#CM0

Chris Burtonburtyb@widget.uk
2026-01-28

It took a while (thanks to UPS) but my "CM0 NANO Single-Board Computer" has arrived in the UK (from Digikey digikey.co.uk/en/product-highl ).

#RaspberryPi #RaspberryPiCM0 #CM0

Raspberry Pi CM0 module (with antenna) on a carrier with Ethernet, USB, HDMI, USB-C (power), Camera/Display, 40-pin GPIO connectors a micro SD card, RTC battery and a couple of switches.
Chris Burtonburtyb@widget.uk
2025-11-17

@rpimag I've been playing with the forbidden :raspberrypi: .

I populated my test CM0 carrier which only has USB-C for data/power and a couple of pins to control power/RPIBOOT. Using rpiboot it boots the kernel and mounts a root NFS filesystem over USB Gadget Ethernet just like the rest of the family 😁 .

#RaspberryPi #CM0 #RaspberryPiCM0 #MakerMonday

In the centre is a Raspberry Pi compute module 0 mounted onto a slightly bigger PCB which has two USB-C connectors and a 3-pin header which has 2 wires connecting it to the GPIO pins on a Raspberry Pi 3.
Chris Burtonburtyb@widget.uk
2025-11-04

I received another batch of 10 CM0 last week. Combining the results from all batches I'm seeing a 25% "failure to boot from eMMC" rate which is less than ideal 😭 .

#CM0 #RaspberryPi #RaspberryPiCM0

Chris Burtonburtyb@widget.uk
2025-10-28

The rpi-imager problem was a red herring, after switching to dd I still can't get a [non-mangled] CM0 dev board to boot.

With the CM0 dev board on the left I can enable RPIBOOT, apply power, run rpiboot, write an image/sync, remove power, disable RPIBOOT, apply power, LED turns on after a couple of seconds and it boots from the eMMC.

But following the same steps on the other board when powering up after disabling RPIBOOT the LED never turns on (it was on whilst writing the image) and it doesn't boot. Even writing the image from the working CM0 doesn't boot (reading back after a failed boot still has the original sha256sum).

Anyone have any pointers?

#RaspberryPi #RaspberryPiCM0 #CM0

Two Raspberry Pi compute module zero on development boards side by side.
Chris Burtonburtyb@widget.uk
2025-10-23

Continuing my CM0 fun from last night where I removed the module from the dev board, soldered it to my carrier, reflashed 64-bit Lite RPiOS and it didn't boot, no LED, nothing. Checked the schematic, PCB for shorts, voltages, etc. and couldn't find anything so took it off and put it back on the official dev board where it also no longer worked so I figured I'd killed it.

Another one arrived today and it looks like I've somehow got rpi-imager into a state where it writes, verifies and configures OK whilst shafting it enough not to boot 🤦 .

#RaspberryPi #ComputeModule #CM0 #RaspberryPiCM0

Closeup of a green CM0 dev board showing the rectangle of pads surrounded by flux and random bits of solder debris from the module being removed.
Chris Burtonburtyb@widget.uk
2025-10-22

In free air the #CM0 looks to hold it's own thermally and doesn't throttle running stress, stuffed in a cardboard box it happily throttled as expected.

Chart showing temperature vs time for a CM0 running stress. The blue line shows temp whilst in a cardboard box, it ramps up from ~38C to 83.8C. The orange line shows temp whilst in free air, it ramps up from ~34C to 68.8C.Thermal image of the CM0 mounted on the official Development Board. The board is idle and the RP3A0 System-in-package is showing the max temperature of 36.5C.Thermal image of the CM0 mounted on the official Development Board. The board is running stress and the RP3A0 System-in-package is showing the max temperature of 76.8C.
Chris Burtonburtyb@widget.uk
2025-10-22

The "Chinese market" Raspberry Pi CM0 has made it to the UK 🥳 .

Still seems a strange product, even the URL on the box ( raspberrypi.com/products/cm0-d ) doesn't work 🙄 .

#RaspberryPi #ComputeModule #CM0 #RaspberryPiCM0

A Raspberry Pi development board for the Compute Module CM0 is dangling from a USB cable in front of a monitor which has a putty window showing the model "Raspberry Pi Compute Module 0 Rev 1.0".
Chris Burtonburtyb@widget.uk
2025-10-12

Soon you will be mine (pics from the shipping agent).

#RaspberryPi #CM0 #RaspberryPiCM0

On a white background top left is an upside down red cardboard box labelled "Raspberry Pi Development Board // For Raspberry Pi CM0", to the right is an antenna in a plastic zip lock bag, below is the green Raspberry Pi Development Board with CM0 mounted in an anti static bag.On a white background is a antenna showing the 3M branded adhesive in the zip lock bag, in the middle is a Development Board with a CM0 soldered onto it sat on an anti-static bag, on the right is the reverse of the box.On a white background on the left is an antenna in a zip lock bag with the product code "HD0110-WIFI-ANT V2.0" and a black pin header jumper, on the right is the reverse of the green CM0 development board PCB showing a nearly solid ground plane other than what looks to be a 5V trace between the USB connectors.
Chris Burtonburtyb@widget.uk
2025-09-23

@cnxsoft on ithome.com/0/885/115.htm they also have a 16GB eMMC version (CM0 on the IO board) and have the dimensions at 39mm×33mm. Assuming they're actually purchasable it looks quite neat!

#RaspberryPi #CM0

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