# Picade HAT via usb?

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-hat-via-usb/6551>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 6, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-hat-via-usb/6551 "2017-12-06T20:31:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![sjw2511](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@sjw2511](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/sjw2511)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-hat-via-usb/6551/1 "2017-12-06T20:31:15Z")

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Hello. I have a spare picade hat I’d like to use via usb as a controller if possible same as the picade pcb.

Is this possible or is the only way to use this by plugging it into the gpio pins?

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**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-hat-via-usb/6551/2 "2017-12-08T14:01:13Z")

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You must plug it into the GPIO pins. It has no onboard IC to translate from GPIO to USB.

It’s possible you could accomplish this with a Pi Zero, or some sort of USB-enabled microcontroller, but it wouldn’t be trivial.