Raspberry Pi Sense HAT - For the Pi 3 / 2 / B+ / A+ (CE04623)

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hi guys - pretty new to raspi, and bought a zero w off you guys last month, or the month before and was impressed with your service.



question, is the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT - For the Pi 3 / 2 / B+ / A+



compatible with the zero w?

Thanks,

Matt

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Hey Matt,

I can’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be, but it’s not currently stated on the site. I’ll put that on our list of checks that we have to do for the newer Pi’s and when someone from our team verifies it we will update the site. Have a great day!

Bryce
Core Electronics | Support

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Thanks Bryce,

I did some googling after asking and it does seem to be. I’ve ordered one off you anyway, so I’ll get back to you to confirm once I receive it to help you out.

If it doesn’t, just gives me an excuse to buy more stuff :wink:

Thanks

Bryce

    January 6

Hey Matt,

I can’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be, but it’s not currently stated on the site. I’ll put that on our list of checks that we have to do for the newer Pi’s and when someone from our team verifies it we will update the site. Have a great day!

Bryce
Core Electronics | Support

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Hi, Just having a look at the Pi Sense Hat and it mentions explicitly that it is not compatible with older RPI models, up to 4. But doesn’t mention if it is compatible with the new RPI 5
thanks

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Hey @O275589, welcome to the forums!

From what I can find the incompatibility with this product and the earlier versions of the Raspberry Pi is due to the changes made to the GPIO pin output between models.

While this HAT doesn’t seem to have been officially tested with a Pi 5 I would be fairly confident it would work the same. This is because the GPIO pins are the same between the Pi 5 and the Pi 4 which is confirmed to work with this product.

Hope this helps!