This Piano HAT is a mini musical companion for the Raspberry Pi and features a touch sensitive, 13-key full chromatic octave piano keyboard, plus octave up/down and instrument patch change keys. Using Python it is possible to play music, control software synths as well as controlling midi-enabled hardware synths.
Use the Piano HAT to play .wav samples with PyGame, or create piano-controlled contraptions. An included MIDI example enables music to be played with Sunvox, Yoshimi and others. Includes a PyGame example that includes a few octaves of piano and some drums.
- Compatible with Raspberry Pi 2 & 3
- Comes fully assembled
- 16 LEDs that can light automagically, or be driven with Python
- Output regular MIDI commands via a USB to MIDI adaptor
- Full Python library, documentation and examples
Learning tips and tutorials can be seen here.