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echo: rberrypi
to: ALISTER
from: ROBH
date: 2017-09-28 09:26:00
subject: Re: SenseHAT and mini Bla

On 28/09/17 09:19, alister wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 20:31:55 +0100, RobH wrote:
>
>> On 27/09/17 16:01, RobH wrote:
>>> Has anyone here got the senseHat working with the mini Black Hach3r.
>>>
>>> I have had the sense Hat working on the pi3 for a while, but due to
>>> high temperature readings,I though I'd try the Black Hat Hack3r to get
>>> the sense Hat away from the pi3's cpu.
>>>
>>> I found that the ribbon cable which comes with the Hack3r goes over the
>>> top of the pi3, with pin 1 being at the sdcard end of the board.
>>>
>>> I have tried the senseHat on the pins next to where the ribbon cable
>>> plugs in and also on the pins which are marked up, but on both
>>> occasions the senseHat cannot be initialized.
>>
>> Update, I have got it working now with the Black Hat Hack3r
>
> any indication as to what you did to make it work?
> it may help someone else in future
>
>
>
>

After spending some time searching for any pictures or information on
the how to connect the senseHat etc, I came a cross this image:

https://imgur.com/vfGHa73

It is how someone else did it on the pimoroni forums, but they had the
cable the wrong way round etc.

All I wanted was to see what the connections were on which set of pins.

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