{"id":10168,"date":"2019-08-12T14:48:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T12:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pilover.com\/negozio\/four-letter-phat\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:17:00","slug":"four-letter-phat","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.pilover.com\/en\/shop\/four-letter-phat\/","title":{"rendered":"Four letter pHAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Four Letter pHAT: green character display<\/h2>\n<p>The Four Letter pHAT can be used as a display, as it has four 14-segment displays. <strong>It can display numbers, text and plenty of other characters.<\/strong> The LEDs are driven by the HT16K33chip over I2C and the LEDs colour is a lovely retro green.<\/p>\n<p>This product is the ideal read-out for displaying temperature, times and more for your Raspberry Pi projects. If combined with other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilover.com\/it\/categoria\/hat-phat-e-shim\/phat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pHAT<\/a>, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilover.com\/it\/negozio\/enviro-phat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Enviro pHAT<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilover.com\/it\/?post_type=product&#038;p=121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explorer pHAT<\/a>, the Four Letter pHAT will display their sensor values.<\/p>\n<h3>Four Letter pHAT Features are:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Four 14-segment displays with green LEDs<\/li>\n<li>HT16K33 driver chip<\/li>\n<li>It is compatible with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilover.com\/it\/categoria\/ufficiali-raspberry-pi\/schede-raspberry-pi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Raspberry Pi 4, 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero and Zero W boards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pimoroni\/fourletter-phat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Python library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pinout.xyz\/pinout\/four_letter_phat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Four Letter pHAT pinout<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Female header and display pins require soldering<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Four Letter pHAT set includes:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Four Letter pHAT format board<\/li>\n<li>Four 14-segment displays with retro green LEDs, divided in two blocks<\/li>\n<li>Female header<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Software<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can install, thanks to the one-line installer, the Four Letter pHAT Python library. Some examples will illustrate the diverse possibilities of what to do with this product. It can be used as a clock, a CPU activity monitor, as a countdown timer and more.<\/p>\n<p>Raspbian Wheezy is not supported by the Python library.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMPORTANT<\/strong><br \/>\nFemale header and display pins require soldering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pimoroni name:<\/strong> Four Letter pHAT [PIM266]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Letter pHAT: green character display The Four Letter pHAT can be used as a display, as it has four 14-segment displays. It can display numbers, text and plenty of other characters. The LEDs are driven by the HT16K33chip over I2C and the LEDs colour is a lovely retro green. 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