Pimoroni On/Off SHIM

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Part Number: PIM269

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Add a tiny yet convenient power switch to your Pi with On/Off SHIM!

Our 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.

NOTES

Requires soldering!

Usage
Just plug your micro-USB power supply into the micro-B connector on OnOff SHIM, and then press the button once to switch on power and boot up your Pi. After installing our software (details below), you can press and hold the button for one second to initiate a clean shutdown and completely cut the power to your Pi.

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
2x6 female header included
Supports up to 2.5A power supply
Software daemon to shutdown cleanly

Software

We've 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.