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ZP and IO Rodeo Screen Printed Electrode Webinar

UPDATE: Webinar is now available to view below! We are excited to let you know about an upcoming joint technical webinar between IO Rodeo and Zimmer & Peacock. The webinar is Tuesday June 17th 2025, 9AM Pacific Daylight Time. Topics covered by the ZP technical team will include the science

Sales of OpenFlexure Microscope Kits to support new Humanitarian Technology Trust charity

This week Julian Stirling (OpenFlexure Team) and colleagues announced the launch of the Humanitarian Technology Trust. The charity will support open hardware technologies that benefit humanity - starting with the OpenFlexure Microscope.

Feather Tripler PCB for rapid prototyping of outdoor sensor projects

In this post we share designs for the new Feather Tripler PCB. The Feather Tripler design speeds up prototyping of field-ready scientific instruments making open hardware tools more accessible for environmental researchers and community scientists

Setting up an Outdoor Air Quality Sensor with the Feather Tripler

This tutorial covers how to build an open hardware air quality sensor for indoor or outdoor monitoring using the Feather Tripler PCB.

Open Colorimeter Plus firmware and hardware updates

In this post we share project updates for the Open Colorimeter Plus.

Open Colorimeter Product Guide

This is the documentation site for the Open Colorimeter and new variants including the Multi-Channel Colorimeter, UV Open Colorimeter and Open Colorimeter Plus. Instruments in the Open Colorimeter product line are open hardware science designs with wide-ranging applications. They are standalone, portable instruments which can be used either in the

Project Update: Open Colorimeter Plus & Fluorescence Measurements

Update to the Open Colorimeter Plus hardware design including new excitation LEDs & testing different emission filters.

New Rodeostat adapter for screen printed electrodes

In this post we describe a new Rodeostat SPE adapter which works with the ZP Hypervalue SPE's.

DNA Quantification with the UV Open Colorimeter

In this post we share some information on using the UV Open Colorimeter with a 255nm UV LED board for nucleic acid measurements.

Fabricating a Low-Cost, DIY Ultrasonic Water Level Sensor

In this blog post, Grace Lower shares instructions for fabricating a low-cost, DIY ultrasonic sensor that can be used by scientists, educators and communities interested in water level monitoring and coastal protections.

Coastal Science and a Low-Cost, DIY Ultrasonic Water Level Sensor

In this guest post, Grace Lower writes about low-cost, open source DIY water level sensors, their role in coastal science education and potential for flood alerts in coastal communities.

OpenFlexure Microscope Kits Now Available

Earlier this year we shared a post spotlighting the OpenFlexure microscope. The OpenFlexure Microscope is an open hardware, 3D-printed, lab-grade, automated microscope. This open hardware science tool is highly customizable and is supported by an active community of users and developers. Since it was first introduced, the open hardware design

Update on OpenFlexure Microscope Kits

Sharing documentation links for the upcoming OpenFlexure Microscope Kits.

OpenFlexure Microscope Kit Product Guide

This is the documentation site for the OpenFlexure Microscope Kit.