Pi PoE Switch HAT – Power over Ethernet for Raspberry Pi

Introducing Pi PoE!

A power over Ethernet (PoE) add on board (HAT) for your Raspberry Pi with power management that’s now on Kickstarter! Reduce the clutter of cables with Pi PoE!

Developed by Pi Supply, the Pi PoE Switch HAT is an add on board for the Raspberry Pi that brings the Pi Supply Switch technology together with PoE all in one fantastic package!

You can now power your Raspberry Pi and provide an Ethernet connection in any location with just a single cable. Perfect for removing the clutter of wires and for reliable use in remote locations.

The Pi Supply switch was our very first Kickstarter project which we launched way back in February 2013 and has been extremely popular with our customers. Since then we have had a number of requests to make all sorts of power management add ons for the Raspberry Pi, but the most intriguing of these was a power over ethernet (PoE) switch.

We have been working very hard on all of the techincal features so that you don’t have to!

Technical Specification

• Fully 802.3af (mode A and B) compliant active power over Ethernet
• Contains physical layer power negotiation circuitry, presenting itself as a Class 0 device
• Fully isolated switched mode power supply (SMPS) – 1500V isolation input to output
• Overload and short circuit protection
• Over temperature protection
• High efficiency (up to 87%) regulated output
• Input voltage 36-56V, output voltage 5V, output current 10-1300mA, max output power 6.5W
• Onboard ATtiny 13A microcontroller for power management functionality
• Configurable on / off switch for intelligent power management
• Leaves all unused GPIO free for use with other add on boards
• Fully assembled board
• Mounting hardware and short ethernet patch cable included

Pi PoE Projects

With Pi PoE, you can create amazing projects like these 🙂

• A Garden Wildlife Monitoring Station
• A Web Server
• A Reliable Surveillance System
• A Media Centre

Software and Samples

Pi PoE is completely plug and play – there is no software required in order for Pi PoE to provide power and Ethernet directly to your Raspberry Pi and it will work straight out of the box.

We also have plans to introduce some useful scripts and guides in order for you to make use of the configurable on board button as well as harness the unused power of the ATtiny on board and these will probably be introduced as stretch goals in due course.

We have production ready prototypes (current version is v2.3) in hand which have been fully tested. Manufacture is ready to start as soon as this campaign is funded. You can see one of the assembled boards below: