Software and hardware platform for developing laboratory experiment automation systems

Authors

  • Алексей Анатольевич Галуза Institute of electrophysics and radiation technologies of NAS of Ukraine Lenina 14, Kharkov, Ukraine, 61166, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3809-149X
  • Иван Викторович Коленов National Technical University “Kharkov Polytechnic Institute” Frunze 21, Kharkov, Ukraine, 61002, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8628-9014
  • Алла Ивановна Беляева National Technical University “Kharkov Polytechnic Institute” Frunze 21, Kharkov, Ukraine, 61002, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2716-1678

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2013.18446

Keywords:

automation of experiment, control, signal measuring, laboratory experiment, synchronous detecting

Abstract

The problem of laboratory experiment automation, encountered by almost every experimenter, was considered in the paper. A great range of solutions is proposed by the industry. However, these solutions are rather sophisticated, expensive and do not offer a comprehensive approach to the problem solution. Therefore, the issue of developing software and hardware platform for laboratory experiment automation with minimum time, force and means expenditures is topical nowadays.

The ultimate objective of the paper is development and implementation of software and hardware platform for experiment control and data gathering and processing. The principle requirements for the platform include simplicity of design and use, portability and low cost.

The platform developed consists of three main blocks: an interface of stepper motors, data gathering system and software for digital signal processing and creation of client application for PC.

The interface of stepper motors includes control unit for stepper motors drivers, which is connected to PC via COM port, and stepper motors drivers themselves, which allow implementing a micro step up to 1/32 of nominal step of stepper motor.

Any analog-to-digital converter can be used as measuring instrument. In this case, standard PC audio card was chosen as the most affordable and cheap device for measuring signals with admissible metrological characteristics.

Software synchronous detector was applied for reducing the influence of background noise on the measured signal. It allows measuring signals with error not exceeding 1% and signal-to-noise ratio 10dB.

Author Biographies

Алексей Анатольевич Галуза, Institute of electrophysics and radiation technologies of NAS of Ukraine Lenina 14, Kharkov, Ukraine, 61166

Doctor of science, leading researcher

Иван Викторович Коленов, National Technical University “Kharkov Polytechnic Institute” Frunze 21, Kharkov, Ukraine, 61002

Post-graduate student

Department of General and Experimental Physics

Алла Ивановна Беляева, National Technical University “Kharkov Polytechnic Institute” Frunze 21, Kharkov, Ukraine, 61002

Professor

Department of General and Experimental Physics

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Published

2013-10-30

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Галуза, А. А., Коленов, И. В., & Беляева, А. И. (2013). Software and hardware platform for developing laboratory experiment automation systems. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 5(9(65), 11–16. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2013.18446

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 9(65) (2013): Information and control systems

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Information and controlling system

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