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==Specifications==
==Specifications==
===Features===
* General
** bacterial colonies or DAPI stained mammalian cells
**
* Image processing-related
** Colony count in less than 3 seconds.
*
* Open source design
* Open source design
* Image acquisition device: USB Webcam-based
* Image acquisition device: USB Webcam-based
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* Colony Counting mode / Colony Picking mode (if interfaced with a robotic platform)
* Colony Counting mode / Colony Picking mode (if interfaced with a robotic platform)
* Lab automation friendly design
* Lab automation friendly design
===Optional Features===
===Requirements===

Revision as of 06:56, 1 August 2010

Open Colony Counter Project

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Driving forces:

  • to provide an open source colony counter system
  • to ease access to quantitative equipment in Life Sciences
  • to deliver a low-cost / easy to reproduce design

Team:

Synthetic Biology Foundations Prism

Specifications

Features

  • General
    • bacterial colonies or DAPI stained mammalian cells
  • Image processing-related
    • Colony count in less than 3 seconds.
  • Open source design
  • Image acquisition device: USB Webcam-based
  • Light sources: white LEDs
  • Image processing engine: OpenCV library-based
  • Calibration Mode / Automatic Mode
  • Colony Counting mode / Colony Picking mode (if interfaced with a robotic platform)
  • Lab automation friendly design

Optional Features

Requirements