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Lab‐on‐a‐robot: Integrated microchip CE, power supply, electrochemical detector, wireless unit, and mobile platform
Author(s) -
Berg Christopher,
Valdez David C.,
Bergeron Phillip,
Mora Maria F.,
Garcia Carlos D.,
Ayon Arturo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.200800215
Subject(s) - wireless , signal conditioning , interface (matter) , computer hardware , embedded system , detector , graphical user interface , computer science , robot , signal (programming language) , microcontroller , controller (irrigation) , engineering , electrical engineering , power (physics) , telecommunications , artificial intelligence , physics , bubble , quantum mechanics , maximum bubble pressure method , parallel computing , programming language , agronomy , biology
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.