pHAT Stack

by Pimoroni

A preposterous pile of peripherals on your Pi! Mix and match 3 HATs or 5 pHATs into a platter of functionality. Use pHAT Stack for specific setups and projects, or just as a handy way to use several HATs or pHATs at once.

pHAT Stack is the big brother to the Mini Black HAT Hack3r. It has 6 sets of 2x20 pin headers, one for connecting to your Pi with the included ribbon cable, and the other 5 for a mix of HATs and/or pHATs. The kits include rubber feet to hold pHAT Stack steady (and prevent it from scratching your desk), and metal standoffs to mount your HATs and pHATs firmly in a more permanent fashion.

Note that you'll need to ensure that there aren't any pin clashes between the boards that you're using together. To check which pins are used by each board, check them on pinout.xyz, or try the pHAT Stack configurator!

Check out our getting started guide for more tips on using pHAT Stack.

Features

  • Five sets of 2x20 pin headers (plus one to connect to your Pi)
  • HAT and pHAT mounting holes (M2.5) and labels
  • Handy pinout, including BCM numbers and descriptive labels

Kits include

  • pHAT Stack PCB
  • 6x 2x20 male GPIO pins (pre-soldered in fully assembled kit)
  • 5x pairs of black brass standoffs
  • 4x rubber non-slip feet
  • 40-way black GPIO ribbon cable

Provided there aren't any clashes between the pins used by HATs and pHATs, you can get pretty crazy with the boards that you combine together. Boards like Four Letter pHATScroll pHAT HD, and Unicorn HAT HD are ideal for displaying data in dashboard-type setups, and boards like Touch pHATPiano HAT, and Drum HAT let you add input to your projects. There are some suggested setups below.

Suggested setups

Build an itty-bitty beat box with Piano HATDrum HAT, and Speaker pHAT. Because Piano HAT and Drum HAT use different I2C addresses, they'll work quite happily alongside each other. Speaker pHAT gives your beat box a built-in speaker.

Make an alarm clock, or even a radio alarm clock, with Four Letter pHAT, Touch pHAT, and Speaker pHAT. Display the time on Four Letter pHAT, use Touch pHAT to cancel or snooze the alarm, and Speaker pHAT to beep when the alarm goes off!

Create a weather station with built-in dashboard using Enviro pHATFour Letter pHAT, and Scroll pHAT HD. Show the current temperature on Four Letter pHAT, and a graph of recent temperature readings on Scroll pHAT HD.

Notes

  • Solder yourself and PCB only kits require soldering
  • When using HATs, be careful not to short pins on components on the underside of the HATs. A couple of pieces of insulating tape on the underside of the board can protect against this.
  • Board dimensions: 162x65x1.75mm(LxWxH) (dimensional drawing)

12 customer reviews

3 years ago
See my review of the Adafruit Perma Proto Bonnet Mini Kit. I used this to separate a prototype weather sensor from the heat of the CPU works a treat I have purchased a number of these boards from Pimoroni, they are excellent quality, and will order again when needed
by Dave about Mini Black HAT Hack3r via REVIEWS.io
4 years ago
I needed something that would allow me to attach multiple hats and this was perfect for the job. The build quality is excellent and it was really easy to set up. Pimoroni makes the best products for people who like to tinker with side projects!
by Anonymous about Mini Black HAT Hack3r via REVIEWS.io
4 years ago
Happy with this. Delivery was fast. Works perfectly and gives a more accurate temperature reading now that the SenseHat is attached to it and not the RaspberryPi.
by Adelle about Mini Black HAT Hack3r via REVIEWS.io
6 years ago
Simple. Allows me to move the sensehat sensors away from the PI and still have access to the pins
by Jorge about Mini Black HAT Hack3r via REVIEWS.io
6 years ago
Ordering was a breeze. The hat looks like it will work fine, once I have t.ime to finish installing it on my Pi.
by Robert about Mini Black HAT Hack3r via REVIEWS.io
8 years ago
Good quality and finish, Color coded pins would be nice, having the pinout on both sides for the "solder yourself" version with a fat white line on position 1 side, then we can choose which side to solder/use (pins left to right = classic or right to left = modern)
by Nem about Mini Black HAT Hack3r via REVIEWS.io
8 years ago
Have one with a Touch pHAT and a Scroll pHAT HD for displaying stats of all the Raspberrys in the house. Very well made and very useful., very satisfied with it.
by Jos?© about Mini Black HAT Hack3r via REVIEWS.io
8 years ago
This is a nifty little tool that has become an essential for prototyping on my raspberry pi.
by Ben about Mini Black HAT Hack3r via REVIEWS.io
8 years ago
Never disappointed with Pimoroni, great quality breakout board with all of the information clearly printed for the pinout. I had hoped to use it to gain easier access to the gpio pins but as has aleady been pointed out, it is labelled backwards for those of us that have the Pi with the pins closest and the power, HDMI, etc.. facing furthest away.
by Julian about Mini Black HAT Hack3r via REVIEWS.io
9 years ago
I have both the original black hacker and this one and must say i prefer this one althrough you could daisy chain them to expand your possibilities ;)
by Paul about Mini Black HAT Hack3r via REVIEWS.io

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