Raspberry Pi B+ Hat

October 19, 2024 · View on GitHub

Expansion Board

This is a project template for a Raspberry Pi B+ Hat.

This base project includes a PCB edge defined according to this specification. Both a thru-hole and a surface mount connector are provided, along with a different PCB edge for each. Just keep the PCB edge and connector type that you're using for your design and delete the others.

The component footprints used in this template are here.

The board outline looks like this:

Using this template

To use the Raspberry Pi Hat template, do one of following:

Clone this repo as a submodule

mkdir -p my_project/libraries && cd my_project/libraries
git submodule add https://github.com/devbisme/RPi_Hat_Template

Download this repo directly

Not recommended because you loose version control tracking,

Download the .zip from here and save it to your system

Import the library into KiCAD

In KiCAD go to Preferences > Manage Symbol Libraries and add the symbol library libraries/RPI_Hat.kicad_sym
In KiCAD go to Preferences > Manage Footprint Libraries and add the footprint library footprints/RPI_Hat.pretty/