Top 10 accessories For Your Raspberry Pi
If you’re searching for a project or 10 with all your new found spare time then the Raspberry Pi (now in its fourth generation) continues to be a smart home project hero.
Small, inexpensive, stable and extremely flexible, there are so numerous home automation applications it’s ideal for. here are some accessories you might not have heard of that expand its capabilities even further…
10. Raspberry Pi sense HAT
The Raspberry Pi sense HAT is attached on top of the Raspberry Pi through the 40 GPIO pins with orientation, pressure, humidity and temperature sensors. The sense HAT has several integrated circuit based sensors that can be used for numerous different types of experiments, applications, and even games.
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Raspberry Pi FBA_2483095 Sensehat
8×8 LED matrix display, Accelerometer, Gyroscope
Magnetometer, Air pressure sensor, temperature sensor
Humidity Sensor, small Joystick
£50.63
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09. Raspberry PI DVB TV HAT
The Raspberry Pi DVB TV Hat supports dvb-t/t2 and can be used to build little Kodi clients that fit behind your TV.
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Raspberry Pi TV HAT
easy to use.
Very convenient
£6.29
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08. Raspberry Pi HD video camera Module
The LABISTS HD video camera Module is a small square circuit board with a thin ribbon cable, the video camera module connects to the video camera Serial interface (CSI) port on the raspberry pi and offers high-resolution still images and moving video signals which can be used as is or integrated into your own programs.
07. 5″ HDMI Capacitive Touch Screen
This Raspberry Pi 4 screen is a 5 inch HDMI Capacitive Touch screen monitor supports Raspbian, Ubuntu with a resolution of 800 x 480. It supports Pi 4 & Pi 3 B+ and can be used as a computer with Windows 7/8/8.1/10 plus Sony PS4, XBOX360 and other popular game consoles
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For Raspberry Pi 4 Screen, 5 inch HDMI Capacitive Touch screen monitor – 800×480 HD LCD Display(Support Pi 4 & Pi 3 B+, Windows)
5 inch capacitive screen developed for Raspberry Pi 4, Pi 3 B+, supports windows/Ubuntu/Mac with PC.
Touch function need connect host USB interface with screen Micro USB interface. No need other power
The resolution is 800×480 pixels, HDMI output, up to 80fps frame rate, supports smoothly to play video and games in Retropie system.
£49.99
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06. Raspberry Pi 4 fan Cooling Case
The Raspberry Pi 4 fan Cooling case can help with the new Pi 4B’s early credibility for producing heat. While things have improved with the most recent updates it can still run toasty sometimes.
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Miuzei Raspberry Pi 4 case with fan Cooling 3 × Aluminium Heatsink 5V 3A USB-C Power supply with On/Off switch Compatible with Raspberry Pi 4 model B With USB-C power supply
– Miuzei 9-layer case for Raspberry Pi 4 model B, ideal protection for your Pi components (Raspberry Pi boards not included)
– The case protects the PI while leaving all ports easily accessible. For GPIO, HDMI, Micro USB, SD and power supply connectors there are cut-outs in the case
– housing is made of acrylic and includes no metal that could block the wifi / Bluetooth signal of the Raspberry Pi.
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05. Raspberry Pi PoE HAT
The Power Over Ethernet PoE HAT is a terrific accessory. PoE is optimal for the Pi, especially for juicing up a smart home hardware project where you already have a data cable television but not a mains supply.
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DSLRKIT Power Over Ethernet PoE HAT IEEE802.3at DC 5V 4A PoE+ with 1.5KV Isolation for Raspberry Pi 4B 3B+ 3B plus
support the IEEE 802.3af/802.3at the Power over Ethernet PoE Switch
Support 48V~57V Passive Power Over Ethernet PoE Switch；Support 48V~57V Passive Power Over Ethernet PoE injector
With 1.5KV isolation
£11.50
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04. Raspberry Pi UPS HAT
The Raspberry Pi UPS HAT is an Uninterruptible Power supply accessory that uses 2 x 18650 cells and offers 2 x USB A port power outputs plus 1 x type C to offer uninterruptible power for the Raspberry Pi.
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Raspberry Pi UPS Power supply Uninterruptible UPS HAT 18650 Battery charger Power bank Power management expansion Board 5V for Raspberry Pi 4 model B / 3B + / 3B
[Powerful Function] Built-in power path management, support side-loading, load high current line compensation function. There are two USB A output, and also adds type C output
[Intelligent Design] It offers uninterruptible power for the Raspberry Pi to make your Raspberry Pi still work while moving, you can get rid of troubled of a mass wire
[LED Power Display] It can use many of the 18650 batteries. The illuminated LED light can rapidly show the remain power. You can directly connect to the external power supply for charging
£30.99
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03. Raspberry Pi SATA HDD/SSD Board
The Geekworm Raspberry Pi 4 SATA supports up to 4TB 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drives (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD) on the Raspberry Pi 4 model B.
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Geekworm Raspberry Pi X825 V1.5 2.5 inch SATA HDD/SSD storage Board with metal case & Power switch & Cooling fan for Raspberry Pi 4 8GB/4GB/2GB only
This X825 kit offer a complete storage service for Raspberry Pi 4 model B, it supports Max 15mm 2.5 inch SATA hard disk drives (HDD) / solid-state drive (SSD). also fit with X735 Cooling & Power Mgnt Board (ASIN: B07NLR49L1)
[Important Note] We found that USB 3.0 high-speed transmission will interfere with the Raspberry Pi’s 2.4G wifi signal. So when install the Raspberry Pi 4 in the case, if you find the 2.4G signal is unstable, please try to use WIFI 5G AP. (Please refer to: raspberrypiwiki.com/index.php/X825#Document)
[How to Power] mode 1. through X825: DC 5V/4A with 5.5×2.5mm Jack; model 2. through RPi 4: type C; model 3. through X735 if you have the X735: DC 5V In/ type C/ Micro USB
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02. Raspberry Pi 4G Cellular HAT
IBest 4G / 3G / 2G / GSM/GPRS/GNSS HAT
The SIM7600E-H 4G HAT is a 4G/3G/2G communication and GNSS positioning module supports LTE CAT4 up to 150Mbps for downlink data transfer. You can connect this 4G module with computer to surf the Internet, or attach it onto Raspberry Pi to enable functions like 4G high speed connection, wireless communication, making telephone call, sending SMS, global positioning, etc.
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IBest 4G / 3G / 2G / GSM/GPRS/GNSS HAT for Raspberry Pi, based on SIM7600E-H, support LTE CAT4 for Downlink data Transfer, 4G Connection, Making Call, sending SMS, global positioning
supports GPS, BeiDou, Glonass, LBS base station positioning.Supports dial-up, telephone call, SMS, MMS, mail, TCP, UDP, DTMF, HTTP, FTP, etc.
Raspberry Pi connectivity, compatible with Raspberry Pi Zero/Zero W/Zero WH/2B/3B/3B+
Onboard USB interface, to test AT Commands, get GPS positioning data, and so on.Onboard CP2102 USB to UART converter, for serial debugging.Onboard voltage translator, operating voltage can be configured to 3.3V or 5V through jumper
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01. PiRelay PiRelay expansion Board
The PiRelay expansion Board ought to get every home automators heart racing. optimal for IoT projects, the unit comes with 4 Chipskey HLS8L-DC5V-S-C relays that can deal with up to 240 VAC/7 A, or 125 VDC/10 A. There’s a LED status light for each relay too, along with a 40-pin stacking header for accessing a Raspberry Pi’s GPIO.
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PiRelay Power Relay Module for Raspberry Pi, 4 channel Relay shield for Raspberry Pi, Relay HAT expansion Relay Board for Raspberry Pi 4B/3B+/3B/2B/B+/A+
quality relays loads up to 240VAC/7A, 125VDC/10A, Onboard LEDs for indicating relays status.
Relay control jumper, allows to control the relays by customized pins other than the default pins comes with development resources, including examples in python
40-Pin Stacking Header for accessing GPIO of Raspberry Pi.
£19.99
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BONUS: Raspberry Pi 4 Kit
Finally, if all this has whetted your appetite for a project and you’ve not got a Pi yet then checkout these starter kits.
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Raspberry Pi 400 4GB official Start-up Kit, UK layout
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£110.56
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Raspberry Pi 4 8GB RAM Starter kit (8GB RAM / 128GB SD)
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£225.99
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Raspberry Pi 4 Starter kit (4GB RAM / 32GB SD) with Cooling Fan, UK edition Power Supply, Micro HDMI…
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£195.99
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