Recipes
A recipe is a complete, documented build: which ingredients (boards) it uses, how to wire them, and the code to run them. Most recipes below come from real neuroscience labs, but BeeHive is discipline-agnostic — see Beyond neuroscience.
How to read a recipe
Every recipe follows the same shape:
- Ingredients — the boards and other parts, with quantities and their role.
- How it works — the setup and signal flow.
- Wiring — how everything connects.
- Code — a MicroPython (or C++) starting point.
- Results / notes — what it achieves, caveats, and source links.
The Ingredients table links each board to its entry in the catalogue, so you can check specs and source schematics as you go.
The recipes
| Recipe | What it does | Key ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Head-fixed reward delivery | Reward + lick detection for a head-fixed 2-photon rig | mainboard, solenoid control board |
| Mouse maze | Closed-loop modular maze with reward ports | mainboard, IR sensor array, PCA9685 |
| Odour stimulator | Dual-channel olfactory stimulation, ms precision | mainboard, Spike & Hold (2×) |
| LI-850 multiplexer | Parallelise metabolic measurement across 6 chambers | mainboard, solenoid control board (6×) |
| 5-choice serial reaction time | Classic attention/impulsivity paradigm, open hardware | mainboard, IR sensor array |
| Mouse-wheel speed controller | Motorised running wheel with clutch | mainboard, stepper driver |
| OpenFlexure stage controller | Standalone delta-stage controller with LCD | mainboard, rotary encoders, LCD |
| Beyond neuroscience | Incubators, heaters, and other fields | various |
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Recipes are community-contributed. See Write your own recipe to add yours.