{"id":31356,"date":"2020-04-16T15:26:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T07:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=31356"},"modified":"2020-04-16T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T07:40:16","slug":"what-does-grove-mean-why-grove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/16\/what-does-grove-mean-why-grove\/","title":{"rendered":"What does Grove Mean? Why Grove?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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From time to time, we are constantly being asked by users, what does Grove<\/strong> mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To answer that question, we need to go back to why we named it Grove in the first place, and then let\u2019s talk about the idea behind the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name of Grove<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When Seeed was founded, the system was named after the plant line. For example, our wiki was first called Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In English, the word Grove<\/strong> means a small group of trees. When you plug multi grove modules into the Grove Base Shield<\/a>, it just looks like a small group of trees. So we name it grove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile, you can see the Grove icon<\/strong> at the back of each grove module. The icon also looks like plants grow. We believe with the help Grove, the imagination, creation and electronic design capabilities of makers\/students\/artists\/engineers will grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That\u2019s the story behind Grove\u2019s name. Isn\u2019t it a little unexpected\uff1f 
Next, let\u2019s talk about Why Grove<\/strong>. 
Why Grove users love it? 
Why do more and more people choose Grove? 
Why is it that once they use Grove they can never go back?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, to put it simply, we believe it\u2019s all about the significant advantages of Grove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Advantages of Grove<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Easy to Use & Rapid Prototyping<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To work with Grove, you hardly need to care about hardware connections. All the things you need to do is plug and unplug. Just say goodbye to breadboard, to troublesome soldering and no complicated wiring. Grove users can focus on coding and creating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can quickly build an Arduino project in less than five minutes. And there\u2019s absolutely no need to worry about connection errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cross-Platform Support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

All the grove modules support Arduino, we provided Arduino library or demo code for Arduino and compatible board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Grove modules also support Raspberry Pi. We have an easy-to-use Grove python library for Raspberry Pi. 
Click Grove.py<\/a> to check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, we have many Grove modules support micro:bit \/BeagleBone\/ linklt One and more platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To work with these platforms, usually, we need a Grove breakout board. You can consider it as the bridge between the platform and the Grove module.<\/p>\n\n\n\n