If you can log in via a terminal, that¡¯s of course easy to do, but when portable without a computer (or, if you don¡¯t have an active terminal connection) then you need a way to properly shut down the Pi Zero. The Pico is not running an operating system or has any external storage that needs to be synced , there is no risk in just disconnecting the power.?
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Karl Heinz - K5KHK
