Raspberry Pi HATS (Hardware attached on top) are other boards and modules that extend the functionality of your main Raspberry Pi boards. These expansion boards can help you do more with your Pi, whether its a Pi 2, Pi 3 or the latest Pi 4 boards. The Raspberry Pi boards support both official HATS and third-party hats to make your experience even greater and to open up more availability with what your device can do.
Raspberry Pi add-ons are also included and you can find the likes of additional heatsinks to cool your device to an even more optimum temperature for better performance. Raspberry Pi hats are mostly plug and play for an effortless install.
What are popular HATS for Raspberry Pi?
PoE Boards: PoE (Power over Ethernet) allows you to ditch the mains adapter and power your Raspberry Pi boards with an ethernet cable. As well as powering your board, they also allow you to have an internet connection, resulting in fewer wires and a more space-saving design.
Sense Hat: The sense hat is an interactive hat that can identify multiple senses from orientation, air pressure, humidity and much more. It even includes RGB LEDs in a matrix.
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The RaspberryPi-B1 module by Eccel Technology Limited is
based around the RFID B1 module. Introduced as a hat product and is suitable for adding RFID/NFC(13.56 MHz) capability to the Raspberry Pi (RS 8968660). Simple and easy to use without extensive ...
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This short tutorial will guide you through the
assembly of your Pan-Tilt HAT. We'll go through attaching the pan-tilt module, connecting the servos to the board, mounting the camera, and the optional use of an Adafruit Neopixel stick for lighting.The ...
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With 4 times as many pixels it makes
much more complex animations possible, including scrolling text, and even low resolution videos.The bundled ninja diffuser makes the pixels look extra-shiny by providing some subtle diffusion, blurring the lines between each pixel. ...
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Seeed’s LTE CAT.1 Pi HAT is an open
source cellular extension modem for Raspberry Pi, based on u-blox LARA-R2xx series. It compatible with Raspberry Pi 1 Model B+ and later versions.LTE CAT.1 Pi HAT is designed for LTE Category 1 ...
