Overview
Portenta Hat Carrier is a reliable and robust carrier that transforms Portenta X8 into an industrial single board computer compatible with Raspberry Pi® Hats and cameras. Ready for multiple industrial applications such as building automation and machine monitoring.
Compatible also with Portenta H7 and Portenta C33, Portenta Hat Carrier provides easy access to multiple peripherals – including CAN, Ethernet, microSD and USB – and further extends any Portenta application.
Great for prototyping and ready for scaling up, it extends the features found on a typical Raspberry Pi® Model B. Debug quickly with dedicated JTAG pins and keeps heat manageable under intense workloads with a PWM fan connector. Control actuators or read analog sensors via the additional 16x analog I/Os. Add industrial machine vision solutions to any project by leveraging the onboard camera connector.
Key benefits include:
- Add Raspberry Pi® Hats to your Portenta projects
- Quickly access CAN, USB, and Ethernet peripherals
- Leverage onboard MicroSD card to log data
- Enjoy simple debugging through the onboard JTAG pins
- Easily control actuators and read sensors via 16x analog I/Os
- Leveraging the onboard camera connector for machine vision
- Discover a great prototyping tool for scalable Portenta applications!
Portenta takes you from prototype to high-performance
Portenta Hat Carrier offers you a frictionless Linux prototyping experience and unlocks the ability for integrated real-time MCU solutions. Portenta Hat Carrier extends Portenta SOMs for faster, easier and more efficient testing for your ideas while also ensuring the capabilities and industrial-grade performances the Portenta range is known for. Reliable, accessible and open to infinite combinations with add-ons from both the Arduino and Raspberry Pi® ecosystems, it’s the carrier that will carry you away with its flexibility.
Extend the Raspberry Pi® ecosystem for commercial applications
Combine the ease of use, accessibility and incredible support from both the Arduino and Raspberry Pi® communities for your next project with the carrier designed to combine and extend MPU and MCU applications for the development of advanced commercial solutions.
Getting Started
Find inspiration for your projects with the Portenta Hat Carrier from our tutorial platform Project Hub.
You can find in the Getting Started with the Portenta Hat Carrier section all the information you need to configure your board, use the Arduino Software (IDE), and start tinkering with coding and electronics.
Need Help?
Check the Arduino Forum for questions about the Arduino Language or how to make your own Projects with Arduino. If you need any help with your product, please contact the official Arduino User Support through our Contact us page.
Warranty
You can find your product warranty information here.
Tech specs
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| Operating temperatures | -40° C to +85° C (-40° F to 185 °F) |
| Dimensions | 85 mm x 56 mm (3.35 in x 2.6 in) |
| Debugging | Onboard 10x pin 1.27mm JTAG connector |
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Manufacturer Information
The production information includes the address and related details of the product manufacturer.
Arduino S.r.l.
Via Andrea Appiani, 25
Monza, MB, IT, 20900
https://www.arduino.cc/
Responsible Person in the EU
An EU-based economic operator who ensures the product's compliance with the required regulations.
Arduino S.r.l.
Via Andrea Appiani, 25
Monza, MB, IT, 20900
Phone: +39 0113157477
Email: support@arduino.cc
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Get Inspired
Begins a process of combining Portenta H7 with Vision Shield – LoRa by acquiring, sending, and displaying a camera image via USB/Serial connection.
Jeremy Ellis is a teacher, and as such, wanted a longer-term project that his students could do to learn more about microcontrollers and computer vision/machine learning, and what better way is there than a self-driving car. His idea was to take an off-the-shelf RC car which uses DC motors, add an Arduino Portenta H7 as the MCU, and train a model to recognize target objects that it should follow. After selecting the “RC Pro Shredder” as the platform, Ellis implemented a VNH5019 Motor Driver Carrier, a servo motor to steer, and a Portenta H7 + Vision Shield along with a 1.5” OLED module. After 3D printing a small custom frame to hold the components in the correct orientation, nearly 300 images were collected of double-ringed markers on the floor. These samples were then uploaded to Edge Impulse and labeled with bounding boxes before a FOMO-based object detection model was trained. Rather than creating a sketch from scratch, the Portenta community had already developed one that grabs new images, performs inferencing, and then steers the car’s servo accordingly while optionally displaying the processed image on the OLED screen. With some minor testing and adjustments, Ellis and his class had built a total of four autonomous cars that could drive all on their own by following a series of markers on the ground. For more details on the project, check out Ellis' Edge Impulse tutorial here.
