Knowledge: #hat

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• A Raspberry Pi-style GPIO header does not make Pi HATs and GPIO libraries workwarning · unverified · Alternative boards may copy the 40-pin layout, use a different header (Orange Pi 5 has 26 pins) or map pins differently. Pi-specific libraries, HAT drivers and camera/display connectors generally don't carry over; use the vendor's library (e.g. wiringOP) or the generic Linux GPIO interfaces.
• Designing your own Raspberry Pi add-on board or HAT: reserved ID pins, back-powering and the ID EEPROMguide · unverified · Raspberry Pi's add-on board rules: leave ID_SC/ID_SD for the ID EEPROM only, make back-powering safe, and protect against GPIO 6/14/16 being driven at boot. HAT EEPROMs are built and flashed with eeptools from raspberrypi/utils (the old hats repo is deprecated).