28 tiny RGB LED pixels in a single row that just slip right onto your Raspberry Pi’s pins, no soldering required! The Pimoroni LED SHIM is ideal for status updates, notifications, a VU meter, or as a bar graph for sensor readings.
The neat thing about LED SHIM is that it doesn’t require any soldering. Pimoroni engineered a new friction-fit header that slips securely onto the Pi’s pins. Because LED SHIM’s PCB is just 0.8mm thick, like our other SHIMs, 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 used on Unicorn HAT HD, being driven by the same IS31FL3731 LED matrix driver chip that’s on Scroll pHAT HD. Coding LED SHIM is just like coding a Blinkt! 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
Software
Pimoroni put together a one-line installer to install the LED SHIM Python library. You’ll be up-and-running in a jiffy! There’s a bunch of example programs 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.
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Prior to shipping, our team will perform an extensive inspection of the products you have ordered. Most orders today are shipped in 48 hours. The expected delivery time will be between 3 and 7 days.
Returns
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Our policy is for 30 days. If 30 days have gone without a trace since the purchase however, we're unable to give you a return or exchange.
You are able to return a product in the event that it is not used and still in the same state as when you first received it. The item must be returned in its original packaging.
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