Product description: LED SHIM - 28 LED RGB overlay for Raspberry Pi - Pimoroni PIM354
Overlay created by Pimorni company, designed forRaspberry Piminicomputers. The board is equipped with28 smallRGBLEDs. LED SHIM has been produced inpHATformat, its thickness is only 0,8mm. The capdoes not require soldering, just put it on GPIO pins of Raspberry Pi minicomputer. The LED driver chip used in the module isIS31FL3731. LED SHIM is compatible with any 40-pin version of Raspberry Pi.
The manufacturer has prepared aPythonlibrary withsample codefor the Raspberry Pi minicomputer and the LED SHIM overlay.
The SHIM LED overlay for Raspberry Pi comes with 28 small RGB LEDs. The LED SHIM overlay is the subject of this sale, theRaspberryPi minicomputer can be purchased separately.
LED SHIM overlay with 28 RGB LEDs.
Main features of the LED SHIM overlay
- 28 RGB LEDs
- IS31FL3731 LED array driver chip
- Does not require soldering (possibility of soldering the goldpin strip)
- Super thin board format
- PCB of 0.8 mm thickness
- Can be used with HAT and pHAT pads
- Compatible with all 40-pin Raspberry Pi versions
- Prepared Python library
Software for LED SHIM
The manufacturer has prepared a Python library for Raspberry Pi. In the repository you can also find sample programs that demonstrate the capabilities of the LED SHIM overlay.
To install the software, type the following command in the terminal:
curl https://get.pimoroni.com/ledshim | bash
Application of SHIM LED overlay
The SHIM LED overlay for the Raspberry Pi minicomputer is equipped with 28 RGB LEDs. It doesn't require any soldering to start working, just put it on the GPIO pins of the minicomputer. Using the overlay you can read status updates and notifications. It can also be used as a VU meter or as a bar graph from thesensors.
SHIM LED overlay for Raspberry Pi.
