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Pimoroni LED SHIM

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SKU: PIM354 Brand: Pimoroni

28 tiny RGB LED pixels in a single row that just slip right onto your Pi's pins, no soldering required! LED SHIM is ideal for status updates, notifications, a VU meter, or as a bar graph for sensor readings.

$25.45 AUD, inc GST

$23.14 AUD, exc GST

In stock, ships same business day if ordered before 2PM
Delivered by Tue, 7th of May

Quantity Discounts:

10-25 $22.21 (exc GST)
25+ $21.52 (exc GST)

The really nifty thing about LED SHIM is that it doesn't require any soldering. Pimoroni has engineered a new friction-fit header that slips securely onto the Pi's pins. Because LED SHIM's PCB is just 0.8mm thick you can use it at the same time as HATs and pHATs, and it'll stick out and be visible at the top of your Pi. Of course, if you want to solder LED SHIM to your Pi's pins or solder a female header to it, then you can do that too.

These are similar (but even smaller) to the RGB LEDs that we use on Unicorn HAT HD, being driven by the same IS31FL3731 LED matrix driver chip that's on Scroll pHAT HD. Coding LED SHIM is just like coding a Blinkt! with more pixels, so if you've used Blinkt! then it'll be very familiar to you.

Features

28 RGB LED pixels
IS31FL3731 LED matrix driver chip
Solderless, friction-fit header
Super-slim SHIM-format board
0.8mm thick PCB
Can be used with HATs and pHATs
Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3+, 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W
Python library

Software

Pimoroni has put together a one-line installer to install the LED SHIM Python library. You'll be up-and-running in a jiffy! There's a bunch of example programs to show you what's possible with LED SHIM, that you can learn from and adapt to your needs.

To install the software, open a terminal and type curl https://get.pimoroni.com/ledshim | bash to run the one-line-installer.

Pimoroni's software does not support Raspbian Wheezy.

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