# Hack3r or pHAT Stack as a bonnet?

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 2, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hack3r-or-phat-stack-as-a-bonnet/7670 "2018-05-02T18:58:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![fazambuja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@fazambuja](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/fazambuja)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hack3r-or-phat-stack-as-a-bonnet/7670/1 "2018-05-02T18:58:10Z")

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Does any one know if the Mini Black HAT Hack3r or the pHAT Stack can be assembled as a bonnet? Instead of a long GPIO cable.

Of course it will need a proper support to with some brass standoffs and a female header.

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**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:** [May 2, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hack3r-or-phat-stack-as-a-bonnet/7670/2 "2018-05-02T19:42:38Z")

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Yes, if you use the right header its doable. You just put a female on the bottom of one row instead of a male on top. Assuming you want to plug it into the Pi like a hat. The other way to do it is to put a female header on the bottom of the Pi Zero and plug it in like it was a pHat. I did it here. I used a 90 degree male on the black hat board because I wanted my Pi facing forward not up.

 ![DSCF0905](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pimoroni/original/2X/7/70fe3d442eecf1d2bf2cec88e400e510e43b7f1b.JPG)

Another option is to use a stacking header to go Pi \> mini black hat \> hat or phat. Something like this.  
That’s a proto hat between my Pi and sense hat.

 ![DSCF0564m](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pimoroni/original/2X/0/01bb8bb928801f04de0b2a32c115b9e98b965ae7.jpg)

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**Author:** ![lufbrarunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@lufbrarunner](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/lufbrarunner)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hack3r-or-phat-stack-as-a-bonnet/7670/3 "2018-05-02T21:31:49Z")

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As stated above, use a female header underneath the pHAT stack or mini hack3r.

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**Author:** ![fazambuja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@fazambuja](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/fazambuja)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hack3r-or-phat-stack-as-a-bonnet/7670/4 "2018-05-03T00:20:48Z")

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Cool thanks!!

I will get one and try. Probably flipping it I can use going in the other direction instead of a classic hat layout. The coupe case looks to cool to be hidden by a hat :)