Use Raspberry Pi GPIO pins with SenseHat attached
Why Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange recommends it
Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange answerers point people to it when someone wants GPIO access with a Sense HAT fitted, or wants to separate the HAT from the Pi.
Recommended by 3 people across 3 different months, 2016 to 2017.
What it is
A short hands-on tutorial from Keith's Pi Tutorials showing how to use the Raspberry Pi's GPIO pins while a Sense HAT is attached. It demonstrates a simple physical modification to the board so other components can still reach the pins.
What people said
Recommends King Balloonion · 2016-12 · Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange · on “Is there any way to get the Sense HAT to work with the Raspberry Pi B?”
I have had a similar problem but not because I wanted access to some of the GPIO pins. You can find the pins used by the Sense Hat here [LINK] . Although I am not completely sure I think the Sense Hat only needs one GND pin (please correct me if I am wrong someone). Also, try watching this [this video] tutorial by Kieth's Pi Tutorials. To clarify (as people have disliked my post!!!), the Sense Hat uses pin 1, pin 2, pin 5 and all the GND pins or 1 GND pin (I don't know which). This means that, using a few jumper wires you could use the Sense Hat with your Raspberry Pi. My only concern is, that the Raspberry Pi Sense Hat software might not work with this set up. Overall, it is probably best gettin
Recommends Nithin Devang · 2017-01 · Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange · on “Removing HATs from the Pi”
Check pinout here. [LINK] Detach SenseHat from raspberry and connect through breadboard, you will have to connect these pins. Pin 1 : 3v3 power to power sense hat. Pin 9 (or any ground pin): Any one ground to complete circuit. Pin 27 : ID_SD to detect sense hat Pin 28 : ID_SC to detect sense hat. Pin 3 (BCM2) and 5 (BCM3): which is the primary GPIO pin used by sensehat. Alternatively you can replace that sense hat black connector, Which will let you use GPIO pins with sensehat attached. Check this video for the demo. [this video]
Recommends Daddy the Runner · 2017-05 · Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange · on “Using GPIO on the Pi Sense Hat”
You can access the GPIO pins from the Sense Hat. However, it requires some minor physical modification to the Sense Hat board. Here are the steps I saw explained in a [this video] by Keith's Pi Tutorials: Carefully remove the female 2x20 header that comes with the Sense Hat by gently prying it away from the bottom of the board. It is connected only by friction. Insert what is called a stacking header which has longer pins coming out of it than the standard header used on the Sense Hat. The longer pins will go through the board and appear on the top side to provide access to the GPIO pins. Before using the GPIO pins with the Sense Hat, make sure you know which pins the Sense Hat uses so you don't