Farnell fills out Raspberry Pi accessories range

Additions include five new language variants of the Raspberry Pi keyboard, a 10.1-inch touchscreen from Multicomp Pro and a new range of HATs (hardware-attached tops) from Pimoroni allowing designers, educationalists, makers and hobbyists to add more functionality to their projects.

These new product introductions will offer users increased ease of use and additional functionality to their Raspberry Pi designs.

The ergonomically designed keyboard is compatible with all Raspberry Pi products and now available in five new language variants: Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Japanese, extending the existing options of English (both UK and USA layouts), German, French, Spanish, and Italian.

Designed to match Raspberry Pi cases and provide a colour-coordinated desktop, the keyboard is available in red and white or black and grey.

Features include automatic keyboard language detection, three USB 2.0 type A ports for powering other peripherals and a USB type A to micro USB type B cable is included for connection to compatible computer.

The new pre-assembled 10.1-inch HDMI touchscreen display by Multicomp Pro delivers a simple display solution for a wide range of applications and supports pinch, zoom and rotate functions. The Raspberry Pi can be mounted onto the rear of the interface PCB using the supplied pillars and screws for easy integration.

Pimoroni designs and manufactures its products in the UK and is one of the best-known suppliers of educational, industrial, and hobbyist electronics.

The range of add-on Pimoroni HATs now available from Farnell add greater functionality to Raspberry Pi projects, from sensing to lighting and automation.

Unicorn HAT Miniis a 17x7 matrix of RGB LEDs and offers control of colour and brightness to display animations, text, simple images, and more.

Four tactile buttons may be used to control the colour or brightness of the LEDs, or as inputs for simple games or control projects.

Automation HAT MINIis perfect for home automation projects and can monitor and control 24V systems showing their status on a 0.96-inch full-colour IPS LCD display.

It includes a relay, three buffered inputs, three analogue inputs and three outputs.

Scroll HAT Minihas 119 LEDs suitable for scrolling text and features individual PWM brightness control over each pixel making advanced animations possible.

On-board buttons may be used for menu or playback control, or to control simple games. A pre-soldered header simplifies integration into projects.

Enviro HAT and Enviro HAT+Air Quality is specifically designed for environmental monitoring and can measure air quality (pollutant gases and particulates when combined with a particulate matter sensor), temperature, pressure, humidity, light, and noise level.

The new range of keyboards and HATs are available for fast delivery from Farnell in EMEA.