# Breakout Garden Compatibility **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [September 18, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/breakout-garden-compatibility/20319 "2022-09-18T12:31:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NigelPi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NigelPi](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/NigelPi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/breakout-garden-compatibility/20319/1 "2022-09-18T12:31:10Z")
Hi There, Think I have made a mistake - I have a Pi 4 - and bought a Breakout Garden - but I now think they are not compatible. Can you confirm this? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/breakout-garden-compatibility/20319/2 "2022-09-18T12:57:00Z")
Breakout Garden what? Hat, mini, breakout? ---
**Author:** ![NigelPi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NigelPi](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/NigelPi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/breakout-garden-compatibility/20319/3 "2022-09-18T13:09:20Z")
> **[Pimoroni Breakout Garden HAT](https://core-electronics.com.au/breakout-garden-hat.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwg5uZBhATEiwAhhRLHmSZuOyOE0eK9BcbWxoHgr28RAufSC0ynSREwgx1l-h-9qiWKlLYxhoC3b8QAvD_BwE)** > > Grow your projects on Breakout Garden. It's the easiest way to use breakouts with your Raspberry Pi. There's no soldering required, just pop up to six Pimoroni breakouts into the slots on Breakout Garden and get started coding and creating. THX ---
**Author:** ![ahnlak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/ahnlak/32/5610_2.png) [@ahnlak](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/ahnlak)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/breakout-garden-compatibility/20319/4 "2022-09-18T13:18:53Z")
It definitely is compatible with the Pi4 (and pretty much any other Pi) - what makes you think otherwise? ---
**Author:** ![NigelPi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NigelPi](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/NigelPi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/breakout-garden-compatibility/20319/5 "2022-09-18T13:36:05Z")
I can’t detect any i2c devices when trying to run excamples. But I looked again at compatiblity and now I can see it is . I will try again tomorrow to detect them Thx ---
**Author:** ![ExperiMentor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@ExperiMentor](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/ExperiMentor)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/breakout-garden-compatibility/20319/6 "2022-09-18T14:22:29Z")
First, make sure you have enabled I2C in sudo raspi-config. Before you try fancy programming, it’s worth checking what I2C devices are ‘present’ on your system. Use i2cdetect -y 0 and i2cdetect -y 1 as there are two i2c buses (0 and 1) on RPi. These will neatly tabulate all the I2C devices detected. Should show all the ones you have plugged in and identify their hex numbers. See [I2C Utilities in Linux](https://linuxhint.com/i2c-linux-utilities/) for fuller description (though it has a typo suggesting to use i2cget instead of i2cdetect in one place) ---
**Author:** ![ahnlak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/ahnlak/32/5610_2.png) [@ahnlak](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/ahnlak)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/breakout-garden-compatibility/20319/7 "2022-09-18T14:23:35Z")
Also, double check that you’ve enabled i2c :-) ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/breakout-garden-compatibility/20319/8 "2022-09-18T15:26:53Z")
As already mentioned, the Hat is compatible with any Pi that uses a 40 Pin header. I2c detect won’t run if i2c isn’t enabled. You will get an error message. Same thing will happen when you run an example, different error message though. i2c0 is used for Hat eprom detection. i2c1 is the one used by breakout garden. `sudo i2cdetect -y 1` If the breakout is plugged in backwards its the same as not being plugged in at all. ;) [Breakout Garden HAT at Raspberry Pi GPIO Pinout](https://pinout.xyz/pinout/breakout_garden_hat) ---
**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/breakout-garden-compatibility/20319/9 "2022-09-18T18:43:45Z")
@NigelPi Do you get any error message when you run an example?