2LabsToGo-Eco

2LabsToGo-Eco combines an analytical (high-performance thin-layer chromatography) and a biological (bioassays) laboratory.

References:
M.C.O. Romero, K. Jakob, J. Schmidt, T. Nimmerfroh, W. Schwack, G.E. Morlock, Consolidating two laboratories into the most sustainable lab of the future: 2LabsToGo-Eco, Analytica Chimica Acta (2025) 1367, 344103, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2025.344103).
A. Haase, W. Schwack, G. Morlock, Humidity control for the 2LabsToGo-Eco, Analytica Chimica Acta (2026), 1382, 344811, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2025.344811).

This repository contains the folders for the hardware, firmware, and software for 2LabsToGo-Eco. For details and instructions consult the given references.

1. Raspberry Pi operating system (OS)

For the 2LabsToGo-Eco-Software, Debian 11 (bullseye) is the required OS, but not available any more on the Raspberry Pi website
(https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/).
However, bullseye can be downloaded from the archive
(https://downloads.raspberrypi.com/raspios_arm64/images/raspios_arm64-2023-05-03/). It is not the "full" version, i.e., without recommended software packages, but required software can easily be installed later.

The new OS called "trixie" (Debian 13) unfortunately cannot be used for the 2LabsToGo-Eco-Software, but we are working on it.

2. Clone the 2LabsToGo-Eco repository

The simplest way to clone a git repository (internet access required!) is opening a terminal, then go to the directory where you would like to have the 2LabsToGo-Eco folder.

E.g.

cd ~/Desktop

Finally, copy and paste the next command and press enter.

git clone https://github.com/OfficeChromatography/2LabsToGo-Eco.git