FTVC Microlab

NOTE: This project is outdated. The new version is here.

This is the software component for controlling and monitoring the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective's Apothecary Microlab hardware. It's built for Raspberry Pi using Python 3.6 for the API and controller service layer and JavaScript for the UI.

This is beta software and is under active development.

For more information about the project, visit our website: https://fourthievesvinegar.org/

Installation

It is advised you're using a virtualenv. Then install all the deps in requirements.txt:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Then you need to install RabbitMQ. If you're on a Debian/Ubuntu-based system you can run ./rabbitmq_install.sh. But make sure to fill in PASS in ./rabbitmq_install.sh and AMPQ_PASS in microlab/settings.py. If you're not on a Debian/Ubuntu system you'll need to follow: https://www.rabbitmq.com/download.html

Running the Software

First you need to run the Celery task mamager, from the root microlab directory:

celery -A microlab.tasks worker --loglevel INFO

From the microlab root directory, just run the following command to run the Flask microservice layer.

FLASK_DEBUG=true ./run.py

The API will be running at localhost:5000.

Software Architecture

Hardware

STL files for building the 3D-printed microlab equipment can be found here https://github.com/FourThievesVinegar/Parts

Microlab PCB design files and outputs can be found here: https://github.com/FourThievesVinegar/microlab-pcb