Best Raspberry Pi HATs: Expansion Boards for Every Project

[Admin]

The Raspberry Pi HATs (Hardware Attached on Top) bring tons of extra functionality to your Pi. The best HATs allow you to build a retro gaming machine, develop an A.I., power a robot or just learn about programming.

Best Raspberry Pi HATs: Expansion Boards for Every Project : Read more

 

[Pi-Plates]

Please also consider the TINKERplate HAT from Pi-Plates. This board has 2 relays, four 12 bit A/D inputs, and eight smart digital I/O ports. More information is available at https://pi-plates.com/tinkerplate/

 

[scodd]

TINKERplate looks cool. I might give it a try.

 

[romilly]

Like you I love the Pimoroni Explorer HAT - so much I wrote a book about how to use it

 

[hansliss]

The Raspberry Pi HATs (Hardware Attached on Top) bring tons of extra functionality to your Pi. The best HATs allow you to build a retro gaming machine, develop an A.I., power a robot or just learn about programming.

Best Raspberry Pi HATs: Expansion Boards for Every Project : Read more

I suspect almost none of the devices you list are HATs. The HAT specification includes a mandatory serial EEPROM containing information about the board, and you are not allowed to call it a HAT without this EEPROM.

You can read about HATs here: https://github.com/raspberrypi/hats

 

[Garden-Gnome]

This article is quite old now and not fit for 2024. For example, item 5 the Pi Sense Hat as shown is version 1 and version 2 has been available for quite some time.