Animator Pi Sbc

The animator animator Pi Sbc board is used on the drive in and city lights products. It is a HAT that works with the Raspberry pi 2W, A+ and 4.

Below is a schematic diagram of what pins on the raspberry pi sbc are connected to what pads on the board. Wires are soldered directly to the animator board.

The top side of the board has connections for the super capacitor.

The bottom side of the board has all the connections for the servo motors, switches, neopixels and stemma qt connector.

Connections Drive in

This table has the connections for the drive in.

FunctionPico pinConnect toWire
length/gauge/color/dir
Servo 1GPIO23M13″ / 26 / Varies / down
Servo 2GPIO24M23″ / 26 / Varies / down
Servo 3GPIO25M33″ / 26 / Varies / down
Servo 4GPIO6M43″ / 26 / Varies / down
Servo 5GPIO12M53″ / 26 / Varies / down
Servo 6GPIO14M63″ / 26 / Varies / down
NeopixelsGPIO10NEO6″ / 22 / Varies / up
Left switchGPIO17SW110″ / 26 / BRN / up
Right switchGPIO27SW210″ / 26 / BLU / up
Left speakerNALEFT10″ / 22 / GRY-WHT+R
Right speakerNARIGHT10″ / 22 / GRY-WHT+R