Submitted by S.A. Norwood on Mon, 08/03/2021 - 10:37
The new and improved No-Code Prgramming for Biology Beginner's Guide is now available for free download on the Biomaker website.
Continuing from the sucess of last year's No-Code Programming for Biology Workshops the SynBioIRC and OpenPlant are pleased to release the complete Beginner's Guide to No-Code Programming for Biology.
The guide has been put together by the Biomaker team to help researchers get to grips with the basics of biomaking and building custom instrumentation for biological research. Designed for those with little to no experience working with coding or hardware, this guide makes use of free open-source software and low-cost hardware to introduce you the principles behind making your own instruments. Working though this guide can be useful as a base for those with a specific challenge or task in mind, as well as for those who are simply looking to expand their biological skillset. Whilst we will focus on learning aspects that are useful for biological research, the information in this guide can also used for a wide range of no-code programming applications, and we hope that these skills can be applicable for a wide range of interests.
The guide teaches readers how to use the free open-source no-code programming software XOD, as well as how to use some simple low-cost hardware devices, such as LEDs, sensors and screens. It is built to accompany the Grove All-In-One Beginner Kit for Arduino development board as this all-in-one kit is cheep, widely accessible and will allow participants to get started without having to wire-up components.The Biomaker team also has a number of free kits available for researchers based in the UK. To request a kit, please get in touch with the Biomaker team.
The guide is now available for download from the Biomaker website, along with a work-through tutorial file. Printed of the guide will be available soon. Please get in touch with the Biomaker team if you are interested in recieving a hard copy.
