{"id":15141,"date":"2016-07-26T12:36:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T11:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15141"},"modified":"2016-07-26T12:36:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T11:36:11","slug":"directly-connect-to-and-program-your-raspberry-pi-zero-over-usb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15141","title":{"rendered":"Directly connect to and program your Raspberry Pi Zero over USB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.circuitbasics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Raspberry-Pi-Zero-Ethernet-Gadget-Pi-Zero-Plugged-Into-Computer.jpg?resize=768%2C511\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For a while, it has been possible to communicate and program a Raspberry Pi Zero via it&#8217;s USB data port. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14778\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ve covered this useful feature before, beginning with Andrew Mulholland&#8217;s original work<\/a>\u00a0but I feel it&#8217;s worth covering again, particularly when it&#8217;s been written up in such a user-friendly way, as it has been over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.circuitbasics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Circuit Basics<\/a>. 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