# Can Micro Dot pHats be cascaded?

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 27, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/can-micro-dot-phats-be-cascaded/2741 "2016-07-27T16:44:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Laurence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@Laurence](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Laurence)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/can-micro-dot-phats-be-cascaded/2741/1 "2016-07-27T16:44:50Z")

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Arrrrrrh!

Well, the title said it all, really. Can I cascade/chain two (or more) Micro Dot pHats, to make a 12 (or more) character display?

Oh - and what goes “Pieces of Seven; Pieces of Seven!”? - A Parroty error, of course - I’ll get my coat…

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**Author:** ![RogueM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/roguem/32/311_2.png) [@RogueM](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/RogueM)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/can-micro-dot-phats-be-cascaded/2741/2 "2016-07-27T18:56:33Z")

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No, I’m afraid, the IC driving the matrices have fixed addresses, so 2 boards would conflict on the I2C bus.

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**Author:** ![Laurence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@Laurence](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Laurence)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/can-micro-dot-phats-be-cascaded/2741/3 "2016-07-27T22:10:36Z")

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Oh thanks for letting me know. Guess I’m trying to push a neat, niche market product too far. Who needs more than six LEDs, anyway?!