This Button SHIM for the Raspberry Pi adds physical interaction and visual feedback to your Pi project, making the perfect controller for hardware like Unicorn pHAT or the Four Digit Display pHAT, enhancing many projects and designs.
Button SHIM gives you five handy, physical buttons and an RGB status LED, and it's HAT and pHAT-compatible! The SHIM-format boards are designed to slip neatly onto your Pi's GPIO pins and still allow you to use HATs and pHATs at the same time. Or, alternatively, solder the included female header onto Button SHIM and use it as a standalone board. The buttons and status LED stick out from the top edge of your Pi, making them easy to access.
- Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W
- 5x tactile, right-angle push buttons
- Single RGB LED (APA102)
- Buttons driven through an IO expander (TCA9554A)
- Super-slim SHIM-format board
- 0.8mm thick PCB
- Can be used with HATs and pHATs
- Python library
- 2 x 20 Female header included
- Requires soldering
There is a one-line installer to install the
Python library. There are also example programs that show you how to use Button SHIM to control your Pi's audio, how to control the status LED, and how to mimic key presses.
To install the software, open a terminal and type
curl https://get.pimoroni.com/buttonshim | bash to run the one-line-installer.
Button SHIM pinout
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Button SHIM for Raspberry Pi |
