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====The Catalog of Parts and Devices====
 
====The Catalog of Parts and Devices====
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You can browse the Registry's Catalog of Parts & Devices where parts and devices are organized by various criteria, including function, chassis, and standards. You can also search  
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You can browse the Registry's Catalog of Parts & Devices where parts and devices are organized by various criteria, including function, chassis, and standards. You can also use the Registry search tools to find parts by descriptors, or specific part names.
 
<!--If you wanted to build a traditional electronic device you would first pick up the specific electronic components that you would need (transistors, switches, LEDs, etc). When you go to an electronics store or website you'll find that these electronic components are organized by their function, specification, and requirements. This makes the process of creating your electronic device easier and faster. You don't have to manufacture the components from scratch, and there is already a wealth of information about each part, telling you how they work and how to use them. The Registry offers this same advantage: you can browse the Registry's Catalog or use one of the many parts.-->
 
<!--If you wanted to build a traditional electronic device you would first pick up the specific electronic components that you would need (transistors, switches, LEDs, etc). When you go to an electronics store or website you'll find that these electronic components are organized by their function, specification, and requirements. This makes the process of creating your electronic device easier and faster. You don't have to manufacture the components from scratch, and there is already a wealth of information about each part, telling you how they work and how to use them. The Registry offers this same advantage: you can browse the Registry's Catalog or use one of the many parts.-->
  
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====The Registry Repository====
 
====The Registry Repository====
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Floating bacteria, Bacto-Blood, Cambridge pigment parts: iGEM teams and labs continue to provide interesting and novel parts, devices and systems to the Registry. You don't have to manufacture the components from scratch,
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Floating bacteria, Bacto-Blood, Cambridge pigment parts: iGEM teams and labs continue to provide interesting and novel parts, devices and systems to the Registry. If you've found something interesting, and it's available, you can request it from the Registry. You don't have to make it from scratch!
  
 
====The BioBrick Standard====
 
====The BioBrick Standard====
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Once you've found the parts you want, you'll find that they are easily assembled. The "[[Help:Standards|standard]]" in standard parts will define how those parts will be assembled together by the engineer. A standard ensures compatibility between parts, allowing them to be assembled together creating new longer and more complex parts, while still maintaining the structural elements of the standard. This ''idempotent'' characteristic means that any newly composed part will adhere to its standard without need for manipulation, and can be used in future assemblies without issue. Most of the parts on the Registry adhere to the [[Help:Standards|BioBrick standard]], so they can easily be assembled.   
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The "[[Help:Standards|standard]]" in standard parts ensures compatibility between parts, allowing them to be assembled together creating new longer and more complex parts, while still maintaining the structural elements of the standard. This ''idempotent'' characteristic means that any newly composed part will adhere to its standard without need for manipulation, and can be used in future assemblies without issue. Most of the parts on the Registry adhere to the [[Help:Standards|BioBrick standard]], so they can easily be assembled.   
  
 
====Open Community====
 
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The Registry is an open community where information and experience is shared. You'll find that other users have used parts and devices and will share their experience.

Revision as of 17:12, 16 February 2012

The Catalog of Parts and Devices

You can browse the Registry's Catalog of Parts & Devices where parts and devices are organized by various criteria, including function, chassis, and standards. You can also use the Registry search tools to find parts by descriptors, or specific part names.

Documentation & Characterization

There is already a wealth of information about each part and device, telling you how they work and how to use them. Many of the Registry parts and devices have been user-tested and characterized, so that you can focus on building your system instead of researching each necessary component.

The Registry Repository

Floating bacteria, Bacto-Blood, Cambridge pigment parts: iGEM teams and labs continue to provide interesting and novel parts, devices and systems to the Registry. If you've found something interesting, and it's available, you can request it from the Registry. You don't have to make it from scratch!

The BioBrick Standard

The "standard" in standard parts ensures compatibility between parts, allowing them to be assembled together creating new longer and more complex parts, while still maintaining the structural elements of the standard. This idempotent characteristic means that any newly composed part will adhere to its standard without need for manipulation, and can be used in future assemblies without issue. Most of the parts on the Registry adhere to the BioBrick standard, so they can easily be assembled.

Open Community

The Registry is an open community where information and experience is shared. You'll find that other users have used parts and devices and will share their experience.