Hamilton

Worktable, teaching, sequences, and step logic give you control over the deck. File I/O, Shell, and parallel execution connect the method to everything outside it.

Dead volume in flat-bottom Hamilton reservoirs is geometry-driven and calculable — here's how to get the number right and avoid run failures.

Dead volume in microplates is a per-well, per-transfer problem at the 5-500 µL scale — here's how plate format and tip selection change the calculation.

A breakdown of how EVOware and VENUS diverge in scripting philosophy, and what that means for teams porting protocols between instruments.

A static script does one thing one way every time. Variables, calculations, and loops are what turn it into a method that adapts at runtime.

Smart Steps look simplest, Single Steps look most complete — the right choice depends on what the step actually needs to do.

Hamilton flat-bottom and Tecan tapered troughs make different geometric trade-offs that produce meaningfully different dead volume profiles — here's how to choose and migrate between them.

Every aspirate and dispense step in Venus references a sequence — understanding pointer behaviour and ordering is the biggest step toward writing methods deliberately.

A perfect worktable model isn't enough — teaching is the calibration step that confirms the software model matches your specific physical deck.

Open Venus and the instinct is to start scripting. The worktable comes first — here's what it contains and why nothing else works without it.