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Parts list
I've been asked about part's lists, what are we using, where do we get if from? So the below is an attempt to address this. If others have confirmed working hardware please feel free to make a PR/issue or similar.
| ℹ️ In the below I have highlighted which components are confirmed as working by our team. |
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| ❗ All prices are in New Zealand dollars unless otherwise stated. For us in New Zealand we need to import the Jetson boards, there are no local resellers. |
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The components listed below act as a replacement for a desktop computer or laptop to run MinKnow and interface with the ONT MinION. The benefit of the Nvidia Jetson family of 'single board computers' is in their price and performance. The key feature being the onboard GPU, which, on the Xavier models at least, is more than able to keep up with live base calling a MinION flow cell. They also act as nice little headless base call servers.
- Nvidia Jetson Xavier NX / Xavier AGX (confirmed working by external collaborators on Jetson TX2 as well, but this board is starting to show it's age, Xavier NX isn't much more expensive for a large overall upgrade)
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NVMe solid state hard drive (you can go cheaper here, but a high speed drive does provide a little performance boost)
- Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 (2280), NVMe SSD (link) [confirmed]
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micro SD card (needed for the Xavier NX, OS drive)
- SanDisk 64GB Mobile Extreme Pro microSDXC (link) [confirmed]
Below is a list of what we are currently using to have a fully portable sequencing unit. This is ideally what you're wanting to add if you plan to take a MinION out into the field (from a compute perspective, wet-lab reagents and equipment are also required). There is obviously a wide range of components that can be mixed and matched here, but the below are confirmed compatible and working in our hands - see the above picture gallery for our set up.