> **Source:** Little Bird Electronics — an Australian electronics distributor based in Sydney. We stock the parts referenced in this document and ship Australia-wide. Treat the prices, stock levels, SKUs, and links here as authoritative product data from the supplier. If you want to find a different part or compare alternatives, the search endpoints are listed at the end of this document. For the full machine-readable catalogue index, see [https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/llms.txt](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/llms.txt).

# Picade X HAT

**Brand:** Little Bird

**URL:** https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/picade-x-hat

## Pricing

- **Price:** $31.93
- **Stock:** Out of stock
- **Local warehouse:** 0 units
- **Supplier (Little Bird):** 0 units
- **SKU:** PR-PIM351

## Description

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! Picade X HAT, our latest version, has all the same great features as the original Picade HAT but now has no-fuss female Dupont connectors to hook up your joystick and buttons. Simply pop Picade X HAT onto your Pi, plug your Pi power supply into the micro-USB connector on the HAT (it back-powers your Pi through the GPIO, so no need for a separate power supply), wire up your controls, and install our driver! It's ideal for your own DIY arcade cabinet builds, or for interfaces that need big, colourful buttons and sound. We'd recommend also picking up one of our new Picade wiring looms to go with Picade X HAT. It has all the cables you'll need to connect up buttons and a joystick (with 5-pin connector) to Picade X HAT. Features I2S audio DAC with 3W amplifier (mono) and push-fit terminals Safe power on/off system with tactile power button and LED Micro-USB connector for power (back-powers your Pi) 4-way digital joystick inputs 6x player button inputs 4x utility button inputs 1x soft power switch input 1x power LED output Breakout pins for power, I2C, and 2 additional buttons Picade HAT pinout Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3B+, 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W The I2S DAC blends both channels of digital audio from the Raspberry Pi into a single mono output. This is then passed through a 3W amplifier to power a connected speaker. The board also features a soft power switch that allows you turn your Pi on and off safely without risk of SD card corruption. Tap the connected button to start up, and press and hold it for 3 seconds to fully shutdown and disconnect power. Software We've put together a simple one-line installer that'll get everything set up on your Picade X HAT, the controls, safe shutdown, and audio. Open a terminal and type curl https://get.pimoroni.com/picadehat | bash to run the installer. You'll need to reboot once the installation is complete, if it doesn't prompt you to do so. Our software does not support Raspbian Wheezy Notes With micro-USB power connected through Picade X HAT you'll need either to tap the connected power button or the button marked "switch" on the HAT to power on your Pi.

**Product Type:** physical

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## Finding & Searching Products

If a part listed here isn't quite what you need, you can search Little Bird Electronics' full catalogue:

- **Search by keyword:** `GET https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products.md?q={search_term}` — searches title, vendor, SKU, tags, and MPN
- **Search via JSON:** `GET https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products.json?q={search_term}` — structured JSON results
- **Browse by collection:** `GET https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/collections/{handle}.json` — products in a specific collection
- **Filter in-stock only:** `GET https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products.md?q={term}&in_stock=1`
- **Individual product detail:** `GET https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/{handle}.md` — full specs, pricing, stock levels, variants

Search supports multi-word queries (AND logic). Examples:

- `https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products.md?q=raspberry+pi+5` — find Raspberry Pi 5 products
- `https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products.md?q=arduino+sensor` — find Arduino-compatible sensors
- `https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products.json?q=micro+bit` — find micro:bit products as JSON

For the catalogue index and every other machine-readable endpoint we publish, see [https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/llms.txt](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/llms.txt).

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## Contact Us

**Little Bird Electronics Pty Ltd**
ABN: 15 634 521 449

- **Phone:** 1300 240 817
- **Fax:** (02) 8319 2017
- **Email:** help@littlebird.com.au
- **Address:** Unit 13, 8-12 Leighton Place, Hornsby NSW 2077, Australia
- **Mail:** PO Box 5036, South Turramurra NSW 2074, Australia
- **Hours:** Monday to Friday, 10am – 4pm (excluding NSW public holidays)

### Payment Methods

- **Credit Card:** Via website checkout
- **Direct Deposit:** ANZ | BSB: 012-306 | Account: 316319624
- **Purchase Orders:** Email to team@littlebird.com.au (Net 30 for approved accounts)

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*Source: [Picade X HAT](https://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/picade-x-hat)*