Lab-on-a-robot: Integrated microchip CE, power supply, electrochemical detector, wireless unit, and mobile platform
✍ Scribed by Christopher Berg; David C. Valdez; Phillip Bergeron; Maria F. Mora; Carlos D. Garcia; Arturo Ayon
- Book ID
- 102188570
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 232 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0173-0835
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
In this paper, the fabrication of a wireless mobile unit containing an electrochemical detection module and a 3‐channel high‐voltage power supply (HVPS) designed for microchip CE is described. The presented device consists of wireless global positioning system controlled robotics, an electrochemical detector utilizing signal conditioning analog circuitry and a digital feedback range controller, a HVPS, an air pump, and a CE microchip. A graphical user interface (LabVIEW) was also designed to communicate wirelessly with the device, from a distant personal computer communication port. The entire device is integrated and controlled by digital hardware implemented on a field programmable gate array development board. This lab‐on‐a‐robot is able to navigate to a global position location, acquire an air sample, perform the analysis (injection, separation, and detection), and send the data (electropherogram) to a remote station without exposing the analyst to the testing environment.