| 1 | | Raspberry Pi computers are powerful and inexpensive, but require additional hardware to connect to robot sensors and actuators. In Pi parlance, an auxiliary circuit board that plugs onto the Pi 40-pin expansion connector is called a 'hat'. The PiBot Hat is designed to make it easy to connect motors, sensors, and other peripherals to a Raspberry Pi. It provides: |
| 2 | | * switching power supply to allow the Pi to run from battery power |
| 3 | | * voltage level converters to allow the 3.3v Pi to interface with common 5v sensors and controllers. |
| 4 | | * a dedicated PWM controller to offload the work of fine motor speed/position control from the Pi |
| | 1 | Raspberry Pi computers are powerful and inexpensive, but require additional hardware to connect to robot sensors and actuators. In Pi parlance, an auxiliary circuit board that plugs onto the Pi 40-pin expansion connector is called a 'hat'. The PiBot Hat is designed to make it easy to connect motors, sensors, and other peripherals to a Raspberry Pi. |
