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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: HardwareX. 2017 Oct 31;3:117–134. doi: 10.1016/j.ohx.2017.10.001

Hardware name An Open-Source, Programmable Pneumatic Setup for Operation and Automated Control of Single- and Multi-Layer Microfluidic Devices
Geppetto (Python-based solenoid valve control software with GUI)
Geppetto CLI (Python-based solenoid valve software with command line scripting for experiment automation)

Subject area
  • Engineering and Material Science
  • Biological Sciences (e.g. Microbiology and Biochemistry)
  • General

Hardware type
  • Biological sample handling and preparation

Open Source License Pneumatics Instrumentation: GPL 3.0 License Geppetto Software: GPL 3.0 License

Cost of Hardware Variable, dependent on user customization
Full Build: $10,380.
Abridged Build: $4,455.
Manual Build: $2,110.
Additional Modification Builds Costs shown in Table 1

Source File Repository OSF: https://ost.io/jwyau DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/.TWYAU
Github: github.com/FordyceLab/Open_Source_Pneumatics
Supplementary Materials (In Article)