Raspberry Pi has announced a second-generation of its computer-in-keyboard, and a branded monitor.
Aimed at home computing and based on RP5 technology, the Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard computer has a quad-core 64bit Arm Cortex-A76 processor (with 8Gbyte of ram), wireless networking, dual display outputs, and 4K video playback.
It comes with a 32GB Raspberry Pi SD Card pre-loaded with Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm, and is available alone ($90) or in a kit ($120) with a branded mouse, 27W USB-C PSU, 2m micro HDMI to HDMI cable and and beginner’s guide.
At launch, there will be UK and US key cap layout version, to be followed by German, Spanish, French, Italian, Nordic and Japanese variants.
Connections on its rear edge include ports for 1x USB-C (power input), 2x micro HDMI (up to 4Kp60), 2x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0 and 1x Gigabit Ethernet. There is also a slot for the microSD card and a standard 40pin GPIO header.
Wireless networking is 802.11b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0.
Ed: The Raspberry Pi 400 had excellent internal heatsinking and has proved a reliable desktop partner.
A new venture for Raspberry Pi is a branded monitor.
Priced at $100, it is a 15.6inch 1080p (‘full HD’) monitor with a 16.2m colour 250cd/m2 IPS display – IPS displays generally have a wide viewing angle.
In includes two front-facing speakers (2x 1.2W. 44.1kHz, 48kHz and 96kHz sample rates), a 3.5mm jack audio output, a full-size HDMI input, a volume control button and a brightness button.
Full brightness and volume are available when a separate 5V 1.5A USB-C power supply is connected, or it can be run at 60% brightness and 50% volume when powered from a Raspberry Pi USB port.
An angle-adjustable stand is built-in, as are VESA and screw mounting options, and it comes with a 1m USB-C power cable.
