Pioneer600 is a multi-purpose add-on board specifically designed for Raspberry Pi (Pi 3, 2 and Model B+). This board integrates various components with different functions. It also has various interfaces that allows you to connect other external accessory boards easily. It is a perfect board for education, experimenting, testing and learning the functionality of your Pi.
This board is of the same size as a HAT board, with a 40-pin header and plugs right on top of the Pi. It uses a 0.96 inch OLED as its main display. Additionally, there are 2 user programmable LEDs which can be used as a visual indicator. For sound output, there is a buzzer. There is a 5-way joystick which you can use for user input. Additionally, there is an infrared receiver for remote control purposes.
To keep the time accurate even when the board is powered off, there is a Real Time Clock (RTC) on-board running on DS3231 chip with a backup battery. You need to slot in a CR1220 coin battery to the holder at the back of the board. Battery is not included but you can find it easily at your nearby hardware/electronic store.
The board also has CP2102 Serial (UART) to USB converter with a micro USB connector. Using the included micro USB cable, you can establish a serial connection between a PC to the Pi via a debug console. It's the easiest way to connect to your Pi without additional keyboard or display.
Other features includes analog-digital/digital-analog converter, 1-wire interface and additional sensor interfaces.
All in all, this is a useful board with many possibilities.
Features:
Supports Raspberry Pi with 40-pin GPIO (Raspberry 3B, 2B, A+ and B+)
User Input/Output: Dual LED, joystick, buzzer
Display: High contrast 0.96 inch OLED
Realtime Clock (RTC): DS3231 high precision RTC chip with CR1220 backup battery holder (battery not included)
Analog-to-Digital/Digital-to-Analog Converter (ADC/DAC): 8-bit resolution with screw terminal interface
GPIO expansion with PCF8574 for more I/O connection to the Pi
Infrared receiver: For remote control via infrared
Temperature and pressure sensor: BMP180
1-Wire interface: for connection 1-wire device such as DS18B20 temperature sensor
Sensor interfaces: for connecting more external sensors
Board construction:
Pin header for connecting to the Raspberry Pi. The header is extended for other connection
Micro USB connector: For USB to UART interface. Connect to Raspberry Pi via terminal program
Screw terminal for Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog converter
1-Wire interface: for onnecting 1-Wire devices like the DS18B20 temperature sensor
Sensor interface: for connecting various sensors
0.96 inch OLED display: for visual output. It uses SSD1306 driver, 128x64 resolution, SPI interface
Buzzer: for sound output
CP2102: USB to UART converter chip
PCF8591: 8-bit ADC/DAC, I2C interface
BMP180: Pressure sensor, I2C interface
PCF8574: I/O expansion chip, I2C interface
DS3231: High precision Real Time Clock (RTC) chip, I2C interface
