The Raspberry Pi Build HAT is an add-on board designed in collaboration with LEGO® Education to make it easy to control LEGO® Technic™ motors and sensors with Raspberry Pi computers.
It provides four connectors for LEGO® Technic™ motors and sensors from the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Portfolio. The available sensors include a distance sensor, a colour sensor, and a force sensor. The angular motors come in a range of sizes and include integrated encoders that can be queried to find their position.
The Build HAT fits all Raspberry Pi computers with a 40-pin GPIO header, including — with the addition of a ribbon cable or other extension device - Raspberry Pi 400. Connected LEGO® Technic™ devices can easily be controlled in Python, alongside standard Raspberry Pi accessories such as a camera module.
The
Raspberry Pi Build HAT power supply, available separately, is designed to
power both the Build HAT and Raspberry Pi computer along with all connected LEGO®Technic™devices.Raspberry Pi Build HAT Specification
- Supports motors and sensors included in the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Portfolio, along with those from the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Robot Inventor kit and most other LEGO® devices that use an LPF2 connector
- Fits any Raspberry Pi computer with a 40-pin GPIO header (including, with the addition of a ribbon cable or other extension device, Raspberry Pi 400)
- Specially developed Python library supports students and makers to create and learn
- DC power connector: 2.1mm barrel jack, centre positive
- Powers your Raspberry Pi computer (except Raspberry Pi 400) and connected LEGO® Technic™ devices when used with an external 8V ±10% DC power source, such as the Raspberry Pi Build HAT Power Supply, or a 7.5V battery pack
- Onboard Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller manages low-level control of LEGO® Technic™ devices
- The LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime set 45678 and SPIKE™ Prime Expansion set 45681, available separately from LEGO® Education resellers, include a collection of useful elements supported by the Build HAT
