Open-source lab : how to build your own hardware and reduce research costs / Joshua Pearce.
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier,
2013.
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| Summary: | 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. The book also includes: 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780124104860 012410486X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |