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Dev tools · December 29, 2018

Pocket Science Lab

Science and engineering experiments in your pocket

Pocket Science Lab launched on December 29, 2018 with 88 votes, #363 of 2,148 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

What it does

PSLab is a small USB powered hardware extension for your Android phone or PC that lets you measure all kinds of things. It comes with an Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Wave Generator, Logic Analyzer, Power Source. Open Source Android or desktop apps to view and collect the data. Hundreds of compatible I2C standard sensors. No programming needed.

Use Your Phone or Desktop with the PSLab App and Convert it into a Pocket Science Lab. Create even More Experiments by Extending it with Standard Sensors and the Open Source PSLab Board. Pocket Science Lab (PSLab) is an open source project that turns your phone or PC into a powerful science lab. The mobile and desktop apps include tools like an oscilloscope, multimeter, logic analyzer, and more. The USB powered PSLab board adds support for hundreds of sensors with no coding required. You can measure air quality, water, temperature, radiation, and other data using open standard sensors. Share your results, build experiments, or expand the system as a developer by creating custom plugins,…from pslab.io

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