Re: Light Bulb PCR

[Russell Whitaker]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Russell Durrett <rove...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> If you remember a couple of weeks ago someone posted a link from 2002
> about a PCR machine built using a light bulb as the heating element. I
> thought it was a great idea, so I built one myself.
>
> I added a fan to cool faster, controlled the whole thing with an
> arduino and a thermistor to monitor temperature. There's a ton of room
> for improvement, so I encourage you to build a better one! My
> schematics and arduino code are available at my site to help get you
> started. Check it out here:
>
> www.russelldurrett.com/lightbulbpcr.html
>

What timing: I'm sitting here right now waiting for this event to start:
http://techshop.ws/Upcoming_Events.html?&action=detail&id=107

I'm already a member of TechShop SF, so I have everything I need
to make one of these myself, and I'm going to do just that;
thanks (the other) Russell!

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