Open-BEATBox — Firmware

The Open-BEATBox module firmware is in the Software repository, under micropython/.

This repository is a placeholder for possible stand-alone firmware releases. It holds no code, has no release and no DOI of its own. To cite the firmware, cite the Software repository (its CITATION.cff, or its Zenodo record).

Where to go

• Flashing the module boards: manual, Flashing the module boards
• Firmware architecture and deployment: manual, Firmware
• Firmware issues: Software issue tracker
• Hardware files: Open-BeatBox_Hardware

Citing

The platform is described in the reference preprint:

Euvrard M, Benzina N, Domingues D, Mondragón-González SL, Huzard D, Penderia G, Travert-Jouanneau Y, Lavielle O, Lousada E, Schreiweis C, Lorenz A, Pavlov P, Ajili Z, Lebegue L, Tissier P, Burguière E. "Open-BEATBox: an open-source autonomous operant chamber for high-throughput data acquisition of complex behaviour." bioRxiv, 2026. doi: 10.64898/2026.11.07.765109

For the firmware itself, cite the Zenodo record of the Software release you used (release biorxiv-v1 for the version described in the preprint: 10.5281/zenodo.24080479).

Related repositories

• Open-BeatBox_Software — the firmware (micropython/) and the PC application
• Open-BeatBox_Hardware — CAD and circuit boards
• Open-BeatBox_Documentation — manual, assembly tutorials, Master BOM
• Open-BeatBox.github.io — project website

Project links

• Project website: https://open-beatbox.github.io/
• Manual: https://open-beatbox.github.io/docs/manual/

Licence

GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0). See LICENSE.