Raspberry Pi launches Pi 400 microcomputer mainframe hidden in the keyboard

The Raspberry Pi recently announced the launch of a new product, the Raspberry Pi 400 device. Although this device looks like a keyboard, it is a complete computer.

The appearance of Pi 400 is a keyboard with classic color matching of Raspberry Pi, while the host part is directly hidden in the keyboard and only needs to be connected to an external monitor to use.

Speaking of this, you may already understand that this new device actually combines a Raspberry Pi single-board computer with a keyboard, so a portable computer was born.

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The performance of the Raspberry Pi single-board computer is currently gradually improving. Although it may not be able to run large-scale software and games, home entertainment and office needs can be met.

The portable computer launched this time is priced at only $70. After purchase, users only need to use a monitor or even a TV that supports HDMI interface.

In terms of positioning, the device is certainly not a high-performance user group. The Raspberry Pi stated that the outbreak of the new coronavirus allowed the Raspberry Pi to see the advantages of portable computers.

For example, remote office and remote conference, and the Raspberry Pi single-board computer can fully meet the needs of daily processing office documents and remote video conferences.

For users, they only need to carry this small keyboard to work anytime, anywhere, and use very few wires, which will not make your desktop messy.

Although the Raspberry Pi can be integrated into the keyboard, the display is indeed a problem, so users need to be equipped with a display or TV that supports HDMI to use it.

Of course, the Raspberry Pi itself does not have a camera and microphone module. If you need to conduct a remote video conference, you need to purchase an additional camera and microphone module.

Processor: Broadcom BCM2711 chip, quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 64-bit ARMv8 processor

Memory: 4GB LPDDR4-3200

Connection: 2.4GHz/5GHz WiFi, support IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac protocol, Bluetooth 5.0, Bluetooth low energy protocol BLE, Gigabit Ethernet port

Interface: 2 USB 3.0 interfaces, 1 USB 2.0 interface, 40-pin GPIO interface, 2 micro HDMI interfaces support up to 4K60P screen output

Codec: Support H.265 4K 60P decoding, H.264 1080P 60P decoding, 1080P 30P encoding, support OpenGL ES 3.0

Other aspects: microSD card slot for the operating system and data storage, 78/79 key compact keyboard, USB-C power cable