You can now create a dazzling display with your Raspberry Pi with the Adafruit RGB Matrix Bonnet. These boards plug into your Pi and make it super easy to control HUB75 RGB matrices and create a colourful scrolling display or mini LED wall with ease.
"Bonnet" boards work on Raspberry Pi with a 40-pin GPIO header: Zero, Zero W/WH, Model A+, B+, Pi 2, Pi 3, Pi 4, Pi 5
They do not work with older 26-pin boards like the original Model A or B
With a Zero, you will need a board with a GPIO header installed
The matrix driving software library now supports Raspberry Pi 5!
If using a Pi that has PoE headers on it, take care not to press down on the matrix bonnet so hard that it may make contact with the 2x2 PoE pins.
A riser header will help keep the board up and out of the way.
The HAT version does not come fully assembled, does not support 1/32-scan matrices, but does come with a real time clock (RTC)
This bonnet will make your matrix projects super easy and avoid wiring complexity. Let me break it down for you:
Simple design - plug in power, plug in IDC cable, run our Python code!
Power protection circuitry - you can plug a 5V 4A wall adapter into the bonnet and it will automatically protect against negative, over or under-voltages! Yay for no accidental destruction of your setup.
Onboard level shifters to convert the Pi's 3.3V to 5.0V logic for clean and glitch free matrix driving
Fully assembled compact design no soldering required! Plugs onto any Raspberry Pi with a 2x20 connector, and you're ready to glow.
Want more lights? No problem, chain multiple matrices together for a longer display - we've only tested up to 32x128 but it works just fine. The bigger the display the harder it is on the Pi, so keep that in mind if you're using a lower-powered Pi Zero.
A 5V power supply is also required (not included) for powering the matrix itself. The Pi cannot do it. To calculate the power, multiply the width of all the chained matrices * 0.12 Amps : A 32 pixel wide matrix can end up drawing 32*0.12 = 3.85A so pick up a 5V 4A power supply. We also stock 5V 5A power supplies. Actual power usage will vary with how many LEDs you light up at once.
This Bonnet is only for use with HUB75 type RGB matrices. Not for use with NeoPixel, DotStar, or other 'addressable' LEDs.
Raspberry Pi, matrix and power supply not included.
Revision History
As of September 12, 2025:The terminal block is back to 11.5mm height. The previous version was taller. We also updated the PCB with Adafruit Pinguin to make a lovely and legible silkscreen.
As of Jan 27, 2023: we may use a taller 5.08mm terminal block for the power output. It is functionally identical.
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