Pimoroni Touch pHAT for Raspberry Pi Zero

SKU: PIM272 Brand: Pimoroni

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The Pimoroni Touch pHAT has six capacitive touch buttons, each with a bright white LED, so you can add a touch interface to your Raspberry Pi. While it is shaped and sized to match a Pi Zero, it works great with any Pi with 2x20 connector. You can even use a dry erase pen to write on the pads to label their function.

The pHAT features a CAP1166 capacitive touch and LED driver chip that is read over I2C. Each pad has a matching LED that can be controlled independently. The LEDs have been under-mounted and shine through exposed sections of the PCB to give a pleasing yellow-green glow and a completely smooth top surface!

Use Touch pHAT as a controller for your robot, a controller for your Mote lights, a tiny drum machine, or use it to build a simple game where you have to taps the buttons to repeat the sequence of lights that just flashed.

Features

Six capacitive touch buttons
Six bright white under-mounted LEDs
Microchip CAP1166 capacitive touch and LED driver chip
Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W (any 2x20 connector Pi)
Comes with an easy-to-use Python library
Female header requires soldering

Kit includes: Touch pHAT PCB & 2x20 0.1" female GPIO header. Some light soldering is required to attach the header on, or you can of course solder the pHAT right onto the Pi Zero.

Raspberry Pi not included!

Technical Details

Dimensions (assembled): 65mm x 30mm x 10mm / 2.56" x 1.18" x 0.4"
Weight (assembled): 10.4g

Software

Pimoroni's handy one-line installer will install the Touch pHAT Python library for you. They've included a couple of examples too, to show off what you can do with Touch pHAT.

For product support, replacement parts and warranty for Pimoroni products visit the Pimoroni forum or contact Pimoroni directly.

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