“Perfect upgrade after the blinkt! Pins are available for stacking, the LEDs are wonderfully bright and colorful. One small note: if you want to use it stacked together with other HATs, you have to cut or file the Pibow cases a bit. No problem if you use it alone.”
“This is the first pimoroni product I am actually disappointed by. Bought 4 and was going to use it in a Pi Stack with POE hats, but the fit rules out using standoffs for this product. Did not notice that, or saw that in the information.
The led itself is great, the examples is great. But really wished it would work while using other hats, hats that usually requires standoffs to be used. I'm going to try and cut some of the corners, see if I can get it to fit without breaking it.
But i still love Pimoroni, and will continue to buy everything they release :)”
“Perfect! Friction fits perfectly onto the pins of any naked Pi. It doesn't fit on any of my Pis in Coupe Pibows which is a shame, but it will do if I use a GPIO extender.
I'd love to be able to use it at the same time as one of my HATs, but it's not compatible with the standoffs without attempting to file/cut down the SHIM. One day I'd hope to see a slightly-differently-shaped board which fits alongside a HAT on standoffs.
Still, I have a pHAT Stack I can use it with and it's excellent!”
“Great for experimenting.
It fits easily and does not impede other hats. I currently have an InkyPhat installed on top of this LEDshim. The bright LEDs give eye-catching alerts and the InkyPhat provide further details when required.
The library code is straight-forward and uses the same function names as other hats, so it is possible with a single line change to use the blinkt instead (allowing for the difference in LEDs of course).
Very pleased with this board.”
