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# LILYGO T-Display K230 RISC-V AI dev kit features AMOLED, LoRa, and keyboard with optional LTE-M/NB-IoT cellular connectivity

**[CNX Software](https://daily.dev/sources/cnx-software)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

LILYGO's T-Display K230 is a handheld dev kit built around Canaan's Kendryte K230 dual-core 64-bit RISC-V processor with a built-in AI accelerator. It ships with a 4.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 1GB LPDDR4 RAM, a 2MP camera, HDMI, Ethernet, WiFi 4, and either an SX1262 or LR2021 LoRa transceiver. An optional detachable QWERTY keyboard adds two 21700 batteries and can include a Nordic nRF9151 SiP for LTE-M, NB-IoT, and GNSS with a SIM slot. It runs the Kendryte K230 Linux SDK or CanMV/RT-Smart firmware, with experimental Meshtastic and LoRaWAN support on the newer Linux firmware. The kit costs about $180 on AliExpress, or $150 on LILYGO's store with the bare board at $98.79.

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## Questions this post answers

### What processor does the LILYGO T-Display K230 dev kit use?

It uses Canaan's Kendryte K230, a dual-core 64-bit RISC-V processor pairing a 1.6GHz core with RISC-V Vector Extension 1.0 and an 800MHz RV64GCB core. It includes a KPU AI accelerator supporting INT8/INT16 compatible with TVM, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and ONNX, reaching about 85fps on Resnet 50 and 670fps on Mobilenet_v2 at INT8.

_Track new RISC-V AI boards like this one by following embedded hardware releases on daily.dev._

### How much does the LILYGO T-Display K230 kit cost and what's included?

The kit costs about $180 on AliExpress for the SX1262/LR2021 variant, with the keyboard adding $133. On LILYGO's own store it costs about $150, with the keyboard adding $70.94 without the nRF9151 cellular module or $113.25 with it. The bare T-Display K230 board alone sells for $98.79.

_Compare pricing across maker board vendors and retailers like this one on daily.dev before buying._

### Does the LILYGO T-Display K230 support cellular connectivity?

Yes, but only through an optional keyboard expansion fitted with a Nordic nRF9151 SiP, which adds LTE-M, NB-IoT, and GNSS along with a SIM card slot. The main board itself has WiFi 4 (RTL8189), Bluetooth LE via an nRF52840 on the expansion board, Ethernet, and SX1262 or LR2021 LoRa transceivers.

_Evaluate connectivity trade-offs on boards like this one when choosing hardware for IoT projects on daily.dev._

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