wwwwws your Raspberry Pi bright and shiny with an RGB LED strip and ANAVI Light pHAT

ANAVI Light pHAT is an open source hardware, Raspberry Pi add-on board for controlling a 12 V RGB LED strip. Furthermore, the board supports sensors for light, temperature, humidity, gesture recognition, and motion detection.

ANAVI Light pHAT is fully compliant with the popular open source home automation platform, Home Assistant. Thanks to ANAVI’s open source application, the ANAVI Light pHAT can be easily integrated into Home Assistant as an MQTT JSON Light component.

ANAVI Light pHAT was designed using the free and open source application, KiCAD. All source files are available in our GitHub repo. All boards will be manufactured locally in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Getting started with the add-on board is easy, no soldering is required. A comprehensive user’s manual with exact steps for using ANAVI Light pHAT on Raspberry Pi running the Raspbian GNU/Linux distribution will be provided.

ANAVI Light pHAT is fun and easy to use. No previous experience is required. You don’t need to be a tech whiz to use it. The exact steps for getting started are described in the user’s manual. Use your bare hands to assemble it and a screwdriver to connect the RGB LED strip.

ANAVI Light pHAT is fun and easy to use. No previous experience is required. You don’t need to be a tech whiz to use it. You can assemble it without any tools, while only a screwdriver is needed to connect your RGB LED strip.

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Features & Specifications :

Terminal block for attaching 12 V RGB LED strip
Slots for up to three plug and play I2C sensor modules
Slot for PIR motion sensor
UART pins for debugging
EEPROM with board manufacturer information and a device tree fragment

Compatibility

ANAVI Light pHAT works with Raspberry Pi 3, Raspberry Pi 2, Raspberry Pi A+, Raspberry Pi B+, Raspberry Pi 0, and Raspberry Pi 0 W.

ANAVI Light pHAT officially supports a PIR motion sensor as well as the following I2C modules with:

BH1750 sensor for light
HTU21D sensor for temperature and humidity
APDS-9960 sensor for RGB color and gesture detection

You can also attach any other I2C sensor, but you will have to take care of their software integration.

The PIR motion sensor allows you to turn on the lights automatically when someone is passing by. The sensor for temperature and humidity could be used to make a weather station as a secondary function of your Raspberry Pi. The gesture detection sensor is a great addition for defining custom hand gestures for controlling the lights or just making a modern version of Aladdin’s magic lamp.

The following pledge/kits are available:

	ANAVI Light pHAT	Starter Kit	Advanced Kit	Developer Kit	Family Kit
ANAVI Light pHAT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (x4)
1M 12 V RGB LED strip	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (x4)
Light Sensor (BH1750)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (x4)
Temperature and Humidity Sensor (HTU21D)	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes (x4)
RGB and Gesture Sensor(APDS-9960)	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes (x4)
PIR Motion Sensor	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
USB to Serial Debug Cable	No	No	No	Yes	Yes

ANAVI Light pHAT is included in all pledges. Raspberry Pi and 12V Power Supply are NOT included in any of the pledges.

Comparisons

	ANAVI Light pHAT	Standard LED Controller
12 V RGB LED strip	Yes	Yes
IR Remote Control	No	Yes
Raspberry Pi Compatibility	Yes	No
Internet Connectivity	Yes	No
Sensors	Yes (plug and play)	No
Home Assistant Integration	Yes	No
Open Source	Yes	No

ANAVI Light pHAT	Standard LED Controller
12 V RGB LED strip	Yes	Yes
IR Remote Control	No	Yes
Raspberry Pi Compatibility	Yes	No
Internet Connectivity	Yes	No
Sensors	Yes (plug and play)	No
Home Assistant Integration	Yes	No
Open Source	Yes	No