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May102012May 10, 2012May 10, 20121Commentby L.

Screw shields, simple pleasures

Posted in Tips

These screw shields make it simple to connect a bunch of stranded wire to an Arduino. This one is available here, or here. It’s a little thing, but it saves a lot…

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Oct232011October 23, 2011October 23, 20111Commentby L.

Streamlined & simple prototyping to custom PCB

Posted in Hardware, Software

Fritzing is PCB design software (EDA) in the spirit of Arduino and Processing. It’s open source, cross-platform, streamlined, and simple to use. It doesn’t do simulations, but you can lay out your circuit in a GUI that looks like a prototyping board, then move to…

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Jul162011July 16, 2011July 16, 20111Commentby L.

OpenPCR: Now shipping

Posted in Hardware

Over a year ago, we covered the OpenPCR project. Following their successful Kickstarter campaign, which netted twice their funding goal, they’re now actually shipping the devices.

To start, this is a $512 PCR machine…

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Apr102011April 10, 2011April 10, 20110Commentby L.

Wireless

Posted in Hardware

I recently returned from my private island in the Maldives. Like most of the inhabited islands, it has no physical links…

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Dec202010December 20, 2010December 20, 20100Commentby L.

Open source orbital shaker

Posted in Hardware

This is a nicely done (and award-winning) orbital shaker. Orbital shakers can often cost on the order of $1500. This one can be custom built for about $150, with additional units costing about $60 (a single controller and power…

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Aug252010August 25, 2010August 25, 20101Commentby L.

Capacitive touch sensors

Posted in Hardware

We covered a simple lickometer circuit previously. Another useful interface is a capacitive touch sensor. In contrast to light gate sensors, there are no extra photons floating around that could disturb an…

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Aug042010August 4, 2010August 3, 20101Commentby L.

Open Hardware Summit

Posted in Hardware

In academia, we have some nice benefits when it comes to intellectual property. Just about everything we do qualifies as scholarship, and so we take ample advantage of that portion of fair use…

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Jul062010July 6, 2010July 15, 20100Commentby L.

Switching 120 and 220 volt outlets

Posted in Hardware

Switching wall outlets remotely, via the parallel port of a computer, a microcontroller (e.g., Arduino), or other simple switches, is desirable in many rigs. For example, timing/triggering lights in a behavioral environment, switching equipment on and off remotely, or coordinating the…

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Jun172010June 17, 2010June 17, 20105Commentsby L.

OpenPCR

Posted in Hardware

Thermocyclers/PCR machines are really simple, but still expensive. To offer a less expensive, do-it-yourself option, these two guys are engineering an open source alternative. In addition to being a decent PCR machine, (“16 reaction wells, a heated lid, a ramp…

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