Raspberry Pi HATs

Raspberry Pi HATs are an essential element to the Raspberry foundation ecosystem. These are the expansion boards that in Arduino world would be called shields, but given the power of the Pi very often open even broader range of applications. Raspberry Pi HATs have 40 pin GPIO pinout allowing to put them on on virtually all the Raspberry boards. The shields for Raspberry Zero format are usually denoted as pHATs. Given backward compatibility of Raspberry boards all HATs should work with Raspberry Pi 4 series, however we haven´t tested most of them, so if you want to get a HAT for your new Raspberry please look for specific information in product description or reach out to us directly.

Raspberry Pi HATs

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Pimoroni Unicorn HAT

Pimeroni Unicorn HAT is one of the most popular and at the same time easiest to use Raspberry HATs in Pimoroni offering. It is featured with a matrix of 64 RGB LEDs powered directly through the Pi board. The applications of the HAT spread from just a simple games in the classroom up to color indications in your robot. All of this accessible in a really straight forward way and supported by a range of Python libraries available on github and officially issued by Pimeroni. The hat is compatible with all Raspbery boards given its universal 40 GPIO pinout

PI0001

Price €35.99

Pimoroni Explorer HAT Pro

If you are into prototyping with your Raspberry (which you should be given that is what the board is for), Pimeroni Explorer HAT Pro is a great solution for you. Board is equipped with a range of inputs and outpu, which enables it to achieve range of potential applications from controlling motors, to analog sensors and 5V systems. As any Pimeroni accessory it is well compatible with all Raspberry boards and comes in with a range of Pythong libraries on github issued by Pimeroni team themselves

PI0003

Price €28.99

Pimoroni Display-O-Tron HAT for Raspberry Pi

Pimeroni Display-O-Tron is one of the most popular and at the same time easiest to use HATs in Pimoroni offering. It is featured with 16x3 character LCD supporting a complete ASCII character set. The shield is powered directly through the Pi board. The board comes with multiple capactive touch pads on top of that. All functions of the shield are accessible in a really straight forward way and supported by a range of Python libraries available on github and officially issued by Pimoroni. The hat is compatible with all Raspbery boards given its universal 40 GPIO pinout

PI004

Price €36.99

Pimoroni Unicorn HAT HD

Pimeroni Unicorn HAT HD is one of the most popular and at the same time easiest to use Raspberry HATs in Pimoroni offering. Compared to the Unicorn HAT it is equiped with twice as many LEDs in a row and a column giving a matrix of 256 LEDS! All of this accessible in a really straight forward way and supported by a range of Python libraries available on github and officially issued by Pimeroni. The hat is compatible with all Raspbery boards given its universal 40 GPIO pinout

PI005

Price €49.99

Pimoroni Automation HAT

The Pimeroni Automation HAT (PIM213) is a great solution for home automation. The controller board includes relays, powered outputs and buffered inputs up to 24V as well as analog channels. Set of LEDs showing the current state of each of the channels. So if you need to get a light automation or garden sprinkling phasing set in place, this is the board just for you

PI099

Price €39.99

Pimoroni pHAT Stack - Fully Assembled Kit

Can't stand to run out of pins in your Raspberry Pi? You have a cool new accessory but there's no way to plug it in? If you answered yes to any of the above, then this pHAT could be just for you. This piece has 6 sets of 40 GPIOS - one for your Pi and the rest (5) for your collection of HATs that you might want to plug in at the same time. Use it for a specific project or just to play with several HATs at once.  

PI040

Price €24.99

SparkFun Pi Servo HAT - Obsolete

16 servo motors with one board seems impossible? With this board not only it isn´t impossible, but it even seems easy. Additionally, you won´t need to sacrifice any of your valuable GPIOs as the HAT connects directly via I2C. Additionally, you have a serial terminal connection at your disposal.

You can supply the power to the board through your Pi or directly if you are going for larger servos and would need a separate source of power. Simply scrap a small blob of solder on the isolation jumper.

SP0016

Price €16.99

SparkFun Pi AVR Programmer HAT - OBSOLETE

You are looking for an easy way to program a microcontroller in your Arduino. It has never been easier - with this board you can do it in the record speed with support or Raspberry (or without for that matter, as the HAT works on the standalone basis as well). It was first developed as an in-house solution for Sparkfun production, and for its quality and usefulness ended up in mass production with a solid fan following.

The board includes several handy features ranging from the capacitive touch button for a standalone mode to launch programming, LEDs indicating the status of the program upload as well as some whiteboard labels to keep track of your projects.

SP0017

SparkFun Qwiic pHAT v2.0 for Raspberry Pi

QWIIC is a connection standard developed by Sparkfun enabling a quick an easy connection of peripherals without a need to solder pins, without any mismatches due to polarized connector. And on top of that you can "daisy chain" them! 

This hat pretty much opens the whole QWIIC universe in front of your Pi. It features 4 QWIIC ports all on the same I2C bus (GND, 3.3V, SDA, and SCL).

A universal  2x20 GPIO makes it compatible with all Raspberry Pi boards, as well as Google Coral and Jetson Nano.

Note:  For a secure connection in some applications, you'll need to add a pair of 1x20 stackable headers to extend the pins to your cart.

SP0020

Price €7.99

Pimoroni Fan SHIM

Pimoroni Fan is the best you can do for your new Raspberry 4! It is a well known fact, Raspberries can get hot. Even though, there are plenty of solutions to that, you will find no better than this Pimoroni Fan. It is a no-solder device, hence you can put it on and off as you wish

PI009

Price €15.99

SparkFun MEMS Microphone Breakout - INMP401 (ADMP401) - obsolete

Ever needed a microphone for your project. This tiny little board will fulfill all your needs - it is not only mobile, but as well easy to connect. A low power, efficient, omnidirectional AMP401 microphone has an analog output. It works great for near and long range uses and is particularly suitable for a mobile projects given its extremely low energy consumption. You can use it in a range of applications - we can see it used in smartphones, cameras or electronic nannies.

SP021

SparkFun Pulse Oximeter and Heart Rate Sensor - MAX30101 & MAX32664 (Qwiic)

This tiny little board features two chips from Maxim Integrated: MAX32664 and MAX30101. The 30101 Oximetry module  is the sensor on board responding for both oximetry and heart rate sesnsing. The MAX32664 is equipped with a Cortex M4 handling algorithimc calculations, digital filtering and automatic gain control. The board comes with I2C and SparkFun has provided to it Qwiic connectors for ease of use.

SP030

Price €52.99

SparkFun Qwiic HAT for Raspberry Pi

The Qwiic HAT is an absolute basic of Qwiic system for Raspberry. It enables a quick and efficient connection of an sensor to your Raspberry over I2C bus (GND, 3.3 V, SDA and SCL). As Qwiic enables daisy chaining of components, you can pretty much install as many sensors on the Qwiic HAT as you want. On top of that it fits perfectly Pi Tin enclosure from SparkFun enabling connection while in case.

SP031

Price €7.99

SparkFun Qwiic Adapter

This little board is simply a I2C board to Qwiic converter. It pretty much enables any device with I2C connectors to work with Qwiic system. It has two Qwiic ports - both of them served with the same I2C bus. You simply stick the board on your I2C board and get additional two Qwiic ports. It is as easy as it sounds

SP033

Price €1.89

Pimoroni Scroll pHAT HD - Red

This HAT for Raspberry has a lot of individual LED pixels to use it as a scrollable display. Control the brightness of its 119 pixels (17x7) individually by PWM and create animations or texts.

PI011

Price €21.89

Pimoroni pHAT Stack - Solder kit

Can't stand to run out of pins in your Raspberry Pi? You have a cool new accessory but there's no way to plug it in? If you answered yes to any of the above, then this pHAT could be just for you. This piece has 6 sets of 40 GPIOS - one for your Pi and the rest (5) for your collection of HATs that you might want to plug in at the same time. Use it for a specific project or just to play with several HATs at once.  

PI045

Price €19.99

Pimoroni Pico Scroll Pack - White

The 17 x 7 rectangular matrix has a total of 119 white LEDs that can be controlled individually. A dedicated extension to the Raspberry Pi Pico. The device uses the 12C bus for communication and can be safely powered via the USB port.

PI044

Price €21.49

Pimoroni Pico Explorer Base

The Pico Explorer Base is an expansion board for the Raspberry Pi Pico, designed to teach circuit properties and allow you to perform science experiments, build small robots and inventions. The board includes functional components such as a mini prototyping board, motor drivers, ADC and GPIO cables, a speaker, a display with four usable buttons, switches and Breakout Garden rails for the expansion module.

PI046

Price €32.49

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Types of Raspberry Pi HATs

HATs primary to types could be split in input (sensors), output (actuators) and adapter boards, however many of them actually combines all of these functions (especially IoT focused HATs). The key categories by application would include most likely motor/ servo boards (enabling movement), sensor boards (enabling collecting information about board environment including temperature, pressure, current location, gestures, light and many others), communication (across the range of protocols from bluetooth to WiFi), audio and display HATs. One thing is sure and that is that no matter what project you have come up with, there potentially is a board for that already.

Raspberry Pi HATs key providers

Similarly to Arduino, there is a range of producers supporting Raspberry with their own designs of shields with the most recognized being Pimoroni, Waveshare and PiHut or JustBoom. Additionally, there is a wide range of offering from generalists such us Adafruit, Sparkfun, Seed and Pololu. We benefit from several official distribution agreements with the most renowned providers and for the others offer the most popular products. No matter the provider we always try to provide the best products in the competitive prices. Look through the category and our producer pages to learn more.

Resources for Raspberry Pi HATs

The developers of accessories for Raspberry Pi offer full technical support and range of materials for the boards and HATs including Python libraries and launch tutorials. Additionally, Solectro team works on providing our proprietary materials on interesting projects and tutorials for the Raspberry boards. Stay alert and check our offering and tutorial sections.