SiLA2 Instrument Connectors

Collection of links to repositories that contain SiLA2 instrument connectors; each connector exposes a laboratory instrument as a SiLA2 gRPC service, making it addressable from any SiLA2-compatible orchestration platform.

Connectors

• AccelerationConsortium/inheco-incubator-shaker-connector — SiLA 2 connector for INHECO Incubator Shaker MP, with a local browser UI, simulator, and USB virtual serial support. Built with UniteLabs CDK.
• AccelerationConsortium/openflexure-microscope-connector — OpenFlexure Microscope UniteLabs Connector: SiLA 2 interface to the OpenFlexure Microscope Server v2 (stage, camera, captures, autofocus)
• AccelerationConsortium/opentrons-flex — Opentrons Flex Connector built for deployment on OTFlex hardware as a drop-in replacement for their HTTP server
• AccelerationConsortium/opentrons-ot2 — Opentrons OT2 UniteLabs Connector built for deployment on OT2 hardware as a drop-in replacement for their HTTP server
• AccelerationConsortium/sainsmart-relay-sila — SiLA 2 connector for the SainSmart 16-channel USB relay (CH340) - UniteLabs CDK
• AccelerationConsortium/sila2-ika-matrix-orbital — SiLA 2 connector for the IKA MATRIX Orbital Delta Plus thermoshaker, built with the UniteLabs CDK on the heingroup ika driver
• AccelerationConsortium/thermoscientific-alps3000 — Thermo Scientific ALPS 3000 Connector using UniteLabs CDK: SiLA2 interface to the ALPS 3000 microplate heat sealer over RS232 (sealing, temperature, status, errors), with simulation
• AccelerationConsortium/ur5e-sila-connector — Cross-platform UR5e connector using SiLA 2 and the UniteLabs CDK, with a visual six-axis Action Composer, simulation, live telemetry, reusable tasks and trajectory export. macOS, Linux and Windows.
• AccelerationConsortium/zebra-ds8178 — A SiLA 2 connector, built on the UniteLabs CDK, for the Zebra DS8178 cordless 1D/2D barcode scanner and its CR8178 cradle over USB (SSI).
• kaisei0316/tecan-infinite-connector

🔒 = private repository. Access restricted to org members.

This list updates automatically when repos tagged sila2-connector are added to a tracked org. Connectors from multiple GitHub organizations can appear here — see Contributing.

UniteLabs

• Connector Development Docs — getting started guide for building SiLA2 connectors with the UniteLabs CDK
• Connectors — UniteLabs' GitLab library of SiLA2 connectors for commercial instruments
• Python CDK — the SDK used to build and run these connectors

Structure

Each connector is a standalone repository named sila2-<manufacturer>-<model> and follows a common layout:

• src/ — SiLA2 feature implementations
• workflows/ — Prefect workflows that call the connector
• tests/ — Unit and integration tests
• deploy.sh — One-command deploy to the instrument's onboard computer

Contributing

Adding a connector within AccelerationConsortium

1. Create a repo in AccelerationConsortium named sila2-<manufacturer>-<model>
2. Add the topic sila2-connector (plus any device-specific topics e.g. ot2)
3. It will appear in the list above within 24 hours, or immediately via manual trigger

Listing connectors from another GitHub organization

Any organization building SiLA2 connectors is welcome to have them listed here.

Step 1 — Tag your repos. Add the topic sila2-connector to each connector repo in your GitHub organization. The topic must be exactly sila2-connector (no variations).

Step 2 — Open a pull request. Add your GitHub organization name as a new line in orgs.txt in this repository and open a pull request. Once merged, your connectors will appear in the list above automatically.

If you have questions or would like to discuss before opening a PR, open an issue.