The Raspberry Pi 400 is a computer stuffed inside a keyboard, featuring a quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 processor, 4GB of RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a starting price of US$ 70 for the computer alone or US$ 100 for a computer + mouse, power supply, and microSD card with Raspberry Pi’s Linux-based operating system pre-installed. One thing that’s not included? A display. You’ll need to supply your own.
But if you don’t happen to have a spare
monitor lying around and/or you’re looking for something a little more
portable, Waveshare’s got you covered — the company is selling a line of
Raspberry Pi 400 kits that come bundled with touchscreen displays.
There are two options available at the
moment:
- Raspberry Pi 400 kit with 7 inch display for US$ 180
- Raspberry Pi 400 with 13.3 inch display for US$ 267
Both screens have built-in kickstands,
allowing you to stand them up while paired with a Raspberry Pi 400 or other
devices. And both have HDMI inputs for video and USB inputs for touch support. The
13.3 inch version also has a built-in speaker, supports 10-point multitouch
input, has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, and requires its own power
supply (in addition to the power supply that keeps the Raspberry Pi itself
running).
The smaller model has a 7 inch, 1024 x 600
pixel touchscreen display with support for 5-point multitouch input, no
speaker, and no need for a separate power supply – it can draw power from the
Raspberry Pi via USB. While neither kit will completely transform a Raspberry
Pi 400 into a laptop (you’d need a battery pack for that), they could make the
little computer-in-a-keyboard a little more useful.
And if you already have a Raspberry Pi 400
or a similarly small computer and just want to pick up the displays, WaveShare
sells them independently as well. The 7 inch model is available for US$ 72, while
the 13.3 inch version sells for US$ 160.
