A beast of its own

Today I spent more time preparing my hardware's "user's guide" which is starting to turn into its own mini thesis.  Earlier this week, my thought was only to update the documentation that I use (the codes for communicating with the instruments), but I am now focusing on documenting the entire system. Part of my inspiration comes from the fact next month I'll be lending out some of my equipment to another lab.  This means that as I sit down and focus on finishing my studies, other researchers and students will be able to continue using the hardware to generate data.  To me this is a welcome thing as I have always wanted my recent work to not just fuel my thesis, but to also become a legitimate tool that outlives my studies and can continue to be used in the years to come. Besides, a great deal of what I use in this manual can be slotted into my actual thesis (a bit of a win win).