OpenRAMAN, a $3000 DIY Raman spectrometer

Raman spectroscopy is a technique in which light from a laser interacts with a sample to shift the laser wavelength. Recording the shifts with a spectrometer gives information about the sample. We’ve covered general cheap spectroscopy more than once here. OpenRAMAN is a project to assemble a Raman spectroscopy setup using about $3000 in (mostly […]

Read More

An open source pick-and-place machine for $500

Pick-and-place machines are used to quickly and precisely place electronic components onto printed circuit boards. The open source IndexPnP with software powered by OpenPnP is a new cheap DIY pick-and-place machine. Commercial options cost thousands to tens of thousands of dollars. There are several open source designs already out there, a portion of which are […]

Read More

3D Print a Stethoscope

Here at Lab On The Cheap HQ we’ve received a few requests to look into ways that people might easily and cheaply transmit audio from a stethoscope over their phone to a medical practitioner they are teleconferencing with. While we are looking into the best solutions for that problem, we’ve noticed a lot of methods […]

Read More