Open hardware
This is a list of bio-relevant open hardware.
Bioreactor
Gel electrophoresis
- Above link is for the box and casting tray. The power supply is here.
- Backup archive of this project available on archive.org.
- Open design for a nice box and casting tray.
- By Tobias Wenzel from University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory
- Costs about $90 for the lasercut parts from Ponoko
- Unfortunately the parametric feature only works via a proprietary web app that requires an account
Liquid handling robots
- Open hardware/software pipetting robot developed and sold by the OpenTrons company. Discontinued but feasible to build.
- Above link is for hardware only. Software is available here.
- Opentrons OT-2 - Partially open
- Pipetting robot developed and sold by the OpenTrons company
- Software is open source but hardware is not.
- Full eagle board and schematic files available but no license specified. Little mechanical documentation. No pipette mechanical designs available.
- Above link is for hardware only. Software is here.
- Fully open hardware and software. Development is currently in progress.
- Updates are being posted to the GOSH forum
- Developed by naikymen
Microscopy
- [https://openflexure.org/ OpenFlexure
- High precision electro-mechanical positioning microscope
- Webcam microscope for yeast cell counting
PCR
- Open hardware/software and can be bought in the GaudiShop for 99 euro
- This is probably the most "make it out of scrap you have sitting around" PCR design
- The original open PCR machine. Still available to buy for $500
Other
- Open designs for many pieces of lab equipment: Microscope, incubator, centrifuge, water bath, scale, hood, etc.
- Source available, license unknown. Available for purchase (Jan 2023)
- Gaudi Labs OpenDrop - Open electrowetting system
- Open hardware/software and can be bought in the GaudiShop
- OHL SAUCE Centrifuge (in French)
- An open hardware design based on the whirligig centrifuge known as the Paperfuge