Lately i've been in love with RPi zero. The thing is tiny, low power and yet provides essentially a full computer.
The kind of uses i think for it is as an upper-level control board for things, for example.
Basically, what i am looking for is a nice way to plug RPi zero into a PCB.
Here is an example, the rover is controlled by a microcontroller, with RPi handling the cameras, data storage, wireless stuff and high level logic.
Basically, i got two male microusb plugs mounted on a PCB at the right distance, and moved on from there.
This does have two disadvantages:
1. The plugs are too low, so there is a need for a cutout in the PCB. This limits placement options.
2. MiniHDMI male plugs are essentially nonexistent. I got a few harvested from adapters, but they don't align too well with the microUSB ones.
Which got me thinking - are there any pre-made "sockets" for RPi zero? A rig including two microUSBs and the HDMI plugs at the right distances, to be surface-mounted onto a PCB.
Alternatively, have someone found or figured out a set of parts that would align well in height to plug an RPi zero into them, including HDMI?
And before anyone asks, yes, i heard of "Compute Module", but they are overpriced and clumsy to use (the lack of a removable microsd card effectively kills it's usability, and the need to decide on all GPIO at design time does not help either).