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DIY Differential Thermal Analyser Project documentation
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Welcome
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This documentation covers the design and use of a low cost Differential Thermal Analyser (DTA) instrument, developed as a part of a MSc Project at the University of Birmingham.

The aim of the project is to develop a DTA instrument that can be used in typical undegraduate labs, enabling students to analyse the behaviour of a reasonably broad range of 
polymers in response to heating. 

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How to use the documentation:
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The documentation is structured as follows:

* **Getting Started** - New users will want to start here, to get up to speed
* **Users Guides** - Guides on how to use the system, including more advanced use and debugging
* **Reference** - Reference documentation of hardware and software, useful for developers

.. _getting-started:

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Getting Started
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Check out the :doc:`start` section for further information, including how to
:ref:`install <installation>` the project.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   start/introduction
   start/components
   start/building
   start/setup


.. _user-guides:

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User Guides
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   usage/basic
   usage/advanced
   usage/debugging

.. _reference:

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Reference
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   reference/hardware
   reference/ui-software
   reference/micro-software
   reference/micro-example

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Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`