Spirulina Batch
Batch cultivation of Spirulina by Martin Currie
Kit List
- Pioreactor 20 ml - see our thoughts on Pioreactors
- Super Bright White 5mm LED for photosynthesis
- 5mm LED cables to connect the LED
- Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB RAM - needn’t be 8GB, that’s just what I had from a prior project
- Raspberry Pi 15W USB-C Power Supply
- Micro SD - because Tom said
- Ethernet cable - just because we use CAT8 in the studio for anything in live production
- Another computer on the same network as the Raspberry Pi with a web browser
- PH0 Screwdriver
- Jewellers scales (to calibrate pipettor and weigh out growth media powder)
- 10ml Volumetric flask to make up growth media
- 10-100 ul Pipettor and 200 ul tips for inoculation
- Weighing boat
- Spatula
- Pressure cooker to ‘autoclave’
- cotton wool and foil to cover the vessel ports.
- Distilled water
- Spirulina inoculum & growth media - as it was the only Spirulina we could source in time.