> **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 LED SHIM **Type:** Product page · **SKU:** PIM354 · **Brand:** [Pimoroni](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/pimoroni-australia) · **GTIN:** 606034877603 **Page:** https://core-electronics.com.au/pimoroni-led-shim.html ([markdown](https://core-electronics.com.au/pimoroni-led-shim.html.md)) 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. ## Pricing - **Price:** $18.95 (inc GST) — $17.23 AUD, exc GST - **Quantity discounts:** 10+ $16.54 (exc GST) · 25+ $16.02 (exc GST) ## Availability & dispatch - In stock, ships same business day if ordered before 2PM (Australia/Sydney). - We can dispatch 2 today; more stock is typically available with a 7–12 day lead time. ## How to buy - **Build a cart:** compose `https://core-electronics.com.au/cart/link?items=PIM354:1` (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/PIM354:1.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 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. 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](https://core-electronics.com.au/pimoroni-unicorn-hat-hd.html), being driven by the same IS31FL3731 LED matrix driver chip that's on [Scroll pHAT HD](https://core-electronics.com.au/pimoroni-scroll-phat-hd.html). Coding LED SHIM is just like coding a [Blinkt!](https://core-electronics.com.au/pimoroni-blinkt.html) 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](https://github.com/pimoroni/led-shim) ### Software Pimoroni has put together a one-line installer to install the [LED SHIM Python library](https://github.com/pimoroni/led-shim). You'll be up-and-running in a jiffy! There's a bunch of [example programs](https://github.com/pimoroni/led-shim/tree/master/examples) 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. ## Images - [Product image 1](https://core-electronics.com.au/media/catalog/product/p/i/pimoroni-led-shim-1.jpg)