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# Grow HAT Mini
Designed as a tiny valet for your plants, Grow HAT mini will monitor the soil moiture for up to 3 plants, water them with tiny pumps, and show you their health on its small but informative screen. Learn more - https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/grow
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# Installing
You're best using the "One-line" install method.
## One-line (Installs from GitHub)
```
curl -sSL https://get.pimoroni.com/grow | bash
```
**Note** report issues with one-line installer here: https://github.com/pimoroni/get
## Or... Install and configure dependencies from GitHub:
* `git clone https://github.com/pimoroni/grow-python`
* `cd grow-python`
* `sudo ./install.sh`
**Note** Raspbian Lite users may first need to install git: `sudo apt install git`
## Or... Install from PyPi and configure manually:
* Install dependencies:
```
sudo apt install python3-setuptools python3-pip python3-yaml python3-smbus python3-pil python3-spidev python3-rpi.gpio
```
* Run `sudo pip3 install growhat`
**Note** this wont perform any of the required configuration changes on your Pi, you may additionally need to:
* Enable i2c: `sudo raspi-config nonint do_i2c 0`
* Enable SPI: `sudo raspi-config nonint do_spi 0`
* Add the following to `/boot/config.txt`: `dtoverlay=spi0-cs,cs0_pin=14`
## Help & Support
* GPIO Pinout - https://pinout.xyz/pinout/grow_hat_mini
* Support forums - http://forums.pimoroni.com/c/support
* Discord - https://discord.gg/hr93ByC