{"id":15966,"date":"2016-12-01T22:04:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T21:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15966"},"modified":"2016-12-01T22:08:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T21:08:30","slug":"drawing-your-attention-to-a-ridiculously-useful-raspberry-pi-site-pinout-xyz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15966","title":{"rendered":"Drawing your attention to a ridiculously useful Raspberry Pi site: pinout.xyz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinout.xyz\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15967\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lots-of-boards.jpg?resize=560%2C314&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"lots-of-boards\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lots-of-boards.jpg?w=1322&amp;ssl=1 1322w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lots-of-boards.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lots-of-boards.jpg?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lots-of-boards.jpg?resize=1024%2C575&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lots-of-boards.jpg?resize=560%2C314&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lots-of-boards.jpg?resize=260%2C146&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lots-of-boards.jpg?resize=160%2C90&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lots-of-boards.jpg?w=1120&amp;ssl=1 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gadgetoid\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Howard<\/a>, who works for awesome maker firm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pimoroni<\/a>, has a pet project he and others (including @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RogueHAL13\" target=\"_blank\">RogueHal13<\/a>) have been working on for a couple of years now: <a href=\"http:\/\/pinout.xyz\/\" target=\"_blank\">pinout.xyz<\/a>. It is a fantastic database of add-on boards for the Raspberry Pi that shows you what GPIO pins are being used, what for, and which ones are, therefore, free. So, for instance, <a href=\"http:\/\/pinout.xyz\/pinout\/sense_hat\" target=\"_blank\">this is the link to the SenseHAT page<\/a>\u00a0which shows you that the only pins used are the I2C \u00a0pins. Here&#8217;s a picture of the interface, which you can see is really well done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinout.xyz\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15968\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/pinoutxyz.jpg?resize=550%2C729&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"pinout.xyz\" width=\"550\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/pinoutxyz.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/pinoutxyz.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/pinoutxyz.jpg?resize=260%2C345&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/pinoutxyz.jpg?resize=160%2C212&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It really is an excellent site. Phil even accepts <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/gadgetoid\/Pinout.xyz\" target=\"_blank\">GitHub submissions<\/a> to the site to\u00a0keep it up-to-date with new\u00a0boards as they are released. So, if you&#8217;re ever in need of finding out that vital piece of information about an add-on board, <a href=\"http:\/\/pinout.xyz\/\" target=\"_blank\">head over to pinout.xyz<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Howard, who works for awesome maker firm\u00a0Pimoroni, has a pet project he and others (including @RogueHal13) have been working on for a couple of years now: pinout.xyz. It is a fantastic database of add-on boards for the Raspberry Pi&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15966\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geeky-techiness","category-gpio-boards","category-great-sites"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drawing your attention to a ridiculously useful Raspberry Pi site: pinout.xyz - Raspberry Pi Pod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15966\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drawing your attention to a ridiculously useful Raspberry Pi site: pinout.xyz - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Phil Howard, who works for awesome maker firm\u00a0Pimoroni, has a pet project he and others (including @RogueHal13) have been working on for a couple of years now: pinout.xyz. 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According to James\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;GPIO boards&quot;","block_context":{"text":"GPIO boards","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspi.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Raspberry_Pi_model_B%2B_topdown.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspi.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Raspberry_Pi_model_B%2B_topdown.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspi.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Raspberry_Pi_model_B%2B_topdown.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspi.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Raspberry_Pi_model_B%2B_topdown.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16437,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16437","url_meta":{"origin":15966,"position":3},"title":"4tronix seeks to save your Raspberry Pi GPIO pins with this intercept board","author":"Michael Horne","date":"21 February 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"4tronix have just announced the availability of a board that will allow you to use\u00a0your Raspberry Pi's spare GPIO pins when using a HAT. For a while, several boards, such as the SenseHAT, have hogged the entire GPIO when they're just using a few pins. Now, you can get access\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessories","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=54"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gpio-intercept.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gpio-intercept.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gpio-intercept.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/gpio-intercept.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17806,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17806","url_meta":{"origin":15966,"position":4},"title":"RasPiO FullpHAT &#8211; new crowdfunding campaign for the Raspberry Pi from Alex Eames","author":"Michael Horne","date":"14 November 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Alex Eames\u00a0of RasPi.TV fame\u00a0has run several excellent crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter, normally delivering ahead of time and providing lots of communication along the way. His latest is for the RasPiO FullpHAT\u00a0and he's running it as a 7-day campaign from his own site. It is an add-on board for the Raspberry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accessories&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accessories","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?cat=54"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/full_phat.jpg?fit=1000%2C676&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/full_phat.jpg?fit=1000%2C676&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/full_phat.jpg?fit=1000%2C676&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/full_phat.jpg?fit=1000%2C676&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4661,"url":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4661","url_meta":{"origin":15966,"position":5},"title":"Accessory watch: New boards for the #RaspberryPi ahoy!","author":"Michael Horne","date":"15 June 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Ahoy... we're not at sea, Mike! 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