Welcome! This page includes full instructions to assembling the Public Lab Desktop Spectrometry Kit.

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This page is being actively improved, so be sure to check back soon to see if more content has been added.

Getting Started

The 1-page instruction sheet which shipped with your spectrometer remains the best documentation to date on how to assemble it. Download a new copy here:

desktop-kit-instructions-0.2.pdf (100 kB)

Using your spectrometer

Once you've assembled your spectrometer and are ready to use it, plug it in and visit SpectralWorkbench.org to begin recording data with it. The web-based software works in the Chrome and Opera browsers with more coming soon.

(Peer) Support

Public Lab is not a corporation, we're an open community of DIY environmental science researchers which you have just joined! The best place to get help is the spectrometry mailing list; to join, register on this site and be sure to check the "plots-spectrometry" box.

The spectrometry mailing list is made up of people like you, who are building and improving open source spectrometry techniques. Ask questions, look for help, and consider helping others too!

Resources

• more Assembly instructions
• Using the software
• Background about the project
• peer-contributed research on open source spectrometry

Assembly photos

...coming soon!