Automation HAT Pimoroni

DESCRIPTION

Take control of and monitor your world with Pimoroni’s ultimate jack-of-all-trades Raspberry Pi HAT!

Pimoroni has pulled together a great set of features for this home monitoring and automation controller. With relays, analogue channels, powered outputs, and buffered inputs (all 24V tolerant) you can now hook up a plethora of goodies to your Raspberry Pi all at once.

Better still each channel has indicator LEDs which means at a glance you can see what’s happening with your setup. Even the analogue channels have dimming LEDs that allow you to see the value they are currently sensing – swish!

Ideal for smart home and automation projects, giving your greenhouse intelligent sprinklers, or scheduling your fish feeding!

Please Note:

• Pimoroni recommend you use a set of brass M2.5 standoffs with Automation HAT to avoid pins contacting the HDMI port if the HAT is pushed down
• Loads for the buffered outputs should be switched on the ground side, i.e. 12/24V (from supply) -> load -> output terminal -> ground (from supply)
• The relays can tolerate up to 2A each and should be switched on the high side
• The sinking outputs can sink a maximum 500mA total across the 3 outputs, so if you use a single channel you can sink the whole 500mA across it.
• Do not use to switch mains voltages!

FEATURES

• 3 x 24V @ 2A relays (NC and NO terminals)
• 3 x 12-bit ADC @ 0-24V
• 3 x 24V tolerant buffered inputs
• 3 x 24V tolerant sinking outputs
• 15 x channel indicator LEDs
• 1 x 12-bit ADC @ 0-3.3V
• 3.5mm screw terminals
• Power, Comms, and Warn! LED indicators
• SPI, TX (#14), RX (#15), #25 pins broken out
• Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W
• Comes fully assembled (broken out pins require soldering)

RESOURCES

Software

• Python library
• Automation HAT pinout