{"id":16085,"date":"2016-12-13T19:46:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T18:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16085"},"modified":"2016-12-13T19:50:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T18:50:42","slug":"pimoroni-announces-new-hat-for-the-raspberry-pi-that-uses-a-new-android-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16085","title":{"rendered":"Pimoroni announces new HAT for the Raspberry Pi that uses a new Android OS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/rainbow-hat-for-android-things\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-only_grande.jpg?resize=560%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-only_grande.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-only_grande.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-only_grande.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-only_grande.jpg?resize=560%2C560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-only_grande.jpg?resize=260%2C260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-only_grande.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pimoroni have <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pimoroni.com\/android-things-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\">just announced<\/a>\u00a0a new HAT for the Raspberry Pi, and a new operating system to go along with it. The HAT is called the RainbowHAT (full specs in a moment) and the operating system is <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/things\/hardware\/raspberrypi.html\" target=\"_blank\">Android Things<\/a> (TM, and that&#8217;s the last time I&#8217;m typing that&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/things\/hardware\/raspberrypi.html\" target=\"_blank\">Android Things<\/a>\u00a0is a <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/things\/hardware\/raspberrypi.html\" target=\"_blank\">new image<\/a> available for the Raspberry Pi that will enable you to use the Android SDK to develop apps on the Pi. Now, I haven&#8217;t read the simply\u00a0<em>acres<\/em> of documentation, but I think it works a bit like Windows IoT &#8211; i.e. it&#8217;s a non-GUI operating system that you push code to and then it runs and feeds the information back by way of an API. I think. If someone wants to expand, comment or correct, go right ahead! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>The RainbowHAT itself has a lovely load of features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seven APA102 multicolour LEDs<\/li>\n<li>Four 14-segment alphanumeric displays (green LEDs)<\/li>\n<li>HT16K33 display driver chip<\/li>\n<li>Three capacitive touch buttons<\/li>\n<li>Atmel QT1070 capacitive touch driver chip<\/li>\n<li>Blue, green and red LEDs<\/li>\n<li>BMP280 temperature and pressure sensor<\/li>\n<li>Piezo buzzer<\/li>\n<li>Breakout pins for servo, I2C, SPI, and UART (all 3v3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pimoroni have come up with <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pimoroni.com\/rainbow-hat-in-depth\/\" target=\"_blank\">several suggestions<\/a> for what it could be used for but\u00a0probably the number one thing people will use it for is as a simple weather station.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Pimoroni have been very sensible and also developed <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pimoroni\/rainbow-hat\" target=\"_blank\">a Python library for the board<\/a> &#8211; allowing those using Raspbian to fully explore the capabilities of the board.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/rainbow-hat-for-android-things\" target=\"_blank\">buy the HAT on it&#8217;s own, or as part of a kit, from the Pimoroni store<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/things\/hardware\/raspberrypi.html\" target=\"_blank\">download the Android Things OS from here<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/things\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">explore more about this new platform here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Aside: Tell you what: it&#8217;s a bloody lovely board as always from Pim!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.pimoroni.com\/products\/rainbow-hat-for-android-things\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16087\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-lifestyle-1_1024x1024.jpg?resize=560%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-lifestyle-1_1024x1024.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-lifestyle-1_1024x1024.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-lifestyle-1_1024x1024.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-lifestyle-1_1024x1024.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-lifestyle-1_1024x1024.jpg?resize=560%2C560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-lifestyle-1_1024x1024.jpg?resize=260%2C260&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/rainbow-hat-lifestyle-1_1024x1024.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pimoroni have just announced\u00a0a new HAT for the Raspberry Pi, and a new operating system to go along with it. The HAT is called the RainbowHAT (full specs in a moment) and the operating system is Android Things (TM, and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16085\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16086,"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":[91,80,20,62],"tags":[141,139,142,140],"class_list":["post-16085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","category-blinkies","category-gpio-boards","category-sensors","tag-android","tag-hats","tag-shiny-new-things","tag-weather-station"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pimoroni announces new HAT for the Raspberry Pi that uses a new Android OS! - 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=16085\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pimoroni announces new HAT for the Raspberry Pi that uses a new Android OS! - Raspberry Pi Pod\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pimoroni have just announced\u00a0a new HAT for the Raspberry Pi, and a new operating system to go along with it. 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