QInstruments BioShake

The BioShake is a family of heater-cooler-shaker devices from QInstruments. Depending on the model, it supports shaking and temperature control (heating and/or cooling).

All models share the same serial firmware, so a single driver covers the entire family. Use a model-specific factory function to create instances – it pre-fills dimensions and enables only the capabilities your hardware supports.

Model	PLR Name	Shaking (rpm)	Plate Lock	Heating	Active Cooling
BioShake Q1	BioShakeQ1	200–3000	yes	yes	yes
BioShake Q2	BioShakeQ2	200–3000	yes	yes	yes
BioShake 3000	BioShake3000	200–3000	no	no	no
BioShake 3000 elm	BioShake3000Elm	200–3000	yes	no	no
BioShake 3000 elm DWP	BioShake3000ElmDWP	200–3000	yes	no	no
BioShake D30 elm	BioShakeD30Elm	200–2000	yes	no	no
BioShake 5000 elm	BioShake5000Elm	200–5000	yes	no	no
BioShake 3000-T	BioShake3000T	200–3000	no	yes	no
BioShake 3000-T elm	BioShake3000TElm	200–3000	yes	yes	no
BioShake D30-T elm	BioShakeD30TElm	200–2000	yes	yes	no
Heatplate	Heatplate	–	no	yes	no
ColdPlate	ColdPlate	–	no	yes	yes

See the BioShake integration manual for hardware setup. Connect via RS232 or USB-A with a 24 VDC power supply.

Setup

from pylabrobot.qinstruments import BioShakeQ1

bs = BioShakeQ1(name="bioshake", port="COM1")  # replace with your port
await bs.setup()