Required components for the Zero board
Even if the Raspberry Pi Zero board has a very small form factor, it actually can't be used alone, at least for the configuration step. Therefore, we are going to need a lot of additional components for all the projects of this book, and this is what I wanted to go through in this section.
The first thing you will need for your Pi Zero board is a micro-USB to USB converter, so you can plug regular USB devices into your board. This is an image of the cable I used for my Pi board:
Then, you will need some way to connect your Raspberry Pi Zero board to a computer screen. To do so, you will need a mini-HDMI to HDMI ...
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