RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Design principles for open source bioinstrumentation: the poseidon syringe pump system as an example
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 521096
DO 10.1101/521096
A1 Sina Booeshaghi, A.
A1 da Veiga Beltrame, Eduardo
A1 Bannon, Dylan
A1 Gehring, Jase
A1 Pachter, Lior
YR 2019
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2019/01/17/521096.abstract
AB 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, simplicity, modularity, benchmarking, and documentation.