The FAST Pump is an elegant, low cost, small, and easy to fabricate alternative to commercial peristaltic pumps which will cost you between $140 to $400 depending on quality and DIY considerations. Detailed instructions on how to make the device are covered in this paper by Alexander Jönsson, Arianna Toppi, and Martin Dufva . Lab […]
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Cerberus: $1000 Open Source High Temperature 3D Printer
3D printers commonly use materials that have low deformation temperatures to make printing with these materials easier. This is problematic if you need to thermally sterilize a 3D printed part. The solution is to use a heat-resistant material with a high-temperature 3D printer… generally with a price tag over $25k. Enter the Cerebus High Temperature […]
Modifying an Orbital Shaker for bottom-illumination
This is an orbital shaker: There are some DIY ways to make an orbital shaker. One thing an orbital shaker is used for is growing biological samples. In which case control over light, and light cycles, may be important. Jakub Nedbal, Lu Gao and, Klaus Suhling have written up instructions for modifying an orbital shaker […]
OpenRAMAN, a $3000 DIY Raman spectrometer
Raman spectroscopy is a technique in which light from a laser interacts with a sample to shift the laser wavelength. Recording the shifts with a spectrometer gives information about the sample. We’ve covered general cheap spectroscopy more than once here. OpenRAMAN is a project to assemble a Raman spectroscopy setup using about $3000 in (mostly […]
An open source pick-and-place machine for $500
Pick-and-place machines are used to quickly and precisely place electronic components onto printed circuit boards. The open source IndexPnP with software powered by OpenPnP is a new cheap DIY pick-and-place machine. Commercial options cost thousands to tens of thousands of dollars. There are several open source designs already out there, a portion of which are […]