A fully automated lab can perform miracles of elucidation from taking objective measurements to generating massive amounts of data in a short time to drawing conclusions using multivariant statistical methods. In this technically enhanced setting, a chemist can now conduct new types of experiments, ones that require the assimilation of large amounts of data in a short time and others that require the control of a large number of parameters simultaneously or take a long time to complete. Automating a laboratory is surprisingly inexpensive and given the basic electronics and computer know-how relatively simple. With this text, written by two chemists who have successfully automated their own labs, you'll be able to fully automate your laboratory, building and programming your own devices and automatic systems, using their measured, step-by-step approach.
You'll learn: The basic concepts of analog and digital electronics, enabling you to select components of appropriate quality and construct simple circuits The dynamics of the simplest electronic elements resistors, capacitors and RC circuits and their applications, as well as diodes, rectifiers, filters, regulators, and more The basic vocabulary of bit, byte, word and digital signal, gates, latches, counters, and multivibrators The basic parts of a microprocessor the arithmetic logic unit, the internal registers, and the control units as well as input/output techniques Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion techniques The way interface cards can be programmed in interpreted and compiled BASIC, complete with program examples The most popular communication protocols for intercommunicating computers, instruments, and other devices The laboratory instruments and apparatus with the necessary interfaces useful in building up an automated system Laboratory robotics from motors and position detectors to articulated arms This definitive, hands-on, and up-to-date text will allow you to smoothly automate your lab in as cost-effective and efficient a style as possible.
The versatility of the tools and techniques described are suitable for professional settings as wide as the industrial lab, municipal lab, analytical services, environmental control services, and health services. An Introduction to Laboratory Automation details simply and economically for students and professionals alike the practical dynamics behind sciences successful mix of chemistry and computer.
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About the authors Victor Cerda is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. He has been Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Universities of Valladolid and Barcelona. He is President of the Association of Environmental Sciences and Techniques, Director of the Laboratory of Analysis and Assays, and Editor of Notebooks on Environmental Sciences and Techniques, and has published more than 110 papers, most of them in international journals. The author is currently directing a research project in laboratory automation, funded by the Spanish government. Dr. Cerda received his PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Barcelona in 1973. Guillermo Ramis is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Valencia, Spain. He has published more than 50 papers, most of them in international journals. He is currently directing two research projects funded by the Spanish government, the first on thermal-lensing spectroscopy and the second on the development of analytical techniques for the investigation of drug abuse in sports. Dr. Ramis received his PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Valencia in 1979.
Automation and Chemistry; Basic Concepts and Elements of Analog Electronics; Digital Electronics; Microprocessors; Transduction, Signal Conditioning, Data Acquisition, and Control; Communications; Instruments and Apparatus for Laboratory Automation; Automation of Analytical Methods; Laboratory Robotics; Recommended Bibliography; Index.
