PCBmain

An open, portable and low cost qPCR machine.

WE ARE ACCEPTING DONATIONS!:

Specifications*:

• 8 samples
• 1 to 4 channels, you can customize it!
  • FAM/Sybr Green
  • HEX
  • ROX/Cal Red 610
  • Cy5
• MicroSD card slot for data logging
• High Resolution Melting Analysis
• WiFi interface, so you can control and visualize data from a smartphone/PC
• Portable (less than 150 mm in size)
• USB powered (5V 3A power supply)
• CHEAP

*This machine is a work in progress, so the specifications may change and/or be innacurate. Also, don't try to replicate it if you don't know what you're doing, as it probably won't work until we release a stable version.

How will it work?

The machine can be roughly separated into 3 parts:

• The main PCB, containing the microcontroller and the heater;
• The PCB of the reading head, containing LEDs and light sensors;
• The optical reading head, which will house lenses, beam splitters, filters, prisms, etc., as well as the stepper motor responsible for positioning this optical assembly above each tube;