Assuming 80 efficiency that s still only 0 75 watts which works out as 6 5kwh for a whole year which would cost you roughly 80pence for a whole year in the uk.
Raspberry pi zero w power consumption.
It s an upgrade on its predecessor raspberry pi zero that cost 5 but lacked wireless connectivity.
Pi hardware raspberry pi zero minimising power consumption disabling the hdmi port make sure you can get ssh access once this is done first so you have the ability to turn it back on again should you need to.
This is handy for mobile projects where you re.
Yesterday my post comparing the raspberry pi zero s power consumption to other pis hit the hacker news front page and commenters there offered a few suggestions that could be used to reduce the power draw even further including disabling hdmi changing the overclock settings and futzing with the lone act led.
If you do not know already raspberry pi is a single board computer that revolutionized the industry with its 25 price tag.
Raspberry pi zero w was released on the 5th anniversary of raspberry pi.
The raspberry pi zero uses about the same amount of power as the a and at least 50 less power than any other pi b 2 b 3 b.