The built-in DVD player still works too. The Raspberry Pi Zero W uses the DVD player’s power and auxiliary ports and an MCP3008 helps assign button presses to various Kodi actions.

One of the most practical uses for the Raspberry Pi Zero W is running lightweight network services. Applications like Pi-hole ...

The Raspberry Pi in general (and the Zero W model in particular) are wonderful pieces of hardware, but they’re not entirely plug-and-play when it comes to embedded applications. The user is o… ...