date-created: '2014-08-15'
date-updated: '2025-12-10'
manifest-author:
    name: Appropedia
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title: 'Open-source syringe pump'
description: 'This article explores a new open-source method for developing and manufacturing high-quality scientific equipment suitable for use in virtually any laboratory. A syringe pump was designed using freely available open-source computer aided design (CAD) software and manufactured using an open-source RepRap 3-D printer and readily available parts. The design, bill of materials and assembly instructions are globally available to anyone wishing to use them. Details are provided covering the use of the CAD software and the RepRap 3-D printer. The use of a (partly open-source) Raspberry Pi computer as a wireless control device is also illustrated.'
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    - osat
    - 'open source optics'
    - '3d printing'
    - 'open source hardware'
    - 'Open source scientific hardware'
    - 'syringe pump'
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version: 162
development-stage: Designed
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image: 'https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/0/08/Double-pump.jpg'
license:
    documentation: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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