# Adafruit RGB Matrix HAT + RTC for Raspberry Pi - Mini Kit

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** ADA2345 · **Brand:** [Adafruit](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/adafruit-australia)
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You can now create a dazzling display with your Raspberry Pi Model A+/B+/Pi 2, 3, or 4 with the Adafruit RGB Matrix HAT. This HAT plugs into your Pi and makes it...

## Pricing

- **Price:** $48.15 (inc GST) — $43.77 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $42.46 (exc GST) · 50+ $41.58 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

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## Restrictions

Restrictions apply to this equipment as it uses button/coin cell batteries:

- The equipment is intended to be used in trades, professions or industries
- The equipment is not intended for sale to the general public
- The equipment is not intended to be used where children are present
- You are aware that this equipment may not meet child safety testing requirements as it is not intended to be used by consumers or general public, but rather, is intended to be used in trades, professions or industries in conjunction with the limitations and restrictions listed above
- You are aware that these restrictions are due to a change in [A](https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/businesses-on-notice-as-mandatory-button-battery-laws-commence)[ustralian legislation in 2022](https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/businesses-on-notice-as-mandatory-button-battery-laws-commence) for button/coin cell batteries
 
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## Description

You can now create a dazzling display with your Raspberry Pi Model A+/B+/Pi 2, 3, or 4 with the Adafruit RGB Matrix HAT. This HAT plugs into your Pi and makes it super easy to control RGB matrices such as those Adafruit stock in the shop and create a colorful scrolling display or mini LED wall with ease.

This HAT is Adafruit's finest to date, full of some really great circuitry. Let me break it down for you:

- **Simple design** - plug in power, plug in IDC cable, run Adafruit's Python code!
- **Power protection circuitry** - you can plug a 5V 4A wall adapter into the HAT and it will automatically protect against negative, over or under-voltages! Yay for no accidental destruction of your setup.
- **Onboard level shifters** to convert the RasPi's 3.3V to 5.0V logic for clean and glitch free matrix driving
- **DS1307 Real Time Clock** can keep track of time for the Pi even when it is rebooted or powered down, to make for really nice time displays
 
Works with any of our 16x32, 32x32 or 32x64 RGB LED Matrices with HUB75 connections. You can even chain multiple matrices together for a longer display, you can chain as many as you like but the bigger the display the harder it is on the Pi so keep that in mind! Adafruit don't recommend more than 32x128 pixel setups

**Please note:** this HAT is only for use with HUB75 type RGB Matrices. Not for use with NeoPixel, DotStar, or other 'addressable' LEDs.

Each order comes with a HAT PCB with all surface mount parts assembled, a 2x20 female socket connector, a 2 pin terminal block, and a 2x8 IDC socket connector. [**A CR1220 coin cell is not included** to make air shipping easier, please order one seperately](https://core-electronics.com.au/cr1220-replacement-battery-for-icufflinks-inecklace.html) if you do not have one and would like to use the real time clock.

**RGB Matrix is not included** [(Pick one up HERE!)](https://core-electronics.com.au/components/leds/matrix.html)

**A 5V power supply is also required, not included,** for powering the matrix itself. The Pi cannot do it due to the high currents. To calculate the max current of your matrix set up, multiply the width of all the chained matrix by 0.12 : A 32 pixel wide matrix needs 32\*0.12 = 3.85A so [pick up a 5V 4A power supply](https://core-electronics.com.au/5v-4a-4000ma-switching-power-supply-ul-listed.html).

**Raspberry Pi not included** [(Pick one up HERE!)](https://core-electronics.com.au/raspberry-pi/boards.html)

Some light soldering is required to attach the headers to your Pi. A soldering iron and solder are required, but it's not a complex soldering job and most beginners can do it in about 15 minutes.

![//www.youtube.com/embed/vaBsSENOSWw?start=239](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/hqdefault_48650100eb8.jpg)

## Technical Details

- PCB Dimensions: 65mm x 57mm x 2mm / 2.6" x 2.2" x 0.08"
- Height (with barrel input): 13mm / 0.5"
- Weight: 15g
- [Datasheets, EagleCAD PCB files, and Fritzing available in the product tutorial](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-rgb-matrix-plus-real-time-clock-hat-for-raspberry-pi/downloads)
- [Schematics, wiring diagrams, instructions and a Python library ](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-rgb-matrix-plus-real-time-clock-hat-for-raspberry-pi)
 
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