planktoscope/docs/01_hardware/chapter_8.md

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Chapter 8

Notes

Topic Description
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.

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

Plug

Plug the PlanktoScope HAT into the Raspberry Pi.

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⚠ 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.

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

🟠 A4. Screw M2.5X5mm CHC - SS


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


🟡 B3. Allen key 2mm


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

🎬 Store this assembly for later.