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Analysis: Smartstat: Smartphone Based Potentiostat For Wireless Electrochemical

SmartStat is a low-cost, open-source, portable potentiostat that can be operated using a smartphone via Bluetooth connectivity. It uses an RFduino microcontroller with an ARM processor and built-in Bluetooth low energy for communication. A digital PI controller is used instead of an analog controller to improve control accuracy of the working electrode potential. The potentiostat allows wireless electrochemical analysis and real-time data sharing using a smartphone application.

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Analysis: Smartstat: Smartphone Based Potentiostat For Wireless Electrochemical

SmartStat is a low-cost, open-source, portable potentiostat that can be operated using a smartphone via Bluetooth connectivity. It uses an RFduino microcontroller with an ARM processor and built-in Bluetooth low energy for communication. A digital PI controller is used instead of an analog controller to improve control accuracy of the working electrode potential. The potentiostat allows wireless electrochemical analysis and real-time data sharing using a smartphone application.

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SmartStat: Smartphone based Potentiostat for wireless electrochemical

analysis
Nishchal Kutarekar [15IE33004]
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
[email protected]

INTRODUCTION SMARTSTAT - DESIGN


Electrochemical analysis is an important tool with its • RFduino microcontroller is used, which contains a 32-bit ARM
applications in fields of tele-medicine, environment, industrial, food processor, memory, and in-bulit BLE for communication, I2C bus
and drug monitoring. A potentiostat is a control and measurement for interfacing with DAC, digital outputs for switches, and a 10-bit
instrument necessary for electrochemical analysis. ADC with conversion time of 70 us.
SmartStat is an inexpensive open-source portable potentiostat • Using higher bit-resolution for ADC and DAC allows to measure
operated with a smartphone, interfaced using a "Bluetooth Low output with greater resolution.
Energy" protocol, without compromising measurement quality. • 2nd order low-pass filter is designed to decrease the noise in the
electrical potential.
Features:
• A configurable, digital PI controller is used for better accuracy of
1. Smartphone operated
the applied signals on the electrodes since it has been found that
• Portable
the analog P-controller, used by most potentiostats, is a source for
• Real-time analysis of data (remotely)
high signal noise [Kellner et al. (2015)].
• Send measurement data over the internet
2. Single Instrument for Multiple Electroanalytical Techniques
3. Open-source
4. Low-cost of components

Fig.2 Potentiostat Circuit


WORKING
SmartStat has two main componets:
Fig.1 Blog Diagram of SmartStat
a) Smartphone: with application software (or APP)
b) SmartStat Potentiostat with microcontroller and other circuits.
Table.1 Comparison between open-source portable potentiostats.
BLE was chosen specifically for communication because:
NA represents not available. • BLE microprocessors are low power and low cost
• It is implemented in all modern smartphones
• Has much larger work distance than alternative protocols like NFC
• BLE offers broad bandwidth

Fig.3 Summary of functions of SmartStat components

CONCLUSION
1. The overall circuit of the potentiostat was designed focusing on
measurement quality combined with ease of use.
2. Use of smartphone to operate the hardware wirelessly allows us
to store, analze and share experimental data easily.
3. Use of Digital PI Controller in place of analog P controller
improves the control accuracy of the working electrode potential.
4. Using switches over the circuit allows user to ake changes in
hardware with simple changes in Application software code.
REFERENCES
1) Ainla, Alar, et al. "Open-Source Potentiostat for Wireless Electrochemical Detection with
Smartphones." Analytical chemistry 90.10 (2018): 6240-6246.
2) Rowe, Aaron A., et al. "CheapStat: An open-source,“do-it-yourself” potentiostat for analytical and
educational applications." PloS one 6.9 (2011): e23783.
3) Dryden, Michael DM, and Aaron R. Wheeler. "DStat: A versatile, open-source potentiostat for
electroanalysis and integration." PloS one 10.10 (2015): e0140349.
4) Kellner, Karlheinz, et al. "A new, low-cost potentiostat for environmental measurements with an
easy-to-use PC interface." Procedia engineering 120 (2015): 956-960.

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