Picade X HAT USB-C

Turn your Raspberry Pi into a retro games console! Picade X HAT includes joystick and button inputs, a 3W I2S DAC/amplifier, and soft power switch. Nice!

GPIO12Picade HAT control header
Joystick Up input
Type · digital io
GPIO6Picade HAT control header
Joystick Down input
Type · digital io
GPIO20Picade HAT control header
Joystick Left input
Type · digital io
GPIO16Picade HAT control header
Joystick Right input
Type · digital io
GPIO5Picade HAT button header
Button 1 input

Start wiring

SPI · I2S

Verify supply voltage and logic levels before powering up.

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MCUs and boards

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Boards · Microcontroller boards · 24 parts

Pin	Position	Type	Function
GPIO12	Picade HAT control header	digital io	Joystick Up input
GPIO6	Picade HAT control header	digital io	Joystick Down input
GPIO20	Picade HAT control header	digital io	Joystick Left input
GPIO16	Picade HAT control header	digital io	Joystick Right input
GPIO5	Picade HAT button header	digital io	Button 1 input
GPIO11	Picade HAT button header	digital io	Button 2 input
GPIO8	Picade HAT button header	digital io	Button 3 input
GPIO25	Picade HAT button header	digital io	Button 4 input
GPIO9	Picade HAT button header	digital io	Button 5 input
GPIO10	Picade HAT button header	digital io	Button 6 input
GPIO27	Picade HAT control header	digital io	Enter input
GPIO22	Picade HAT control header	digital io	Escape input
GPIO23	Picade HAT control header	digital io	Coin input
GPIO24	Picade HAT control header	digital io	Start input
GPIO17	Picade HAT power control	digital io	Power button input
GPIO4	Picade HAT power control	digital io	Power-off output asserted by gpio-poweroff
GPIO18	Raspberry Pi 40-pin header	i2s	I2S bit clock / PCM_CLK for audio
GPIO19	Raspberry Pi 40-pin header	i2s	I2S frame sync / PCM_FS for audio
GPIO26	Raspberry Pi 40-pin header	i2s	I2S data in reassigned by Pimoroni overlay
GPIO21	Raspberry Pi 40-pin header	i2s	I2S data out / PCM_DOUT for audio
GPIO13	Picade HAT activity LED	digital io	Activity LED controlled by gpio-leds overlay