The next thing I did was remove the four screws holding down the heat sink. The keyboard just had a flip-up ribbon connector that I disconnected, and the next thing I noticed (besides that massive heat sink) is a little conductive pad in the top left corner, bridging the Ethernet jack, the heat sink, and the keyboard:Īccording to the Pi Engineer I asked, this pad is required to bond the ground from the back of the keyboard to the rest of the Pi 400's electronics. After working my way around the board, I could separate the keyboard top from the bottom half: To get it open, I used a plexiglass cutter, which is the only tool I have that's thin enough to get into the side clips that hold the white keyboard top to the red plastic shell underneath, but also rigid enough to un-pop the snaps. Looking at the bottom, there aren't any screws or other fasteners, and the only difference from the regular keyboard is the inclusion of some vents and larger rubber feet. It's only when looking at the back that you see the major difference between the keyboard and the Pi 400-the latter has a full assortment of ports for use in general computing, even including the full 40-pin GPIO connection that's present on all Raspberry Pis since the Pi 2 model B!īefore we talk about how the Pi 400 works, though, let's take it apart! ![]() ![]() Looking at the Pi 400 and Pi Keyboard from above, it's not obvious what's different-on top, the only change is the F10 Scroll Lock key now is used as a power button, and the Scroll Lock indicator is now a power/activity indicator.Īside: Has anyone reading this ever used scroll lock? I've at least used num lock before, but never scroll lock. The kit's a great deal, but if you already have some or all of the required accessories, you can get the Pi 400 standalone for $70. The equivalent cost Pi 4 model B (with a slower standard CPU clock) is $55, so the total for this entire bundle, purchased separately (and without the benefits the Pi 400 brings to the table) would be $117. The Official Raspberry Pi Beginner's Guide (normally $10).The official Pi micro-HDMI to HDMI cable (normally $6).The official Pi USB-C Power Supply (normally $8).A 16GB SanDisk Edge microSD card (normally $10).The official Pi Keyboard (built-in normally $20).The Pi 400 computer (1.8 GHz 4-core CPU, 4 GB RAM).Videos: There are to videos that go along with this post:įor $100, the Raspberry Pi 400 Kit gives you: (You can also buy the Pi 400 on its own for $70). ![]() This blog post will run through a full teardown and review of the Pi 400 and the rest of the official Kit you can purchase from the Raspberry Pi website for $100. Today Raspberry Pi Trading announced the Raspberry Pi 400, the latest in the series of small education-focused computers that started with the original Raspberry Pi in 2012.įor years, people have come up with creative ways to hack a Pi into keyboards, like the Original Pi in an old Mitsumi keyboard, or the Pi 3 A+ in an official Pi Keyboard.īut the Pi 400 delivers something many have desired: an official Pi 4 board built right into a Pi Keyboard, in a space- and performance-efficient way.
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