What are some biotech projects I can do with an Arduino?

[Rome Robinson]

I was wondering what different biotechnology projects I could make with an Arduino Uno?

[Simon Quellen Field]

I'll be building many more, but the first few are here:

"http://scitoys.com/build_a_thermometer.html"

"http://scitoys.com/water_bath.html"

"http://scitoys.com/dimming_the_light.html" (the AC version, which is how I run my Sous Vide cooker and incubators).

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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Rome Robinson <rxxpr...@gmail.com> wrote:

I was wondering what different biotechnology projects I could make with an Arduino Uno?

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[Strat-o]

If Arduino suits you fine and you have some kits or completed 8-bit Arduinos that's great, they are great little packages.  Getting started today I might choose a 32-bit ARM processor.  They are cheaper and more capable.  For example raspberry pi and arduino are the same price.  This comparison is from 3 years ago so even more has changed:

http://developmentboards.blogspot.com/2013/04/raspberry-pi-vs-arduino-vs-beagleboard.html

[Nathan McCorkle]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:58 PM, Strat-o <marlin...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> example raspberry pi and arduino are the same price.

That isn't true if you're using the ardunio-nano clones... they run
about $2 to $3 including shipping.

[John Griessen]

On 06/17/2016 12:07 AM, Nathan McCorkle wrote:
> That isn't true if you're using the ardunio-nano clones... they run
> about $2 to $3 including shipping.

A fairly direct comparison of something else, (not ARM but MIPS origin),
is using an ESP8266 board and loading micropython on it.
It needs more than 512MB memory, but some $3 boards come with enough.
Then you have a python prompt at the end of your USB cable -- ready to
load new code, and get debug output... It's good if you only need
one 10 bit ADC input between 0 and 1V and the rest digital only IO and
PWM outputs. For its low price, you could leave wifi off for some designs.

[Simon Quellen Field]

Nathan is right -- the Nano can be had for $1.80 with free shipping.

You can get a Mini (no USB -- Serial only) for $1.25.

If you like 32 bit processors, and WiFi, and the Arduino IDE, theck out the ESP8266.

For $2.66, you get an 80 MHz 32 bit processor witth 4 Megabytes of flash and 96 kilobytes of RAM,

a full WiFi Internet stack, and several GPIO pins, 10 bit AtoD, PWM, etc., and all the normal

Arduino libraries, plus a bunch of WiFi/Internet libraries.

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[Roland van Dierendonck]

You could check out the devices within the BioHack Academy, the designs + wiring are all on Github. Most of these use an Arduino Uno (thermocycler, spectrometer, incubator...)
the syllabus: http://biohackacademy.github.io/bha3/
repository with files: https://github.com/biohackacademy

Otherwise, you could make a biotic gaming device :)
https://github.com/biohackacademy