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Drum HAT

by Pimoroni

Hook up these 8 advanced capacitive touch pads with LED indicators to start making sublime beats and control surfaces with your Raspberry Pi.

Drum HAT is the much-requested companion to Piano HAT. It uses the same capacitive touch sensor to provide 8 finger-sized drum pads and an indicator LED for each pad.

We added carefully-designed (we drew circles) light channels so that every pad can light up with a tap but none of the LEDs get in your way. It creates a really cool under-lighting effect, too!

Use it to play music in Python, control software drum synths on your Pi, take control of hardware drum machines, or just build it into an elaborate drum-controlled project.

Drum HAT can even be used alongside Piano HAT with a Black HAT Hack3r or Mini Black HAT Hack3r! A two-piece band in the palm of your hand.

The MagPi said that Drum HAT was an "awesome amount of fun" and gave it four stars.

Features

  • 8 capacitive touch pads (link each to their own Python function!)
  • 8 bright white LEDs (let them light automagically, or take control with Python)
  • Works alonside Piano HAT
  • Microchip CAP1188 capacitive touch driver chip
  • Drum HAT pinout
  • Compatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models
  • Python library
  • Comes fully assembled

Software

We've whipped up a neat little Python library to channel your inner Phil Collins (or Nick McBrain if you're that way inclined) in literally seconds.

There's a ready-to-go example with sampled drum sounds; all you have to do is hook up a set of speakers to your Pi's headphone jack.

Get technical and Drum HAT to output regular MIDI commands via a USB to MIDI adapter, and control your software drum synths or hardware drum machine over MIDI.

17 customer reviews

2 months ago
Awesome case. Simple to put together, protects well and great value.
by Nicholas about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
7 months ago
so far i'm loving this case, i did try to fit the pi0-2w into my pi0 case and i had to break a piece off the case - much better to get a case designed for the pi0-2w. It has a nice set colours and it shows the pi0-2w in all it's tiny/funcional glory
by Robbie about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
8 months ago
Didn't read description so surprised about assembly required but ready to put together.
by Anonymous about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
a year ago
Nice quality with clear instructions. It was pretty easy to get the protective film off and the addition of a thin shim makes the board sit even nicer than in the original Pibow
by Teun about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
a year ago
Quality little case. And it's purple. What more do you need? Well, easy access to the SD card but other than that it's all good.
by Howard about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
2 years ago
It's a little fiddly to get together, but it's a very cute case, and it does the job perfect!
by Liam about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
3 years ago
Loving the extra Pi 'ness in this new version of the Pi Zero!
by Vincent about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
3 years ago
well made case, good price, decent appearance for under the TV
by Edward about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
3 years ago
Nice little enclosure to keep the Zero out of "shorting range" of other stuff on your desk ;)
by Christian about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
3 years ago
I received the two parts in good condition and well protected.
by TERRY about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
3 years ago
It's a case for the Pi Zero 2 W. Like all the Pibow cases - well designed and made. Nothing more to say other than efficient and fast shipping from a reliable supplier.
by Alan about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
3 years ago
Fits the Zero perfectly, would be even better if you could access the SD card, however you still gain full access to the GPIO pins, which is a massive plus
by Stephen about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
3 years ago
Everything is fine, just waiting for a Pi Zero 2 W to come into stock
by John about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
3 years ago
An excellent, colourful way to protect your Pi Zero 2. Very easy to construct. You do need to take it apart to replace the micro SD card, but that doesn't take long.
by Simon about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
3 years ago
Works great, assembly makes sense if you check the website first for instructions!
by Richard about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io
3 years ago
Great new pibow. With blue and indigo. I really like this pi zerow2 case. I have the 1.2 pi zero bloue pibow; the pibow pi zero 1.3 camera accommodating orange case case and now this beautiful indigo & blue one. These look great!
by Angelo about Pibow Zero 2 W via REVIEWS.io

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