# Can You Access Non I2C Pins With Qwiic pHAT v2.0 On?

**URL:** <https://community.sparkfun.com/t/can-you-access-non-i2c-pins-with-qwiic-phat-v2-0-on/39935>\
**Category:** Qwiic System\
**Tags:** qwiic\
**Created:** [July 1, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/can-you-access-non-i2c-pins-with-qwiic-phat-v2-0-on/39935 "2020-07-01T03:11:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![chibop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@chibop](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/chibop)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/can-you-access-non-i2c-pins-with-qwiic-phat-v2-0-on/39935/1 "2020-07-01T03:11:58Z")

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I’m thinking about getting a Qwiic pHAT v2.0.

Is there a way to access other pins like uart, gpio, and so on with the hat on, or can you only plug in Qwiic once you have the hat on?

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**Author:** ![TS-Brandon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TS-Brandon](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/TS-Brandon)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/can-you-access-non-i2c-pins-with-qwiic-phat-v2-0-on/39935/2 "2020-07-01T15:50:50Z")

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There are ways to access them but they require fitting a probe or wire between the Pi and the pHAT or soldering/desoldering. Nothing straight forward at the moment.

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**Author:** ![chibop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@chibop](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/chibop)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/can-you-access-non-i2c-pins-with-qwiic-phat-v2-0-on/39935/3 "2020-07-08T07:07:59Z")

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Thanks for the confirmation. Is there a Qwiic board that plugs onto the top of Pi headers and reveals the pins that Qwiic system doesn’t use?

If not, it would awesome if Sparkfun could develop such thing.

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**Author:** ![TS-Brandon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TS-Brandon](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/TS-Brandon)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/can-you-access-non-i2c-pins-with-qwiic-phat-v2-0-on/39935/4 "2020-07-08T19:18:50Z")

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Unfortunately, we don’t have something like that yet. Thank you for the feedback, I’ll let our internal teams know.

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**Author:** ![ArizonaClark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ArizonaClark](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/ArizonaClark)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/can-you-access-non-i2c-pins-with-qwiic-phat-v2-0-on/39935/5 "2020-07-10T18:24:53Z")

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I’m a bit surprised Brandon didn’t mention the [[Qwiic SHIM](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15794). I _think_ (but have not tried) that you can put it onto the RPi pins first then plug another HAT onto the RPi.

I also noticed the [[Qwiic HAT](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14459) which might be helpful for you.]([https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14459](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14459))]([SparkFun Qwiic SHIM for Raspberry Pi - DEV-15794 - SparkFun Electronics](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15794))