# Improving instrument reproducibility with open source hardware

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- Authors: Richard W Bowman
- Journal: Nature Reviews Methods Primers
- Year: 2023
- Volume: 3
- Pages: 27
- DOI: 10.1038/s43586-023-00218-x
- Instrument used: openQCM

## Abstract

Laboratory hardware is often custom made or significantly modified. To improve reproducibility, it is imperative that these novel instruments are properly documented. Increasing adoption of open source hardware practices can potentially improve this situation. This article explores how open licences and open development methodologies enable custom instrumentation to be reproduced, scrutinized and properly recorded.

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