• Question: Would you consider using a a Rasberry Pi in an experiment? If so, how?

    Asked by Joe to Matthew, Laura, Andrew on 17 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Matthew Camilleri

      Matthew Camilleri answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      Not really, I try to have minimal electronics in my fume hood and since the data I collect from the experiments is normally taken at the end, once I remove the solvent a Rasberry Pi system would not give me a lot more data.

    • Photo: Laura Schofield

      Laura Schofield answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      Most of my equipment is controlled by a computer, so if someone could develop the software to run on a Pi, I’d definitely consider using it to set temperatures, flow rates and pressures!

    • Photo: Andrew McKinley

      Andrew McKinley answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      We are using a RPi to control a LEGO spectrometer in our teaching labs; selecting wavelengths, recording data… it’s very cool 😀

Comments

  • Photo: Joe

    Joe commented on :

    Amazed that everyone has heard of the Pi!

    @Laura YOU CAN DO THAT! If you’re lucky, I might build a simple, portable rig, just to show you how easy such sensors would be to set up!

    @Andrew Agreed. Very cool!,