The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the Raspberry Pi 400, a keyboard with an ARM computer built into it.
Just connect it to a TV or monitor using one of the two micro HDMI ports, insert a microSD card, connect a power cable and a mouse and you have a basic computer for your daily tasks, for codification or for media playback.
The new gadget is available todaya like autonomous machine for $70, or in a bundle that includes a mouse, power supply, microSD card, HDMI cable, and a beginner's guide for $100.
Apart from the keyboard, the Raspberry Pi 400 is a computer that is very similar to last year's Raspberry Pi 4.
It has slightly faster quad-core processors (quad-core) 1.8GHz ARM Cortex-A72 CPU, at 1,5GHz on the Pi 4, 4GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 5.0 and 802.11ac Wi-Fi.
There are two micro HDMI ports capable of exporting up to 4K / 60Hz, two USB 3.0 ports and a single USB 2.0 port.
Power is provided via a USB-C port, there is a microSD card slot for storage and a GPIO header for attaching many more specialized devices.
Internally, the new computer is similar to previous Raspberry Pi devices, but the external appearance of the Pi 400 is something completely different. Depending on the region in which you purchase it, the computer is integrated into a 78- or 79-key keyboard, which is similar to most laptop keyboards.
There are currently six different keyboard layouts – UK English, US, German, French, Italian and Spanish – while variants for Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese and Japanese markets they will be released soon.
