Hand held spectrometer with networking capability for use in chemical industry

Author

Plevridis, S.E. ; Birbas, A.N. ; Dervenis, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Patras Univ., Greece

Volume

2

fYear

34881

Firstpage

777

Abstract

In this paper we present the hardware design for a miniaturised spectrometer. The spectrometer is able to measure the absorbency in various wavelengths in the visible spectrum and it will be used (not only) in quantitative analyses of chemical solutions. The main features of the spectrometer are: the inclusion of a single chip 512 photodiodes array in order to achieve a miniature structure, portability, and the monitoring of measurements through an embedded display. The two latter features of the spectrometer as well as the electronic hardware design to achieve them are described

Keywords

chemical industry; chemical variables measurement; computer interfaces; computerised monitoring; intelligent sensors; monitoring; network interfaces; photodiodes; portable instruments; spectrometers; absorbency measurement; chemical industry; chemical solutions analysis; electronic hardware design; embedded display; hand held spectrometer; instrumentation electronics; measurements monitoring; networking capability; networking intelligent sensor; portability; quantitative analyses; single chip 512 photodiodes array; Chemical industry; Hardware; Intelligent networks; Intelligent sensors; Microprocessors; Optical sensors; Photodiodes; Semiconductor device measurement; Sensor arrays; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 1995. ISIE '95., Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7369-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.1995.497284

Filename

497284