{"id":49352,"key":"Open-source_Lab","title":"Open-source Lab","latest":{"id":1250430,"timestamp":"2026-06-05T15:38:11Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{MOST}}\n\n[[File:OSL.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{Publication data\n| type = Book\n| language = fr\n| publisher = Elsevier\n| cite-as = Pearce, J. M. (2013). Open-source lab: how to build your own hardware and reduce research costs. Elsevier..\n}}\n\nOpen-Source Lab, 1st Edition: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research Costs\n\n{{Video|yiJDx9dCfEQ|Open-source Lab}}\n\n* written by [[User:J.M.Pearce|Appropedia user J.M. Pearce]]\n* J.M. Pearce, ''Open-Source Lab: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research Costs'', Elsevier, 2013.\n* ISBN: 9780124104624\n* http://store.elsevier.com/Open-Source-Lab/Joshua-Pearce/isbn-9780124104624/\n* [http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/thiswayup/audio/201797339/open-source-lab-equipment 2016 Open source lab equipment interview on Radio New Zealand] - [http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/twu/twu-20160416-1330-open_source_lab_equipment-00.ogg Ogg],[http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/twu/twu-20160416-1330-open_source_lab_equipment-048.mp3 MP3]\n* Elsevier has made this chapter freely available for one year, until November 20, 2020: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124104624000019 Open-Source Lab: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research Costs].\n\n{{video|BpOQytj116M}}\n\n{{video|5pT1Y4xzHcE}}\n\n=== Free content ===\n\n<big>[http://store.elsevier.com/coArticle.jsp?pageid=18200010&utm_source=Joshua+Pearce&utm_medium=marketing&utm_campaign=Open-Source+Lab+Free+Access FREE access to select content from Open-Source Lab: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research Costs].</big>\n\nThis guide details the development of the free and open-source hardware revolution and provides you with\nstep-by-step instructions on building your own laboratory hardware.\n\nIn the first two chapters displayed here, the author defines the basic terms of open-source software and discusses the rise of the open-source hardware revolution and how it impacts science before exploring five pragmatic advantages to joining the open-source scientific community for both your research in general, and most importantly, your equipment and instrumentation.\n\n=== Key Features ===\n\n* Numerous examples of technologies and the [[open-source]] user and developer communities that support them\n* Instructions on how to take advantage of digital design sharing\n* Explanations of [[Arduino]]s and [[RepRap]]s for scientific use\n* A detailed guide to [[open-source hardware]] licenses and basic principles of intellectual property\n\n=== Description ===\n\n''Open-Source Lab: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Scientific Research Costs'' details the development of the [[free and open-source hardware]] revolution. The combination of [[open-source 3D printing]] and [[open-source microcontrollers]] running on [[free software]] enables scientists, engineers, and lab personnel in every discipline to develop powerful research tools at unprecedented low costs.\n\nAfter reading Open-Source Lab, you will be able to:\n\n* Lower equipment costs by making your own hardware\n* Build open-source hardware for scientific research\n* Actively participate in a community in which scientific results are more easily replicated and cited\n\n=== Examples ===\n\nSee also graphical abstract gallery of [[HardwareX]] and https://www.openscienceshop.org/\n\n{{Excerpt|Category:Open source scientific hardware}}\n\n* [http://microfluidics.utoronto.ca/gitlab/dstat/dstat-documentation/wikis/home DSTat] - OS potentiostat\n\n=== Table of Contents ===\n\n{{Video|kBz1Z-V2ps4|Open-source 3D Printing for Scientific Equipment}}\n\nPreface\n\n# Introduction to [[Open-Source Hardware]] for Science\n# The Benefits of Sharing - Nice Guys and Girls Do Finish First\n# [[Open Licensing]] - Advanced Sharing\n# [[Open-Source Microcontrollers]] for Science: How to Use, Design Automated Equipment with, and Troubleshoot\n# [[RepRap]] for Science: How to Use, Design, and Troubleshoot the Self-Replicating 3-D Printer\n# Digital Designs and Scientific Hardware\n## [[OpenSCAD]], RepRap, and [[Arduino]] Microcontrollers\n## Physics: [[Open-Source Optics]]\n## Engineering: [[Open-Source Laser Welder]], Radiation Detection, and Oscilloscopes\n## Environmental Science: [[Open-Source Colorimeter]] and pH Meter\n## Biology: [[OpenPCR]], [[Open-Source Centrifuges]] and More\n## Chemistry: Open-Source Spectrometers and Other Chemical Research Tools\n# The Future of Open-Source Hardware and Science\n\n=== See also ===\n\n* [[Quantifying the Value of Open Source Hardware Development]]\n* [[Return on Investment for Open Source Hardware Development]]\n* [[Derisking the Finance of Open Source Hardware Development]]\n* [[Building research equipment with free, open-source hardware]]\n* [[Open-source colorimeter]]\n* [[Open-source 3D-printable optics equipment]]\n* [[Open source science]]\n* [[Open source 3-D printing of OSAT]]\n* [[:Category:Open source optics]]\n* [[Free and open-source automated 3-D microscope]]\n* [[Open-source hardware]]\n* [[Belt-Driven Open Source Circuit Mill Using Low-Cost 3-D Printer Components]]\n* [[Open-source hardware for science in Ecuador]]\n* [[The Rise of Platinum Open Access Journals with both Impact Factors and Zero Article Processing Charges]]\n* [[Professors Want to Share: Preliminary Survey Results on Establishing Open Source Endowed Professorships]]\n* [[Canadian professors' views on establishing open source endowed professorships]]\n* [[Equitable Research Capacity Towards the Sustainable Development Goals: The Case for Open Science Hardware]]\n* [[Towards open source patents: Semi-automated open hardware certification from MediaWiki websites]]\n* [[Overcoming Chip Shortages: Low-cost Open-source Parametric 3-D Printable Solderless SOIC to DIP Breakout Adapters]]\n* [[Open-source 3-D printing materials database generator]]\n\n{{Video|QsqvDTdcJtE|Will you 3D print your next lab?}}\n\n=== External Links with Open Hardware for Science ===\n\n* [https://channels.plos.org/open-source-toolkit Open Source Toolkit Channel on PLOS One]\n* [http://www.teklalabs.org/ Tekla Labs] - Tekla Labs is creating a library of open source DIY (do-it-yourself) documents that guide in the construction of quality lab equipment.\n* [https://sites.google.com/site/3dprintingphysiolabefimov/home Open Source Physiology Lab] - this site is devoted to the collaboration and development of [[3D printing]] physiology equipment\n* [http://openlabtools.eng.cam.ac.uk/index.php Open Lab Tools] - U. of Cambridge - created open source microscope prototype that cost around US$800, whereas conventional microscopes cost between US$15,000 and US$80,000<ref>http://www.scidev.net/global/technology/multimedia/open-source-through-the-lens-of-a-microscope.html</ref>\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20140816112258/http://openeuroscience.wordpress.com:80/hardware-projects/ Open Neuroscience]\n* [https://backyardbrains.com/products/micromanipulator Backyard Brains micromanipulator]\n* [https://www.myminifactory.com/category/lab-equipment MyMiniFactory 3D printable Lab Equipment]\n* Sensorica\n* [http://www.hackteria.org/ Hackteria] and more specific on [http://www.hackteria.org/wiki/Generic_Lab_Equipment Generic Laboratory Infrastructure]\n* [http://gxsm.sourceforge.net/?content=reffragment Gnome X Scanning Microscopy]\n* Open Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM)\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20140127221732/http://trendinafrica.org:80/activities/1322-2/ 3D printed scientific equipment in Africa]- \"TReND in Africa\" (Teaching and Research in Neuroscience for Development) is a higher education charity dedicated to improving university level science education and research in sub-Saharan Africa.\n* [http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-BioPrinter/ DIYBioprinter]\n* [https://www.ted.com/talks/manu_prakash_a_50_cent_microscope_that_folds_like_origami 50 Cent origami microscope]\n* [http://open-ephys.org/ open-ephys] - open-source electrophysiology\n* smart phone to microscope with inexpensive lens\n* [https://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v10/n7/full/nmeth.2554.html Nature Methods editorial on OSH]\n* [http://labrigger.com/blog/category/hardware/ Labrigger] - Labrigger is a source for open solutions for research. Their goal is to accelerate and enable research by reducing the duplication of effort by multiple labs, and offering alternatives to expensive lab equipment.\n* [https://depts.washington.edu/soslab/turbidostat/pmwiki/ Klavins lab open-source mixture controlled turbidostat] - University of Washington synthetic biology\n* From Jim Haseloff lab:\n** http://www.haseloff-lab.org/\n** http://www.openplant.org/\n** http://synbio.org.uk/\n* [https://blog.safecast.org/ SafeCast]\n\n{{Video|hvATzguxkwo|Open-source Optical Microscope}}\n\n* [http://sensors.cam.ac.uk/ CamBridgeSens]\n* [http://3dprint.nih.gov/discover NIH's 3d printable category for custom scientific labware]\n* [http://summers23.wix.com/smokymtsci Smoky Mountain Scientific] - develops and sells modular, Low cost, open-source instrumentation for electrochemistry, fluidics, and datalogging\n* [https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=4297 From Gongkai to Open Source] - Bunnie studios blog on Chinese views of IP\n* [https://opensource.com/resources/ebook/open-science Experimenting with open science: Open source in the field and in the lab] - Free E-book at Opensource.com\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20190531024348/https://openeuroscience.com/ Open Neuroscience]\n* [http://www.openmicroanalysis.org/ openMicroanalysis] is a community-driven open source project quantitative electron microanalysis. See: [http://www.openmicroanalysis.org/discussion.html#discussion-forum discussion forum]. Its goals are to:\n** centralize physical quantity databases and algorithms used for quantification\n** encourage collaborative work\n** provide the necessary building blocks for new projects in microanalysis\n* https://open.nasa.gov/ (only software now)\n* OS Rodent Operant Bucket\n* [http://blogs.plos.org/collections/open-source-toolkit-hardware/ PLOS Blog] - with good list of OS toolkits\n* [https://ocsdnet.org/ Open and Collaborative Science in Development]\n* [http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/2/530/ The Cave Pearl Project] -uses easy to build Arduino data loggers for hydrology research\n* Warwick Open Source Microscope: http://wosmic.org/\n* Baden and Chagas' collection at PLOS: http://collections.plos.org/open-source-toolkit-hardware\n* OpenFlexure Microscope documented at http://docubricks.com/\n* Institute for Development of Advanced Applied Systems and https://github.com/IRNAS/OpenSourceLabEquipment\n* [https://metafluidics.org/ Metafluidics] - Metafluidics was built to provide a home for digital design files and all of the other information necessary to reproduce or remix a microfluidic device.\n* [http://ubora-kahawa.azurewebsites.net/ UBORA] - The Biomedical engineering open design platform\n* [http://www.labonthecheap.com/ Lab on the Cheap]\n* Australian Centre of Excellence - clip on smartphone 3DP microscope [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-21543-2]\n* [http://blog.our-sci.net/ Our Sci]\n\n=== Supporting publications and examples in the peer-reviewed literature ===\n\n{{Video|cpDxZUKK4Gk|Making Open Hardware the New Standard in Science @ 2015 Open Source Hardware Summit}}\n\nNow there are even journals fully dedicated to open hardware:\n\n* [https://www.journals.elsevier.com/hardwarex/ HardwareX] - Elsevier (started 2016). See [[HardwareX]] Gallery on Appropedia\n* [http://openhardware.metajnl.com/ Journal of Open Hardware]- Ubiquity Press starting 2017\n\n==== Pearce Group ====\n\n* Pearce, Joshua M. 2012. [https://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6100/1303.summary Building Research Equipment with Free, Open-Source Hardware.] ''Science'' '''337''' (6100): 1303–1304. DOI: 10.1126/science.1228183\n* Pearce, J.M. (2015) [http://www.scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53076 Quantifying the Value of Open Source Hardware Development]. ''Modern Economy'', '''6''', 1-11. doi: [https://dx.doi.org/10.4236/me.2015.61001 10.4236/me.2015.61001].'''[https://www.academia.edu/10143203/Quantifying_the_Value_of_Open_Source_Hard-ware_Development Free open access to the full text]'''\n* Joshua M. Pearce. (2015) [http://web.archive.org/web/20161115105940/http://spp.oxfordjournals.org:80/content/early/2015/06/20/scipol.scv034.abstract Return on Investment for Open Source Hardware Development]. ''Science and Public Policy''. DOI:10.1093/scipol/scv034 [https://www.academia.edu/13799962/Return_on_Investment_for_Open_Source_Hardware_Development open access]\n** [https://soundcloud.com/michigan-tech/open-source-lab-equipment audio summary]\n* Pearce, Joshua M. 2013. [https://theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/1113/free-innovation-accelerator/ Free Innovation Accelerator], ''Analytical Scientist'', Issue #1113, Article #303, December 17th, 2013.\n* Pearce, J.M., 2014. [https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v505/n7485/full/505618d.html Laboratory equipment: Cut costs with open-source hardware]. ''Nature'' '''505''', 618. doi:10.1038/505618d\n* Joshua M. Pearce \"[https://theconversation.com/bone-replacements-and-heart-monitors-spur-health-revolution-in-open-source-3d-printing-23789 Bone replacements and heart monitors spur health revolution in open source 3D printing]\" ''The Conversation'', Feb 28, 2014. Reprinted: [http://www.livescience.com/43787-bone-replacements-and-heart-monitors-spur-health-revolution-in-open-source-3d-printing.html Live Science]\n* Joshua Pearce [http://scitechconnect.elsevier.com/benjamin-franklin-proud-hundreds-open-source-hardware-designs-scientific-equipment-proliferate/ Benjamin Franklin would be proud: hundreds of open-source hardware designs for scientific equipment proliferate] - ''SciTech Connect'', June 9, 2014.\n* J.M. Pearce, \"[https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.2160 Commentary: Open-source hardware for research and education]\", ''Physics Today'' 66(11), 8 (2013); doi: 10.1063/PT.3.2160\n* J.M. Pearce, [https://www.elsevier.com/connect/3d-printing-your-lab-equipment-its-cheaper-than-you-think 3D-printing your lab equipment—it's cheaper than you think] - ''Elsevier Connect'', 2013.\n* Zhang C, Anzalone NC, Faria RP, Pearce JM (2013) [[Open-Source 3D-Printable Optics Equipment]]. ''PLoS ONE'' 8(3): e59840. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059840 [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059840 open access]\n* Anzalone GC, Glover AG, Pearce JM. [http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/13/4/5338 Open-Source Colorimeter]. ''Sensors''. 2013; 13(4):5338-5346. doi:10.3390/s130405338 [https://www.academia.edu/3333921/Open-Source_Colorimeter open access]\n* Joshua M. Pearce, [https://theanalyticalscientist.com/issues/0213/share-and-we-all-grow-richer/ Share, and We All Grow Richer], ''The Analytical Scientist'', Issue #0213, Article #301 (2013).\n* Bas Wijnen, Emily J. Hunt, Gerald C. Anzalone, Joshua M. Pearce, 2014. [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0107216 Open-source Syringe Pump Library], ''PLoS ONE'' 9(9): e107216. [http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107216 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107216] [https://www.academia.edu/8369549/Open-Source_Syringe_Pump_Library open access]\n* Joshua Pearce, [https://learn.sparkfun.com/blog/1728 Guest Blog: Circumventing Science Lab Budget Cuts with Open-Source Hardware]. ''Sparkfun Education Blog.'' January 23, 2015. Joshua Pearce on Open Hardware for Education --Oomlout\n* Joshua M. Pearce. [https://www.engineeringforchange.org/buckle-up-for-fast-tracked-science-thanks-to-open-source-hardware/ Buckle up for fast-tracked science thanks to open-source hardware]. ''Engineering for Change''. June 8, 2015.\n* Joshua M. Pearce. [http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/science-for-all-how-to-make-free-open-source-laboratory-hardware/ Science for All: How to Make Free, Open Source Laboratory Hardware], ''Scientific American Blog''. Dec. 4, 2015.\n* Karankumar C. Dhankani, Joshua M. Pearce. [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2016.07.001 Open Source Laboratory Sample Rotator Mixer and Shaker]. ''HardwareX'' 1, pp.1-12 (2017). doi:j.ohx.2016.07.001 [https://www.academia.edu/32407856/Open_source_laboratory_sample_rotator_mixer_and_shaker open access]\n* Oberloier, S. and Pearce, J.M. [http://www.mdpi.com/2411-9660/2/1/2/htm General Design Procedure for Free and Open-Source Hardware for Scientific Equipment]. ''Designs'' 2018, 2(1), 2; doi:10.3390/designs2010002 [https://www.academia.edu/35603319/General_Design_Procedure_for_Free_and_Open-Source_Hardware_for_Scientific_Equipment open access]\n\n== Open Source Scientific Hardware Companies ==\n\n{| class=\"wikitable sortable\"\n! Organisation\n! URL\n! Type of Org\n! Category/Discipline\n|-\n| Adafruit\n| https://www.adafruit.com/\n| company\n| sensors and electronics\n|-\n| airgradient\n| https://www.airgradient.com/\n| company\n| environment\n|-\n| Arribada\n| https://arribada.org\n| company\n| conservation\n|-\n| Backyard Brains\n| https://backyardbrains.com\n| company\n| neuroscience\n|-\n| Bristlemouth\n| https://www.bristlemouth.org/\n| open standard, housed by a company\n| oceanography\n|-\n| Conservify\n| http://conservify.org\n| non-profit\n| conservation\n|-\n| Electric Blue\n| https://electricblue.eu/about-us\n| cooperative\n| environmental monitoring, biologging\n|-\n| EmbryoPhenomics\n| https://www.embryophenomics.org/\n| research group but setting up a company\n| embryonic development in aquatic animals\n|-\n| EnviroDIY\n| https://www.envirodiy.org/shop/\n| non-profit\n| environment\n|-\n| flyPAD\n| https://flypad.rocks\n| company\n| animal behaviour (drosophila)\n|-\n| Gaudilabs\n| https://gaudishop.ch/index.php/product-category/open-science-hardware/\n| company\n| biology\n|-\n| IO Rodeo\n| https://iorodeo.com\n| company\n| electrochemistry & biochemistry\n|-\n| IRNAS\n| https://www.irnas.eu/\n| company\n| open science hardware consulting\n|-\n| Manetco srl\n| https://www.manetco.be/\n| company\n| open science hardware consulting\n|-\n| Neuro Tinker\n| https://open-neuroscience.com/post/neurotinker/\n| project\n| neuroscience\n|-\n| Open Acoustic Devices\n| https://www.openacousticdevices.info\n| company\n| acoustics\n|-\n| Open ePhys\n| https://open-ephys.org\n| project with company?\n| neuroscience\n|-\n| OpenBCI\n| https://openbci.com\n| company\n| neuroscience\n|-\n| OpenFlexure Industries\n| https://openflexure.org\n| company\n| microscopy\n|-\n| OpenQCM\n| https://openqcm.com/\n| company\n| QCM\n|-\n| OpenROV\n| https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/openrov/openrov-trident-an-underwater-drone-for-everyone\n|\n| oceonography\n|-\n| OpenTrons\n| https://opentrons.com/\n| company\n| lab automation\n|-\n| OptArc\n| https://www.optarc.co.uk/\n| company\n| microscopy\n|-\n| Pocket Science Lab\n| https://pslab.io/\n| project with company?\n| (environmental) sensors\n|-\n| Prometheus Science\n| https://www.prometheus-science.com\n| company\n| open science hardware consulting\n|-\n| Public Lab\n| https://publiclab.org\n| non-profit\n| environment\n|-\n| RedPitaya\n| https://redpitaya.com/\n| company\n| open science instruments\n|-\n| Safecast\n| https://safecast.org\n| non-profit\n| environment\n|-\n| Sanworks\n| https://sanworks.io/\n| company\n| neuroscience\n|-\n| Sci-Bots\n| https://sci-bots.com/\n| company\n| microfluidics\n|-\n| Seeed\n| https://www.seeedstudio.com/contacts\n| company\n| sensors and electronics\n|-\n| Smart Citizen Kit\n| https://smartcitizen.me/\n| sold via Seeed Studio\n| environment\n|-\n| Spark Fun\n| https://www.sparkfun.com/\n| company\n| sensors and electronics\n|-\n| Tympan\n| https://shop.tympan.org\n| company\n| hearing aids\n|-\n| UC2\n| https://openuc2.com/\n| company\n| microscopy\n|-\n| Upside Down Labs\n| https://store.upsidedownlabs.tech/\n| company\n| neuroscience\n|-\n| Libre Solar\n| https://libre.solar\n| company\n| electronics for renewable energy systems\n|}\n\n== References ==\n\n<references />\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Open-source Lab/External Publications]]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| authors = J.M.Pearce\n| description = Appropedia explains how to build lab tools with open-source plans—cutting research costs and making science more accessible worldwide.\n}}"}