Hardware Type allows classification of hardware based on their usage and purpose in the laboratory workflow. By default, BASE creates the 3 main hardware types and those correspond to the main hardware families identified by MIAME requirements. These 3 hardware types are Print Robot, Scanner, and Hybridization station.
In case those built-in types are not enough, it is possible to create new ones.
You can manage the hardware types by going to → → .
- Name
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The name of the hardware type.
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Tip It is advised to define the name so that it is compatible with the MIAME requirements and recommendations issues by microarray data repositories.
- Description
A description of the hardware type.