Open-Source Lab

How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research Costs

By: Joshua M. Pearce

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eText | 4 October 2013 | Edition Number 1

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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 microcontrollers running on free software enables scientists, engineers, and lab personnel in every discipline to develop powerful research tools at unprecedented low costs. After reading Open-Source Lab, you will be able to:

Lower equipment costs by making your own hardware
Build open-source hardware for scientific research
Actively participate in a community in which scientific results are more easily replicated and cited

Numerous examples of technologies and the open-source user and developer communities that support them
Instructions on how to take advantage of digital design sharing
Explanations of Arduinos and RepRaps for scientific use
A detailed guide to open-source hardware licenses and basic principles of intellectual property