Syringe pump v0.9

This software controls a syringe pump (device used to push fluid through a channel at a closely controlled flow rate and stress). The device was originally intended for medicine delivery, however it is now used for rheological testing.

This suite is comprised of the Arduino "firmware" for the syringe pump, the graphical control software, and a python module (WIP).

Icon is by bqlqn (CC 3.0 BY)

Features

• Live plot of applied force (N) and flowrate (ml/s).
• Control a syringe pump's flowrate and applied force using PID.
• Control parameters can be defined to vary with suspension composition.
• Step, ramp, constant, sinusoid, and square wave setpoints are supported.
• CSV output readable by your favourite spreadsheeting/plotting software.

Build from source

Linux

Simple as

git clone https://github.com/cbosoft/syringepump
cd syringepump
make
sudo make install

to build and install the main program, and

make python

to build the python module.

Building the firmware requires the Arduino IDE, or arduino-builder with the avr-gcc toolchain. The ArchLinux wiki has a good section on this.

MacOS and Windows

Windows is a no-go. I've had success compiling on MacOS (Mojave) but I've not tried recently. Shouldn't require much extra effort than compiling for Linux.