MICROFLUIDIC PUMPING SYSTEM
DESIGN REQUIREMENTS
Bench-top Pumping Systems for Multicellular Morphogenesis Research.
4x Independent Controllable Pumping Channels.
Live Flow Rate Measurement on Each 4x Channels.
Intuitive User Interface via LCD Display.
On-Board Machine Learning Inferencing Capabilities for Fluorescent Microscopy Image Processing.
Easily Mechanically & Electronically Scalable.
PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT
MECHANICAL DESIGN
Bench-Top Modular & Scalable Design Approach.
4x Independent Input / Output Channels Via Luer Connectors.
External USB-A, USB-C, RJ45 Connection Accessibility.
Easy internal Accessibility via Magnetic Latch.
Vibration Damping pads.
Manufactured via Stereolithography (SLA) 3D Printing.
ELECTRONIC DESIGN
Precision sensing with the SLF1300S Sensirion Flow Sensors.
Highest Accuracy with the Bartels mp6-liq Piezoelectric Pumps driven by the Highdriver4 module.
I2C Communication Management with the TCA9548A I2C Multiplexer Module - 7x I2C I/O Channels.
4 Trillions Operations / Seconds with the Coral Dev Board NXP i.MX 8M SoC (Quad-core Arm Cortex-A53, plus Cortex-M4F)
Wireless Connectivity with Wi-Fi 2x2 MIMO (802.11b/g/n/ac 2.4/5GHz) and Bluetooth 4.2
On-Board Machine Learning Accelerator with Google Edge TPU coprocessor: 4 TOPS (int8); 2 TOPS per watt
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
3x selectable mode of operation.
Independent selectable flow rate and run time.
Selectable sweep rate for constant flow rate gradient output.
Allows custom flow rate input.
*Four channel GUI under development - Stay Tune.
TESTING & VALIDATION
PROJECT IN PROGRESS
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