Orange Pi 800 computer in a keyboard with Rockchip RK3399 processor

The company that made Raspberry Pi alternatives called Orange Pi is mostly focused on small, low-cost single-board computers. Now the company launched its answer to the Raspberry Pi 400 computer-in-a-keyboard, the Orange Pi 800. You should not expect high performance from a device. Inside is a six-core Rockchip RK3399 processor with two ARM Cortex-A72 cores and four Cortex-A53 cores. The video chip Mali-T860 is responsible for the graphics. Note that such an SoC is most often used in low-cost TV boxes.

The keyboard has 78 keys with a few status indicator LED lights. Orange Pi 800 measures 286 x 122 x 22mm (11.3″ x 4.8″ x 0.9″) and weighs 385 grams (14 ounces). Orange Pi 800 will support Chromium OS (the open source version of Chrome OS) and a new Orange Pi OS that’s based on Arch Linux.

Other specifications:

• 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
• 64GB eMMC flash storage
• 1 x HDMI 2.0 port
• 1 x VGA port
• 1 x 3.5mm mic/headphone jack
• 1 x Gigabit Ethernet port
• 2 x USB 3.0 Type-A ports
• 1 x USB 2.0 Type-A port
• 1 x USB Type-C port (for power only)
• 1 x microSD card reader
• WiFi 5
• Bluetooth 5.0 LE
• Built-in speaker
• 26-pin GPIO interface

The expected pricing is around $70.