Abstract

The poseidon syringe pump and microscope system is an open source alternative to commercial systems. It costs less than $400 and can be assembled in under an hour using the instructions and source files available at https://pachterlab.github.io/poseidon. We describe the poseidon system and use it to illustrate design principles that can facilitate the adoption and development of open source bioinstruments. The principles are functionality, robustness, safety, simplicity, modularity, benchmarking, and documentation.

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Title
Principles of open source bioinstrumentation applied to the poseidon syringe pump system
Author
Booeshaghi, A. Sina 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Beltrame, Eduardo da Veiga 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bannon, Dylan 2 ; Gehring, Jase 2 ; Pachter, Lior 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  California Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pasadena, USA (GRID:grid.20861.3d) (ISNI:0000000107068890) 
2  California Institute of Technology, Department of Biology & Biological Engineering, Pasadena, USA (GRID:grid.20861.3d) (ISNI:0000000107068890) 
3  California Institute of Technology, Department of Biology & Biological Engineering, Pasadena, USA (GRID:grid.20861.3d) (ISNI:0000000107068890); California Institute of Technology, Department of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, Pasadena, USA (GRID:grid.20861.3d) (ISNI:0000000107068890) 
Pages
12385
Publication year
2019
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48815-9
ProQuest document ID
2862621589
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.