> **Source:** Core Electronics is an Australian maker-electronics retailer and manufacturer based in Newcastle, NSW, run by a team of makers and educators. We design and manufacture our own product lines (PiicoDev, CE originals) and are official retailers for iconic maker and industrial brands including Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Adafruit, SparkFun and DFRobot. Orders ship Australia-wide from our Newcastle warehouse. Prices are in AUD and include GST. Pricing, stock and dispatch on this page are generated from the store's live catalog. Full machine-readable index: https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt # Pimoroni 5x5 RGB Matrix Breakout **Type:** Product page · **SKU:** PIM435 · **Brand:** [Pimoroni](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/pimoroni-australia) · **GTIN:** 606034878839 **Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/pimoroni-5x5-rgb-matrix-breakout.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/pimoroni-5x5-rgb-matrix-breakout.html.md)) This super-cute 5x5 RGB LED matrix breakout is a neat way to visualize sensor data or for simple animations or notifications, and it's Raspberry Pi and Arduino-compatible. ## Pricing - **Price:** $20.30 (inc GST) — $18.45 AUD, exc GST - **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $17.72 (exc GST) · 25+ $17.16 (exc GST) ## Availability & dispatch - In stock, ships same business day if ordered before 2PM (Australia/Sydney). - We can dispatch 4 today, and up to 200 more in 7–12 days. ## How to buy - **Build a cart:** compose `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link?items=PIM435:1` (comma-separated SKU:qty pairs) and share the link. Opening it shows a confirmation page with live pricing and stock before anything is added to the cart. - **Verify the cart first:** fetch `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link/PIM435:1.md` for live line prices (inc & exc GST, quantity discounts applied), stock and dispatch estimates, and totals. Append `/to/{AU-postcode}` (or `/to/{country-code}:{postcode}`) before `.md` for delivery options and prices to that destination. Unknown, retired, or out-of-stock SKUs are flagged. (Query form `cart/link.md?items=...` also works but some robots parsers refuse query strings here.) - **Checkout** is completed on-site and includes a captcha at the payment step. Share the cart link; checkout takes it from there. - **Search the catalogue:** `https://core-electronics.com.au/search/{query}.md` (URL-encode the query; pages 2-3 at `search/{query}/{page}.md`; `search.md?q=` also works) - **Payment methods, purchase orders, policies and contact details:** https://core-electronics.com.au/llms.txt ## Description This super-cute 5x5 RGB LED matrix breakout is a neat way to visualize sensor data or for simple animations or notifications, and it's Raspberry Pi and Arduino-compatible. These little matrices are ideal for visualizing data from other [Pimoroni breakouts](https://core-electronics.com.au/search/?q=breakout+garden) in a [Breakout Garden HAT](https://core-electronics.com.au/breakout-garden-hat.html), like graphing environmental data from Pimoroni's BMP280 or BME680 breakouts. Or why not use two together as headlights or brake lights for your Pi-powered vehicle? Like [other breakouts](https://core-electronics.com.au/search/?q=pimoroni+breakouts), this one just pops straight onto your Pi's pins once you've soldered on the included right-angle female header, and included is a trace that can be cut to change the I2C address from 0x74 to 0x77, if you want to use two matrices at once! It's compatible with Pimoroni's fancy Breakout Garden HAT, where using breakouts is as easy just popping it into one of the six slots and starting to grow your project, create, and code. ### Features - 5x5 (25 total) RGB LEDs - Uses the [IS31FL3731 driver chip](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/31FL3731_236259ae62.pdf) - 15x15mm active area - 3.5mm LED pitch - I2C interface (address 0x74/0x77 (cut trace)) - 3.3V or 5V compatible - Reverse polarity protection - Compatible with all models of Raspberry Pi, and Arduino - [Python library](https://github.com/pimoroni/rgbmatrix5x5-python) - Dimensions: 19x29x3.5mm ### Kit includes - 5x5 RGB Matrix Breakout - 1x5 male header - 1x5 female right-angle header Pimoroni has designed this breakout board so that you can solder on the piece of a right-angle female header and pop it straight onto the bottom left 5 pins on your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header (pins 1, 3, 5, 7, 9). ### Software Pimoroni has put together a [Python library](https://github.com/pimoroni/rgbmatrix5x5-python) to make it really easy to drive the 5x5 RGB Matrix Breakout, along with a handful of [examples](https://github.com/pimoroni/rgbmatrix5x5-python/tree/master/examples) to show what it can do. *Pimoroni's software does not support Raspbian Wheezy.* ## Images - [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/5/x/5x5-rgb-matrix-breakout-2_1024x1024.jpg)