OnOff SHIM (micro-USB)

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Description Show Reviews Add a tiny yet convenient power switch to your Pi with OnOff SHIM! Pimoroni’s SHIMs (Shove Hardware in the Middle) are a new range of boards designed to be small, affordable, and handy. They’re just 0.8mm thick (the bare board, not including mounted components) and designed to be soldered straight onto the GPIO pins of your Pi, if you wish, so that you can use them with HATs and pHATs on top. Usage Just plug your micro-USB power supply into the micro-B connector on OnOff SHIM, and then press the button onceto switch on power and boot up your Pi. After installing the software (details below), you can press the button again to initiate a clean shutdown andcompletely cut the power to your Pi. Features Super-small SHIM-format board 0.8mm thick PCB Can be used with HATs and pHATs Corner-mounted push button for on/off Micro-B connector for power supply Red status LED Optional breakout pins to connect an external momentary button 2×6 female header included Supports up to 2.5A power supply Software daemon to shutdown cleanly Requires soldering Software Pimoroni have put together a one-line-installer to install the clean shutdown daemon. It watches the state of BCM pin 17 and, when pulled low (pressed), it initiates a clean shutdown. Last thing, just before your Pi shuts down, BCM pin 4 is pulled low to completely cut power to your Pi. To install the software, open a terminal and typecurl https://get.pimoroni.com/onoffshim | bashto run the one-line-installer. 0 Reviews Hide Reviews Show Reviews