davorvr / pasta-gp

PASTAgp

This is a repository which contains a general purpose Python script to conduct all sorts of experiments with a hacked kitchen scale, first used as part of the PASTA platform. The script serves fresh .pasta files, which may be processed using ratPASTA, R-based Awesome Toolbox for PASTA.

Papers:

• Homolak J, Virag D, Kodvanj I, Matak I, Perhoc AB, Knezovic A, et al. A hacked kitchen scale-based system for quantification of grip strength in rodents. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.23.217737
• Virag D, Homolak J, Kodvanj I, Babic Perhoc A, Knezovic A, Osmanovic Barilar J, et al. Repurposing a digital kitchen scale for neuroscience research: a complete hardware and software cookbook for PASTA. Sci Rep 2021;11:2963. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82710-6

How-to videos:

• Cooking PASTA: hardware how-to
• Fast PASTA: converting an HX711 module to 80 SPS

Requires:

pyserial matplotlib