# SparkFun Pico Add-On Flipper for XRP

**Type:** Product page · **SKU:** COM-28236 · **Brand:** [Sparkfun](https://core-electronics.com.au/brands/sparkfun-australia)
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Anyone familiar with the Raspberry Pi Pico development boards has likely seen the various HAT (Hardware Attached on Top) accessory boards. If you are like...

## Pricing

- **Price:** $11.20 (inc GST) — $10.18 AUD, exc GST
- **Quantity discounts:** 5+ $9.87 (exc GST) · 25+ $9.67 (exc GST) · 100+ $9.26 (exc GST)

## Availability & dispatch

- Available with a lead time — expect dispatch between Sep 02 and Sep 08.

## Description

Anyone familiar with the Raspberry Pi Pico development boards has likely seen the various HAT *(Hardware Attached on Top)* accessory boards. If you are like us, you've likely encountered a simple design limitation: The HATs can only be connected in a single orientation!

Whether a HAT is attached above or below a Raspberry Pi Pico, they all have a fixed orientation. At SparkFun, Sparkfun have devised a simple solution to this problem: the SparkFun Pico Add-On Flipper for XRP. Our Pico Add-On Flipper takes the standard pin out for any Raspberry Pi Pico development board and flips it over as if you had physically rotated it over *(facing down)*.

How is this useful? Say you have a project that uses:

- A Raspberry Pi Pico development board must be in a specific orientation to access its USB connector. However, the wiring or connections to the perfect HAT for your project are wrong. With the Pico Add-On Flipper, you can *flip* those connections from the right side of the USB port to the left (*or vice versa*).
- The perfect HAT for your [Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP) Kit](https://www.sparkfun.com/experiential-robotics-platform-xrp-kit.html) is not intended to be attached on top of the Pico but underneath it—for example, a display board with a downward screen. With the Pico Add-On Flipper, you can take the display board (*with hardware attached on the bottom*) and flip it over to mount it as a **HAT** (*above the Pico with the screen facing upward*).

We also provide a Qwiic connector and reset button on the edges of the Pico Add-On Flipper that users can easily access.

### Documentation

- [Schematic](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/schematic_559614c8b1c.pdf)
- [KiCad Files](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/kicad_files_22950ad3f6f.zip)
- [Board Dimensions](https://core-electronics.com.au/attachments/localcontent/dimensions_102294f3f4a.pdf)
- [Hookup Guide](https://docs.sparkfun.com/SparkFun_Pico_Add_On_Flipper/quick_start/)
- [CAD Model](https://docs.sparkfun.com/SparkFun_Pico_Add_On_Flipper/assets/3d_model/cad_model.step)
- [Qwiic Info Page](https://www.sparkfun.com/qwiic)
- [GitHub Hardware Repo](https://github.com/sparkfun/SparkFun_Pico_Add_On_Flipper)

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