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# Micro Dot pHAT - pHAT only

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** PIM182 · **Brand:** [Pimoroni](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/pimoroni-australia) · **GTIN:** 0704256793463
**Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/micro-dot-phat-phat-only-1.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/micro-dot-phat-phat-only-1.html.md))

An unashamedly old-school LED matrix display board, capable of mounting six LED matrices each with 5x7 pixels (for an effective display area of 30x7).

> ⚠ This listing is for the bare pHAT, the [red](https://core-electronics.com.au/ltp-305-red-led-matrix-pack-of-2-1.html) and [green](https://core-electronics.com.au/ltp-305-green-led-matrix-pack-of-2-1.html) LED matrices come seperately

## Pricing

- **Price:** $9.46 (inc GST) — $8.60 AUD, exc GST

## Availability & dispatch

- In stock, ships same business day if ordered before 2PM (Australia/Sydney).
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## Description

An unashamedly old-school LED matrix display board, capable of mounting six LED matrices each with a 5x7 pixel resolution (for an effective display area of 30x7) plus a decimal point, using the beautiful little Lite-On LTP-305 matrices.

Use between 1 and 6 matrices in your choice of green and/or red. Perfect for building a retro scrolling message display, a tiny 30-band spectrum analyser, or a retro clock.

Micro Dot pHAT also works well with our other pHATs and HATs. You could use it in combination with pHAT DAC to display the audio spectrum, or with [Enviro pHAT](https://core-electronics.com.au/pimoroni-enviro-for-raspberry-pi.html) to display its temperature, pressure and light readings.

[The MagPi](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/MagPi50_34009ef29ac.pdf) said that Micro Dot pHAT was *"certainly a cut above the standard seven-segment alternative"* in their four star review.

**Features**

- 3x IS31FL3730 LED matrix driver chips
- Drives up to 6x LTP-305 green and/or red LED matrices
- Up to 30x7 pixels (5x7 per matrix plus a decimal point)
- [Micro Dot pHAT pinout](https://pinout.xyz/pinout/micro_dot_phat)
- Compatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models
- [Python library](https://github.com/pimoroni/microdot-phat)
- **Female header and display require soldering**
 
**Software**

Pimoroni has put together a comprehensive [Python library](https://github.com/pimoroni/microdot-phat) to make using Micro Dot pHAT really simple, as well as a guide to assembling it, and a getting started guide to show you how to install and use the Python library.

## Images

- [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/P/I/PIM182-2.jpg)