PerfMate for Pi Zero

PerfMate for Pi Zero is a perfboard-style prototyping add-on board for Raspberry Pi Zero (or any 40-pin Raspberry Pi), designed to allow you to solder your custom breadboard circuit to a ‘pHAT’ format board – ideal for projects that you want to make more permanent and reliable, moving from loose jumper wires and breadboards to a proper soldered HAT!

The PerfMate has a perfboard-style soldering area, i.e. the pads/holes are not connected. Some customers prefer this style, and some prefer connected, breadboard-style ‘lanes’. If breadboard-style is more your thing, check out the ProtoMate for Pi Zero instead.

Plan your circuit and pins (then check it at least twice!), fit your components to the board, then solder them along with any prototyping wire connections. We include a free GPIO header with the PerfMate Zero, and recommend soldering the header last to make it easier to get to the components from the underside.

Need more room to play? Larger full-size HAT version available here!

Raspberry Pi Zero and mounting hardware (standoffs) not included.

Key Features

Our product team spent time considering how to make the most out of such a small board:

📏 Sensible number of IO pins broken out, to balance IO with prototyping space

️🖥️ Useful I2C and serial pins broken out alongside 16 standard GPIO pins

⚡ 5V, 3.3V and GND broken out (a project won’t get far without these)

🪙 ENIG (Gold) PCB plating for oxidation resistance and durability

↕️ A big ol’ REAR SIDE label to remind you which way up to solder the board

🔩 M2.5 mounting holes, matching those of the Raspberry Pi Zero

💸 GPIO header included!

Board Layout

Please note: all IO numbers are the GPIO numbers, not the physical pin numbers.

Resources

• Assembly Guide
• A4 Printable Planning Sheet
• STEP file (PCB)

Dimensions

The board follows the same outline and mounting hole size as the Raspberry Pi Zero:

Package Contents

• 1x PerfMate for Pi Zero PCB
• 1x GPIO Header

Raspberry Pi Zero and mounting hardware (standoffs) not included.