ECE 480: Design Team 2:

Electrochemical Instrumentation for Functional Proteomics

 

 

 

 

Dr. Mason tasked design team two with creating a low cost alternative to current lab-based electro-chemical testing equipment. The product was required to be a portable battery powered device, which can easily be used in any location not just a laboratory.  Using both hardware and software elements, the system should be capable of performing multiple electrochemical techniques including chronoamperometry, cyclic voltammetry, and, if possible, low frequency impedance spectroscopy. It should accommodate a broad range of signal levels to suit a variety of usage scenarios. It operates using two AA batteries and communicates wirelessly with a laptop via a Bluetooth connection.  This product has been designed to be easily customized for testing applications in fields such as: chemical, medical, and food safety.  The cost to construct this prototype was $120.  This easily meets the required final cost in mass production of less than $100 set by the sponsor.    

Project Description

 

Contacts
Advance Microsystems and Circuits Group, Michigan State University
Director, Andrew J. Mason (Assoc Professor, ECE), mason@msu.edu
Technical Liaison, Xiaowen Liu, liuxiao@msu.edu