{"id":47671,"date":"2020-04-15T14:30:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/?p=47671"},"modified":"2020-04-15T14:40:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T13:40:07","slug":"top-10-accessories-for-your-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/hardware\/top-10-accessories-for-your-raspberry-pi.html","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Accessories For Your Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’re looking for a project or 10 with all your new found spare time then the Raspberry Pi (now in its fourth generation<\/a>) continues to be a smart home project hero. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small, inexpensive, stable and incredibly flexible, there are so many home automation applications it’s perfect for. Here are some accessories you might not have heard of that expand its capabilities even further…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. Raspberry Pi Sense HAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Raspberry Pi Sense HAT<\/a> is attached on top of the Raspberry Pi via 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 many different types of experiments, applications, and even games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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09. Raspberry PI DVB TV HAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Raspberry Pi DVB TV Hat<\/a> supports dvb-t\/t2 and can be used to build little Kodi clients that fit behind your TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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08. Raspberry Pi HD Camera Module<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The LABISTS HD Camera Module<\/a> is a small square circuit board with a thin ribbon cable, the camera module connects to the Camera Serial Interface (CSI) port on the raspberry pi and provides high-resolution still images and moving video signals which can be used as is or integrated into your own programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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07. 5″ HDMI Capacitive Touch Screen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This Raspberry Pi 4 Screen<\/a> 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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06. Raspberry Pi 4 Fan Cooling Case<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Raspberry Pi 4 Fan Cooling Case<\/a> can help with the new Pi 4B’s early reputation for producing heat. While things have improved with the latest updates it can still run toasty sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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05. Raspberry Pi PoE HAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Power Over Ethernet PoE HAT<\/a> is a great accessory. PoE is ideal for the Pi, especially for juicing up a smart home hardware project where you already have a data cable but not a mains supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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04. Raspberry Pi UPS HAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Raspberry Pi UPS HAT<\/a> is an Uninterruptible Power Supply accessory that uses 2 x 18650 cells and provides 2 x USB A port power outputs plus 1 x type C to provide uninterruptible power for the Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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03. Raspberry Pi SATA HDD\/SSD Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Geekworm Raspberry Pi 4 SATA<\/a> supports up to 4TB 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drives (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD) on the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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02. Raspberry Pi 4G Cellular HAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IBest 4G \/ 3G \/ 2G \/ GSM\/GPRS\/GNSS HAT <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SIM7600E-H 4G HAT<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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01. PiRelay PiRelay Expansion Board<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The PiRelay Expansion Board<\/a> should get every home automators heart racing. Ideal for IoT projects, the unit comes with 4 Chipskey HLS8L-DC5V-S-C relays that can handle 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BONUS: Raspberry Pi 4 Kit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Finally, if all this has whetted your appetite for a project and you’ve not got a Pi yet then checkout these starter kits<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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raspberrypi.org<\/a> : Available from Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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