(draft page; content coming soon)
Notes here: http://pad.publiclab.org/p/sample-comparison
If you've found your way here after cutting out a spectrometer from a magazine, welcome!
For starters,
Introduction
This introductory kit (also available here, and more info here) has been co-designed by hundreds of contributors as an entry point to Public Lab's collection of Do-It-Yourself spectrometry projects.
It's not the most robust design, or the most precise. But it's specifically for newcomers to get started on -- a stepping stone on the way to bigger and better DIY designs like the Desktop Spectrometry Starter Kit and many more. This broader initiative is still actively under development by thousands of people coordinating their work across the open Public Lab community! Read more about our challenges we're tackling, as well as the limitations and goals of our designs.
Get started
If you've already cut out your spectrometer, and are ready to jump right in,
Click here to start assembling it
Then circle back to the activities listed below.
Goals
The first thing we're looking for help with is refining this new version of the foldable spectrometer design. We're hoping it'll be stronger, easier, and more intuitive to use, as well as easier to duplicate (you can just copy it onto stiff paper with a laser printer/copier).
To try out the new design and provide feedback, please leave a comment on the assembly instructions above, or ask a question on this page
Next steps
... coming soon...
Activities
[activities:foldable-spec]
Questions
[questions:spectrometry-turbidity]
Beer's Law
[notes:beers-law]
Resources
https://publiclab.org/notes/warren/05-04-2016/tweaks-to-foldable-mini-spectrometer-design