Sense HAT's above pins

[Georgian_Geek]

If I use Sense HAT for my robot project, will I loose any GPIO pins?
If yes I plan to use Arduino alongside Pi

thanks

[mikronauts]

Looks like it uses I2C (which is shared) and /CE0 with the SPI port.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/ ... T-V1_0.pdf

If I use Sense HAT for my robot project, will I loose any GPIO pins?
If yes I plan to use Arduino alongside Pi

thanks

[ShiftPlusOne]

physical pins 16 and 18 should be treated as reserved too.

[Georgian_Geek]

thanks for replying ,
I understood that all or many GPIO pins will be accessible and I will be able to connect some sensors and motors from Sense HAT without any problem.

[Georgian_Geek]

I have one more question:
can I use motor controller board, something like this (picture below) with Sense HAT?

[DougieLawson]

I have one more question:
can I use motor controller board, something like this (picture below) with Sense HAT?

No. HATs are not stackable.

[Georgian_Geek]

but I have read MagPi38 (URL: http://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi-issues/MagPi38.pdf; page 18; Article "BUILD A RASPBERRY PI ROBOT FOR £50") and on page 21 is this text written (picture below). this project also use motor controller board.

[rpdom]

No. HATs are not stackable.

That's not a HAT.

Does the Sense HAT have pins on top? If so, that board may work with it, as long as none of the GPIOs used by the board clash with those used by the Sense HAT.

[Georgian_Geek]

thanks rpdom for answering,
I believe Sense HAT has GPIO pins on top of it (female headers). if motor controller does not work, I may try controlling motors with L293D chip.

[ShiftPlusOne]

No. HATs are not stackable.

That's not a HAT.

Does the Sense HAT have pins on top? If so, that board may work with it, as long as none of the GPIOs used by the board clash with those used by the Sense HAT.

Hats are attached by connecting another header on top of the pi, with pins which go through the hat. Some of these headers have extended pins which poke out through the top of the HAT and allow you to connect other things.

I have one more question:
can I use motor controller board, something like this (picture below) with Sense HAT?

If you have schematics for everything you're connecting and you're still not sure, I recommend waiting a little bit until you're comfortable with the theory. If you don't understand how things are connected and configured, you risk frying stuff.

[Georgian_Geek]

Hats are attached by connecting another header on top of the pi, with pins which go through the hat. Some of these headers have extended pins which poke out through the top of the HAT and allow you to connect other things.

ok. I get it now, but can't I just connect male jumper wires to Sense HAT's above female headers.
thanks

[ShiftPlusOne]

Hats are attached by connecting another header on top of the pi, with pins which go through the hat. Some of these headers have extended pins which poke out through the top of the HAT and allow you to connect other things.

ok. I get it now, but can't I just connect male jumper wires to Sense HAT's above female headers.
thanks

I only see that sort of working if you only put the HAT halfway on, and I wouldn't recommend it. You'd be pushing up against the pins coming in from underneath the HAT.

The best way is to get female jumper wires (if required) and search http://www.toby.co.uk/ for REF-182684-02
http://www.toby.co.uk/datasheets/sectio ... 2016081654
http://www.toby.co.uk/content/catalogue ... -18xxxx-0x

[Georgian_Geek]

what do you mean by "put the HAT halfway on". I understood it so (see attachment below). is that right?
I will buy headers with extended pins, anyway.
thank you for helping me!

[ShiftPlusOne]

what do you mean by "put the HAT halfway on". I understood it so (see attachment below). is that right?
I will buy headers with extended pins, anyway.
thank you for helping me!

Oh, I thought you were going to have the hat attached properly and then trying to put male jumpers in through the top, which wouldn't work because that space would be occupied by the pins underneath.

In the picture you linked, the hat is attached in a somewhat more creative way.

[Georgian_Geek]

now I understand everything.
thanks for that!
all I should is to buy headers with extended pins. is that correct?

[ShiftPlusOne]

Yeah, that's how I do it anyway.

[Georgian_Geek]

wow, that was quick.