# Chapter 8

## Notes

| Topic     | Description |
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| **Time**  |             |
| **Tools** |             |
| **Parts** |             |

## Mount the PlanktoScope HAT on the Raspberry Pi

### Locate

󰔞 Locate the **PlanktoScope HAT** present in **bag I**.

### Ribbon cable

🔴Thread the **Ribbon cable** through the **PlanktoScope HAT** slot from the
underside.

!!! warning

    ⚠ Make sure the two 🟣black connectors are aligned before threading through the ribbon.

### Plug

Plug the **PlanktoScope HAT** into the **Raspberry Pi**.

!!! warning

    ⚠ Make sure the two black connectors are aligned before attaching them together.

### Connect

Press the **PlanktoScope HAT** against the **Raspberry Pi** until it is no longer possible to move them closer together.

!!! warning

    ⚠ Continue to feed through the Ribbon Cable and do not crush it while pressing the PlanktoScope HAT against the standoffs.

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🟠 **A4**. Screw **M2.5X5mm** CHC - SS

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🟣 Locate the 4 holes on the top of the **PlanktoScope HAT** and insert the four **M2.5X5mm**

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🟡 **B3**. Allen key 2mm

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Screw the four **A4** screws through the **PlanktoScope HAT** onto the **Standoff M2.5 - 16mm**.

🎬 Store this assembly for later.