave person who alienates their customer base!

I can get onboard with the price motivation if you can actually get the device for $15 which can be difficult in some areas.

This updated Zero is perfect for running klipper and even OctoPrint.

Annihilated by the Radxa Zero.

Come back in 18 months time and we can compare sales figures….the usefulness of a device is not just down to its HW specs….

Exactly. I used to believe technical data to be everything when trying to adopt a banana pi BPI-M2 Zero a few years ago. It is about the ecosystem and support, which most of the chinese clone systems DON’T provide.

Where does the blog post say how much power the zero2w uses? The 2,5A psu is said to be overkill for the zero2w. I didn’t find any info about exact power usage.

There have been some good benchmarks of power consumption of the new Zero 2 by folks like Jeff Geerling, who also look at disabling cores to reduce the power budget, and Gareth Halfacree at Hackster.io.

I don’t think it “requires” a large amount of extra power, it is only a bit more hungry at idle and you can lower it by switching cores off. This means if it is doing a similar kind of workload to an older zero W then the power won’t be a great deal more.

But, if you did want to work the thing harder than the original zero was capable of, then it would have that extra grunt – which would require more power, and it is available if you need it.

Is the raspberry pi open hardware ?
Do you have gerber files, pick and place files and BOM files that I could load up at my favourite PCB fab (starts with J) and get a Pi this way ? Are the components widely available or are they only available to the RPi foundation ?

I ask mostly because I would like to make minor changes to the RPi02W, namely add a full sized HDMI connector and turn it into an HDMI dongle. Also I would like to make a slightly longer version with a USB hub on board. And lastly I would like to make a slightly longer version with a usb hub and an ethernet port and an hdmi usb input chip.
And then republish those new gerber and etc. files as new open hardware clone Pi variants.

The “big” boards, like the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, are not open hardware and only reduced schematics are available. Sorry! However our microcontroller board, the Raspberry Pi Pico, is open hardware and design files for that are available.

Use the CM4 for this, that’s why it’s there, to allow to ‘build’ the ‘RPi’ of your dreams’.
There is one USB stick carrier board already https://geekworm.com/products/raspberry-pi-cm4-stick

Hi.
Will the Zero 2 work with the GPI Case for Gameboy Emulation? ^^

That would really be a question for Retroflag. But, as the new Zero 2 is the same form factor as the last, so I don’t see why not.

it definitely fits and powers but i couldn’t get any of the sd card images to work using a prerelease pi02w but to be expected. hopefully won’t take retropie et al to do a pi02w release

Thank you, ordered. My web server about to get an upgrade.

The decision to stick to the microUSB ports instead of USB-C is compatibility-related, cost-related or something else entirely is the reason?
Just wondering about that

USB-C is more expensive, and this is a Raspberry Pi Zero, and expensive matters when we’re trying to squeeze everything into the price point. But beyond that, and probably the crucial thing is board space, USB-C takes more board space and there really wasn’t any to spare. Simon had to squeeze things really hard to get everything into the same form factor.

Compatibility is important – going to USB C would mean Zero cases would no longer fit, and you could not use a 02 as a drop in replacement for a 0.

it’ll be a perfect product and be able to stay 100 years in the market if it has USB-c.

Forgive a novice but why is it USB micro-B and not USB-C? Is it because of design issues like space or economics or…?

Both!

Hi Alasdair,

Would the new board run on a standard pc usb like the Zero W, or does it need more power? I’m running a network traffic filtering thing on the Zero W, utilizing a free USB port on a modem as power source for the board. Can I do the same with the new one or do I need a dedicated PSU?
Thanks

Unfortunately, the idle current for the Zero 2 W is slightly higher than the original Zero, and powering a Zero from a laptop or TV USB was pretty marginal depending on how it was loaded. You’ll need a separate power supply.

Thanks A.A. I’m going to plan my purchase accordingly when the board will be available in Au/NZ

Why does it still use a USB Micro-B port instead of the newer USB-C that we have on the Pi 4 and many other devices

USB-C is more expensive, and this is a Raspberry Pi Zero, so expensive matters. But it’s mostly that USB-C takes more board space and there really wasn’t any to spare.

I had hoped for an ethernet port, as a pi with sensors or cameras around the house is easier to setup with PoE than 230v plus wifi.

Keeping the same Zero form factor was important to us.

Will there be a non-W version released at some point? While I appreciate it’ll be useful for many folks, personally I have no use for the built-in wireless (and I suspect there’s a non-trivial crowd who are in the same boat).

No current plans.

Are you discontinuing the Pi Zero 1 (non W), because the price point (5 bucks) is nice for projects that don’t need a lot of power or wireless connectivity.

No; as Eben says in the FAQ near the end of the post, the original Raspberry Pi Zero will continue to be available.

Are the circular USB test point pads on the underside of the Zero2 in the same position as before – I can’t find a photo of the underside yet. I would like to upgrade a design that uses a Zero4U USB Hub which uses sprung pins to contact those pads.

Sorry, no. The test pads are not in the same position (except by happenstance).

Although some of them are, for instance see this thread on Twitter where I discuss the Zero Stem shim, which looks like it might well work with the Zero 2.

…..I bought a normal zero yesterday :(

Well, I guess you thought it would do the job and that didn’t change, plus you saved $5. So, all good?

This is really exciting! Just what I need for a project that’s been constrained by the original Zero’s compute (and the PocketBeagle has no wireless…)
My main concern is how’s the power consumption, though — especially at idle?

Will this still have the max SD card capacity of 32GB or will it be able to handle larger cards now?

The limit was on the size of the boot partition, not the card itself. But in any case it is no longer applicable to the Zero 2, see the documentation.

Nice one, but why on earth didn’t they add more memory when they were at it?

Did you not read the FAQ?

It wasn’t technically feasible to stack two 512MB DRAM dies on top of the CPU die for architectural reasons, and a 1GB monodie isn’t available, and if it was available it would be too large and would therefore take up too much board real estate, so we’d be unable to maintain the Zero form factor.

This is the best news to wake up to! I can’t wait to get this into a robot. Outstanding Work!

Usb Micro-B looks like this (along the full size USB-A), https://image.allekabels.nl/image/1286232-0/usb-3.0-micro-kabel-lengte-0.5-meter.jpg, you use USB Micro-A for the Pi’s until the Pi 4.

Your picture is USB3 micro-B, which is bigger than the USB2 micro-B used on the Zero & Zero 2 W.

Thanks for pointing out. The Micro USB2.0 version is normally only given as ‘Micro USB’, so I assumed Micro USB-A. I only knew of USB type B at printer ports and the power connector of my Cubieboard 4, which is Micro USB3.0…Sorry!

Will the microSD card slot still have a 32GB limit like the original Zero?

The limit was on the size of the boot partition, not the card itself. But in any case it is no longer applicable to the Zero 2, see the documentation.

So many years and still no upgrade to 4 lane mipi csi? this little quad devil has such a potential for playing with different high speed cams but just wasting it’s capabilities in idle bucket

The CM4 (and 1,3) allow access to the 4 lane CSI. Unfortunately, adding it to the Zero or others in the Pi range would mean a change to the connector and break a lot of backwards compatibility. It would also be very difficult to route on a PCB the size of the Zero.

Rooting can be considered as valid point, but not the connector. It’s 22pin, as with the connectors on the CM3/4 IO boards.

ahh thats a shame. I know there are other boards and not just from Raspberry Foundation but is just fun to play with such a mini board for less than £15 that can do so many amazing projects. Well done anyway

Maybe extra solder pads on the bottom for those extra lanes for hobbyist/hackers/benchmark maniacs? Just like antenna connector possibility with zero w, after all its for learning and fun :-)

CSI-2 is an extremely fast bus, and needs very accurate routing and track lengths to work correctly. Soldering on to pads is unlikely to be reliable.

Congratulations again to all at Raspberry Pi Trading ! When things return to something more like normal do you anticipate this board having better availability than the Zero and Zero W that could sometimes be tricky to find even before the current global supply constraint situation ? It’s great to see our favourite Youtubers like Explaining Computers, ETA Prime, Jeff Geerling etc. have evaluation boards, I would like to suggest the Youtube channel Leepspvideo gets added to your list of evaluators as he has produced hundreds of informative videos on the various Raspberry Pi products.

And you can actually buy it this time! And at the same price of the original non-W model.

$15 != $5?

If I want to replace an existing Zero W, can I just switch the Micro SD across?

Indeed you can

That’s so very awesome. :)

Sounds like a great upgrade to the Pi Zero.
I’ve ordered one and look forward to seeing what it’s like.

Given the SoC is the BCM2710, does this mean that the new Zero 2 W supports netboot?

Related question: can W 2 boot from USB (flash) drive?

Does the Zero 2W support stock Debian (without NonFree components)? If no, can it at least be run headless with stock Debian?

Sounds like a question for the folks at Debian, as we have our own excellent OS that definitely supports Zero 2!

A second question: How much max current does the Zero 2W draw via its 5V USB, and can it be limited? I’m looking to replace an aging Intel Edison which runs off 900 mA supplied by USB3 of my home router. External power supply is not an option for me.

There have been some good benchmarks of power consumption of the new Zero 2 by folks like Jeff Geerling, who also look at disabling cores to reduce the power budget, as well as Gareth Halfacree at Hackster.io.

Very nice, as someone that builds HMI’s. This is a very attractive option. :)
But does it now mean the RPi3 A is obsolete?

Depends what you mean by “obsolete,” there are still use cases for both boards I think, and the Raspberry Pi 3, Model A, will continue to be supported and produced.

It’s interesting to hear that the Zero 2 W has been designed to “reduce[] the compliance workload involved in incorporating it into an end product”. Does this mean it’s suitable for industrial use as well as educational use? Is the $15 price point the “educational” price (akin to the $5 price tag for the zero), or the “standard” price? (see https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?p=1390870#p1390870 for references to the original Zero’s “educational” pricing)

Yes, you can use it for industrial use cases, and yes, that $15 is the basic price.

I always found the RP Zero perfect as gateway for Bluetooth devices so I was hoping for a successor with the many improvements of Bluetooth 5.x
Why you decided to put a 4.2 chip?

Does Bluetooth 5 come with many improvements?
Some of the most interesting improvements are wholly optional, like the long range and high bandwidth PHY modes. RPi was able to claim Bluetooth 5 support on the Pi4 without changing the wireless chip from Pi3B+.

Yes there are multiple radical improvement, specially useful on an embedded device, in short: 2x speed, 4x range, 8x data payload, Angle of Arrival (AoA) and Angle of Departure (AoD) capabilities, improved service discovery mode and some energy improvement since the power consumption system in ble5 is redesigned
To me those are more than enough reason to want having Bluetooth 5 as mandatory requirement on any embedded or IOT device

“2x speed, 4x range, 8x data payload”
Yes, those are some of the 100% optional features I mentioned. RPi 4B has Bluetooth 5 support but does not support those optional Physical Layers.

“2x speed, 4x range, 8x data payload”
Those are optional!

Is there new .dtb file for it somewhere? and is it compatible with most OSes that pi 3 works with?

It should look almost exactly like a Raspberry Pi 3 to the OS, so, probably?

My Zeros are not running the latest OS. Do I need to upgrade? As I like to run memory heavy app, the 512 MB is rather disappointing, but I suppose I can just run 12 GB VM since it’s all solid state, anyway. The quad core is welcome since I can now do screen capture with only Zero, instead of having to do it with RP4.

Depends exactly how out of date your OS is, so, maybe? We’d recommend it.

Hi!I have been planning to do a project with thePi Zero W. Turning a roary phone into a google assistant. https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/turn-a-rotary-phone-into-google-assistant-with-raspberry-pi —— Which one should I get? I am kinda hesitative, because of the extra $5. What should I do?

Any chance we’ll get an upgrade to 5Ghz (preferably with 802.11ac) sometime? 2Ghz wifi just isn’t reliable enough for a lot of IoT applications.

Sorry, we stuck with 2.4GHz wireless due to price constraints. Keeping the new Zero 2 cost down was really important to us!

How about the power consumption? Can this Pi Zero be powered with 5V/1A or 5V/2A? I ask because I want to use it on the go

We recommend an external power supply as the current draw of the Zero 2 is higher than the original Zero. However the minimum size of your power supply will depend on your use case, there have been some good comparisons of power consumption by folks like Jeff Geerling, who also look at disabling cores to reduce the power budget, as well as Gareth Halfacree at Hackster.io.

That Pi logo-shaped logo in the “package ball-out” is indeed art. I declare Simon Martin to be both an artist, as well as a scientist.
Thanks so much for maintaining the same form factor!
For that price, it seems to me pretty much a no-brainer that anyone with a project already having a previous Pi zero would just toss in this newer one instead.

Congratulations on solving the issues around upgrading the Pi0. This now means that *every* Pi product line has a 64-bit capable upgrade path.
The new PSU is also and interesting addition to the stable.
A bit more on power requirements would be welcome.

If its based on the Pi3 die, will it use Pi3 kernels and kernel modules?

Yup. The new RP3A0 SiP looks a lot like the BCM2837 to the OS.

Hi
How much power needed in full load(heavy cpu benchmark)? I mean 5v 2.5A psu is really required or it’s just an over measured psu which is already in stock? For battery usage perspective. Thanks for reply.

We recommend our own power supply. However, there have been some good benchmarks of power consumption of the new Zero 2 by folks like Jeff Geerling, who also look at disabling cores to reduce the power budget, as well as Gareth Halfacree at Hackster.io.

Nice job, I was hopping to see 1GB or even bigger RAM options. Right now this will be a big improvement in 3D printer’s setup with Octopi. Again, thanks for your work.

Anyone know the Zero 2 W has AES crypto enabled or was it still not licensed from ARM?

No, sorry.

Congratulations on the Raspberry Pi Zero 2, seems like it would be a really nice upgrade to resource-constrained projects.

WAAA! Imagine jumping into a bowl of raspberries now; imagine the confusion with numbers. Raspberry Pi 02, 0-2, no zero two.
Thanks for the periodic shot of dopamine.

Looks great. I hope I can actually find one. Does this run .NET 6?

Probably a question for Microsoft rather than us, but it should do? Looking at their site .NET 6 as Linux Arm binaries, so it should be fine. There seem to be plenty of installation HOW TOs around for Raspberry Pi!

Hey! The TV and Run disappeared! ….and got moved to the back.

It was really hard to squeeze things in, and keeping the overall form-factor was important.

Great news – the Pi Zero W is phenomenal so it’s great to see it updated. Is the existing USB OTG support maintained? I found it an incredibly helpful bit of functionality. The existing Pi0W does the job nicely for me from a processing perspective so I’ll probably keep the lower thermal output of that but it’s great to have options of higher power with this Pi02W.

Yes! The board has a USB OTG port.

Fantastic news. Just watched the excellent interview with Eben on the Make: YouTube channel – amazing what you folks are doing at Raspberry Pi, happy 10th anniversary when it comes next year!

Great news!
Can I just move a SDCard from my RPi3 to the RPi Zero 2 without having to adapt something?

Yes. I would suggest making sure the OS is up to date, just as a general housekeeping rule, but yes.

Are there any plans for a (low cost) Zero 2 (no wireless) version?

Can vulkan 1.1 will work on new zero 2?

Hello, Does this have full support for Device mode?
I want to use this and make it into a webcam

The new Zero 2 has a USB OTG port. So, yes it should work!

When will the raspberry pi run BSD family operating systems?

Sounds like a question for the folks at BSD rather than us, we have our own excellent operating system which runs perfectly on the new Zero 2. But as the RP3A0 uses the same silicon as the Raspberry Pi 3 it shouldn’t take them too long if it doesn’t work out of the box.

Will the Pi Zero 2 reboot when you plug in a USB peripherals when the device is already on like the older Pi Zeros or was the USB circuit fixed?

Sounds like you were powering your original Zero with a power supply that wasn’t up to the job and wasn’t providing the board with enough current. Your experience isn’t typial! We recommend our own 12.5W Micro USB Power Supply.

It has been specifically designed to provide a consistent +5.1V despite rapid fluctuations in the current draw. Those fluctuations in demand are something that happens a lot when you’re using peripherals with your Raspberry Pi, and they’re something that other supplies — which may well have been designed to provide consistent current for charging cellphones — usually don’t cope with all that well. Our supply also has a captive (attached) micro USB cable, which means you can’t inadvertently use a poor quality cable, something that can be an issue with other power supplies.

This is a big upgrade for the Zero, but as I explain my first impressions, the original zero still shines in some use-cases.
https://blog.alexellis.io/raspberry-pi-zero-2/

Why didn’t they go with USB-C????

USB-C is more expensive, and this is a Raspberry Pi Zero, and expensive matters when we’re trying to squeeze everything into the price point. But beyond that we wanted to maintain the form factor of the original Zero.

I see from previous comments that you have no plans for a non-W version, which is a shame. Is there at least the ability to completely isolate the wireless module on the Zero 2 W so it draws no power and I can pretent it doesn’t exist!

No, sorry.

Thinking cap on. I think RPiT said that it wasn’t possible to put more than 512MB of RAM on the board becuase it would be too big for the PoP and there’s no room on the board for a discrete RAM chip. What if the wireless chip was removed though – would that theoretically leave enligh space for a discrete RAM chip? I appreciate we’re entirely talking about technical theory – in commercial reality the product would also have to be popular enough that it pays for itself.

Got mine yesterday (Friday) and I am very impressed it works well much faster than the original zero. Congratulations on another excellent bit of kit.

I think this can replace rpi3 b+!!!So exited

Would be nice to see side by side size comparison between the old and the new PSU!

Great news. Already ordered one. :)
Will there be an opportunity to buy and unlock codecs for MPEG2 and VC1 via https://codecs.raspberrypi.com/ like on the other pre pi4 models?

Great read and very exciting keep I’d be really interested in trying the new model on some of the test printers I try

Thermals are a challenge when you release a 40nm sbc on October 2021… did you remember that on April 2028 you said that “we are at the end of the road on the 40nm”??? It seems you fanboys and a bunch of marketing will do the rest. ANCIENTWARE

This zero w looks great but has only 1 usb connection, so is it only keyboard , thanks

As long as you use the appropriate micro-USB to full-size USB adaptor https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/micro-usb-male-to-usb-a-female-cable/ it works fine with USB hubs. But for anything more than just a keyboard and mouse you might need to use a powered hub.

Such a shame it doesn’t support 5GHz but I fully understand your motives – $15 for this kind of hardware is just heaven on earth!

Any idea when this will be back in stock? :)

I’ve noticed that the dimensions of the cm4 and pi02w are very similar. Is it possible hat if the io holes were scrapped, that you could put the internals of the cm4 into the form of a pi zero?

What is the “goatee” I see on one of the pictures plugged into rpi zero 2w?

That’s not a Zero 2W – it’s the prototype Raspberry Pi from 2011. Which we refer to as Zero 2W’s evil twin – hence Eben’s crack about a goatee.

When will Zero 2 model be restocked? I have searched multiple online stores in Asia and all of them are out of stock.

When can we expect pi zero w stock in India? We are unable to a make a decision on a couple of our products because of this non-availability

Hello,
Thanks for your comment. A member of our Commercial team has contacted you in regards to your question.

Where can I find it for 15 Dollars?

There is no such value in any online store.

Thanks for your comment Marcelo, I’ve been in touch with you.

I really wish I could buy one!

Are there any places with this in stock at the 15 dollar price range?

We always recommend buying through our Raspberry Pi Approved Resellers to ensure you’re getting your product at the best price. Here’s the link. Simply select your location at the bottom of the page and you’ll see links to all our Approved Resellers in your area.

I have too many projects on my plate to not be able to get hold of a few Zero’s before September (re sites saying next shippement will be coming!). So do you have a couple of spare one you could send me please? :)

Checked on Approved Rsesellers page and found that all are already sold out. The next available date will be Sept. 26. Yes, today is Mar 15.

:-(

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