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Welcome to the MicroLab development wiki. This is where you can find the latest status details and priorities for the MicroLab and its features.
The MicroLab is a DIY controlled lab reactor (CLR) that you can build with 3d printed and off-the-shelf parts for less than a thousand dollars.
As of release v0.6.0 in late 2024, the MicroLab's base features are complete. This means it can stir, maintain temperature, and add reagents at appropriate times according to a pre-programmed recipe file. While this does allow some chemistry and functional testing to be performed, there are additional features and testing necessary before it has full parity with commercial CLRs.
A major goal of this wiki is to provide details on planned features so that (1) replicators can easily see what's possible with the current version and (2) hardware and software developers can easily find the next priorities to work on.
The image above shows the planned features for each MicroLab release up to the "final" version 1.0. There are no timelines as this is a volunteer project - it moves when contributors move it. More details about the features in the roadmap can be found in the requirements pages below.
There are several sets of requirements for the MicroLab:
- Chemistry requirements - What a chemist will want from the machine. These are the big-picture requirements that relate to the chemistry it will ultimately support.
- Software requirements - Priorities for UX, software reliability, i18n, and other software priorities.
- Hardware requirements - Priorities for hardware design, printed part design, and BOMs.