Winters Brandon J, Banfield Nick, Dixon Cassandra, Swensen Anna, Holman Dakota, Fillbrown Braxton
Bethel University, St. Paul, MN United States.
HardwareX. 2021 Sep 21;10:e00232. doi: 10.1016/j.ohx.2021.e00232. eCollection 2021 Oct.
The past four decades have brought significant and increasingly rapid changes to the world of instrument design, fabrication, and availability due to the emergence of 3D printing, open-source code and equipment, and low-cost electronics. These, along with other technological advances represent a nexus in time ripe for the wide-spread production and availability of low-cost sophisticated scientific equipment. To that end, the design of a 3D printable and open-source, modular spectrometer is described. This specific instrument is distinctly different from others that have been reported in recent years in that it was designed outside of the "black box" paradigm of nearly all other commercially available and open-source spectrometers. This feature along with its design to be produced on low-end consumer-grade 3D printers and with parts available at nearly any local hardware store allow this instrument to further erode current barriers to instrument access. Additionally, the use cases presented here demonstrate similar capabilities to commercially available equipment at a fraction of the cost.
在过去的四十年里，由于3D打印、开源代码与设备以及低成本电子产品的出现，仪器设计、制造和供应领域发生了重大且日益迅速的变化。这些因素与其他技术进步共同构成了一个时机成熟的节点，有利于低成本精密科学设备的广泛生产和供应。为此，本文描述了一种3D可打印、开源的模块化光谱仪的设计。这种特定仪器与近年来报道的其他仪器明显不同，因为它是在几乎所有其他商用和开源光谱仪的“黑匣子”范式之外设计的。这一特点以及其在低端消费级3D打印机上生产的设计，加上几乎任何当地五金店都能买到的零件，使得该仪器能够进一步消除目前获取仪器的障碍。此外，这里展示的用例表明，该仪器具有与商用设备相似的功能，但成本仅为其几分之一。
