Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Starter Kit - Beginners Collection

The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W Beginners Starter Kit gives you the parts you need to get a Zero 2 W running and connected to a screen: the board, the official red/white case, a 32GB microSD card with Raspberry Pi OS already installed, and a mini HDMI to HDMI cable. The board and case are official Raspberry Pi products, shipped from Australian stock.

What's in the kit

• Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W: quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 at 1GHz with 512MB of RAM, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, on a 65 x 30mm board.
• 32GB microSD card with Raspberry Pi OS preloaded: insert it and power on. No flashing required.
• Official Raspberry Pi Zero case (red/white): comes with interchangeable lids, including a GPIO access lid and a camera lid.
• Mini HDMI to HDMI braided cable: connects the Zero 2 W's mini HDMI port straight to a monitor or TV.

Zero 2 W or Zero 2 WH?

The Zero 2 W in this kit has the 40-pin GPIO footprint unpopulated. That keeps it flat for slim builds and lets you solder wires directly or fit your own header. If you want to plug in HATs and jumper wires without soldering, choose the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 WH Starter Kit, which uses the version with a factory-soldered header.

What you'll also need

• A 5V 2.5A micro USB power supply, such as the official Raspberry Pi Zero power supply (not included)
• A micro USB OTG cable to connect a USB keyboard, mouse or drive
• A monitor or TV with an HDMI input

Running it headless over Wi-Fi? You only need the power supply. The Zero W / 2 W Essentials pack covers the adapters and a GPIO header in one go.

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W specs

• Raspberry Pi RP3A0 system-in-package, quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A53 at 1GHz
• 512MB LPDDR2 SDRAM
• 2.4GHz 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2 and BLE
• Mini HDMI video output, 1080p
• Micro USB OTG port, plus a separate micro USB power port
• CSI-2 camera connector
• HAT-compatible 40-pin GPIO footprint (unpopulated)
• 65mm x 30mm

What you can build with it

• Pi-hole network ad blocker or a small always-on server
• Wi-Fi sensor nodes and home automation controllers
• Security, timelapse or wildlife cameras using a Raspberry Pi camera
• Retro gaming handhelds and compact media players

More Raspberry Pi Zero options

See all Raspberry Pi Zero W and Zero 2 W kits, or add a display, audio or motor board from our HATs and add-ons. Need more power for a desktop or Docker? Look at our Raspberry Pi 5 starter kits.

Note: The microSD to SD adaptor may not be included. The microSD card is always included.