Made by Shenzhen SIDIQIAO Technology, the Bapaco is a mechanical keyboard PC powered by an Intel Core i5-1235U 10-core Alder Lake SoC and equipped with a 12.3-inch ultra-wide touchscreen display with 1920×720 resolution.
The keyboard PC is offered as a barebone model without memory or storage but supports up to 32GB RAM, an M.2 2280 NVMe SSD, and/or an M.2 2242 SATA 3.0 SSD. It also features an HDMI output to connect an extra display, WiFi 6 connectivity, a few USB ports, and a 3.5mm audio jack and stereo speakers.
Bapaco specifications:
- SoC – Intel Core i5-1235U
- CPU – 10-core/12-thread hybrid Alder Lake U-Series processor with 2x Performance cores @ 1.3/4.4GHz, 8x Efficient cores @ 0.9/3.3GHz
- Cache – 12 MB Intel Smart Cache
- GPU – 80EU Iris Xe Graphics @ 1.2 GHz
- BPB: 15W
- System Memory – Up to 32GB DDR4 3200MT/s SO-DIMM single-channel memory
- Storage
- M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe x4 SSD
- M.2 2242 SATA 3.0 SSD
- Display
- 12.3-inch IPS display with touchscreen
- 1920×720 resolution; 16:6 aspect ratio
- 90° adjustable hinge
- Video Output – HDMI output for external display
- Camera – 2MP 30 FPS front-facing camera
- Audio
- 3.5mm headphone jack
- Built-in 4Ω 3W speakers
- Connectivity – Dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2
- USB
- 2x USB Type-C ports: one USB 2.0 with DP 1.4 input, and the other USB PD 3.0
- 1x USB 3.0 Type-A port
- 1x USB 2.0 Type-A port
- User input
- 68-key RGB mechanical keyboard (QWERTY by default) with 20 lighting modes, hot-swappable keys
- Touchscreen
- Misc
- Power button
- Brightness buttons
- System switch button
- Battery – 5000 mAh (3S1P configuration) Lithium-ion battery good for up to 6 hours of video playback
- Power Supply – 19V/3.42A (65W) via 5.5mm DC jack
- Dimensions – 330 x 258 x 42 mm
- Weight – 1.82 kg
By default, the keyboard PC runs Windows 11, but the company also mentions it can connect to MacOS or Android devices, I assume over USB-C, using the system switch button to select the built-in Windows 11 OS or use the device as a slave/peripheral (if I understand that part correctly). I don’t see why Linux computers and SBCs would not be supported.
It looks somewhat like the FICIHIP multifunctional keyboard with 12.6-inch touchscreen display, but it’s a completed keyboard PC like the Raspberry Pi 500, but much more powerful and with a built-in display. The user experience may feel similar to the Asus Zenbook Pro Duo UX581 laptop, at least it’s what it looks like when watching the demo video below.
Note that you should not expect too much in terms of support with the company being transparent and honest and saying: “as our development and operations team does not have any native English speakers, we used AI software to translate this article”. The article here refers to the description on Kickstarter.
SIDIQIAO has launched the Bapaco mechanical keyboard PC with its 12.3-inch IPS touchscreen display on Kickstarter with a 5000 HKD funding target that’s already been surpassed. Rewards start at $624 for the barebone computer without memory or storage. Most people will want some add-ons like the $80 16GB RAM + 512GB SSD, or $250 32GB + 2TB SSD.
Via Hackster.io
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