element14 launches Raspberry Pi's new Pi Zero Board

element14 has further expanded its extensive Raspberry Pi product range by launching the smallest form factor Raspberry Pi on the market, the new Raspberry Pi Zero.

This ultraslim Raspberry Pi board is the smallest form factor Raspberry Pi on the market today at only 65 mm long by 30 mm wide and 5 mm deep. To save space and reduce cost on the new Raspberry Pi Zero there is one Micro USB data port and a Mini HDMI port that supports full HD 1080P output.

The 40-pin GPIO contains the same pin out as per the Raspberry Pi 2 but is unpopulated, providing the flexibility to use only the connections the solution requires.

The Raspberry Pi Zero uses the single-core BCM2835 processor, which can now be over-clocked to 1 GHz; the board has 512 MB of onboard RAM with a MicroSD port for storage.

It is expected that this model will appeal to hobbyists and makers as well as industrial engineers looking to create solutions where size and low power consumption are at a premium such as robots, drones for capturing video, or to connect to add-ons for motor control.

element14 has two Raspberry Pi Zero packages available, both include a mini HDMI to HDMI adapter and Micro USB ‘On the Go’ adapter, and the second includes the NOOBS MicroSD card.