What's your favorite/favorites HAT's and Why?

Hey everyone just thought I would toss the question out there and see if I can find something new others might recommend when it comes to Raspberry Pi Hats.

So with that being said.

Whats your favorite/favorites Raspberry Pi Hats and why?

Pictures are always good too!

Sean_Miller over 5 years ago
My favorite is the Matrix Creator. This is because it has just about every sensor on it including a microphone array. It even has a place where a camera can be mounted in its center. So, if I don't need a screen attached to the Pi, I pretty much will have this attached.

8 MEMS microphone array (DIY Amazon Echo)
FPGA (Xilinx Spartan 6)
Microcontroller (ARM Cortex M3)
Temperature sensor
Ultraviolet sensor
Pressure sensor
3D accelerometer
3D gyroscope
3D magnetometer
Humidity sensor
LEDs
NFC

For a classroom environment, you don't need much else than it to have unlimited projects.

https://www.newark.com/matrix-labs/matrix-c1-us/iot-daughter-board-for-raspberry/dp/05AC8548

See ya',
Sean
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dougw over 5 years ago

Machine Learning BrainCraft HAT for Raspberry Pi 4.
It has accelerometers, switches, LEDs and a graphical display plus interfaces for a camera, microphones, speakers, I2C etc.

I used to like the ChipKIT Pi which allowed arduino applications to work on a Pi, but I think it has been retired.
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gam3t3ch over 5 years ago in reply to dougw

I actually managed to pick up one of ChipKit's have not had a chance to play with it but did manage to get a image for it as I couldn't find much for documentation on it. Have not heard of the other will have to check into that one.
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gam3t3ch over 5 years ago in reply to Sean_Miller

Ya its a pretty versatile hat that's for sure and for the price point its even better having everything packed into one plus the multiple languages compatibility its certainly one that stands out on its own and a great community around it.
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cypresstwist over 5 years ago

The Pimoroni FAN Shim is great for cooling and I always equip my builds with one.
I also like the Pimoroni LED Shim and the Blinkt - they're both excellent at displaying cluster information visually (such as Docker info or CPU usage).
The OhEye HAT is also nice - provides 16 analog inputs and 10 more digital inputs that you can enhance with 10k resistors. I went through hoops to get one.
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easyejl over 5 years ago

I really like the waveshare WM8960 in this particular package

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KN8424G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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abrain over 5 years ago

I like the SenseHAT, but times have moved on a bit....

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Gough Lui over 5 years ago

Fedora. Or Baseball.

Just kidding - I've not actually used "hats" on the regular. Aside from evaluating a few add-on boards prior to the HAT standard being finalised, I really don't use them on a regular basis. I find it easier just to use things which are mass-market USB peripherals or use smaller microcontrollers to work with hardware directly (and then it'd be shields, or more frequently, modules).

- Gough
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