Design and development of instrumentation for the measurement of sensor array responses

Indigenous instrumentation has been designed and developed for the measurement of the concentration of analytes from eight conductometric metal oxide sensors. The hardware scheme of instrumentation is based on the astable multivibrator configuration. The hardware measures the resistance output from...

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Published in:Review of scientific instruments 2020-02, Vol.91 (2), p.024101-024101
Main Authors: Keshari, Ajay Kumar, Prabhakar Rao, J., Sree Rama Murthy, A., Jayaraman, V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytical chemistry
Chromium
Data analysis
Ethernet
Graphical user interface
Hardware
Instruments
Liquid crystal displays
Metal oxides
Microprocessors
Multivibrators
Resistors
Scientific apparatus & instruments
Sensor arrays
Sensors
User interface
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Summary:Indigenous instrumentation has been designed and developed for the measurement of the concentration of analytes from eight conductometric metal oxide sensors. The hardware scheme of instrumentation is based on the astable multivibrator configuration. The hardware measures the resistance output from the sensors, conditions, processes, and displays the data on the liquid crystal display. An 8051 based processor averages the data, converts them into engineering units, and sends them to remote PC through ethernet communication for post-data analysis. A graphical user interface (GUI) is developed to acquire, monitor, and display the eight channels’ sensor output. GUI plots the online data and offline data as a popup window. The hardware and software of the instrument were tested with standard resistors for calibration and found that in-house developed instrumentation is able to measure with an accuracy of ±0.5% with a resolution of 500 Ω. The instrument has been tested with a semiconductor metal oxide sensor, viz., chromium niobate (CrNbO4).
ISSN:0034-6748
1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/1.5128967