The Infinity Concept
Everything You Need To Know About Our Infinity Controllers
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J-KEM Scientific specializes in making one-of-a-kind custom instruments. After 25 years, we know that it’s very expensive to make a custom instrument by building a custom piece of hardware. The vision of the Infinity controller is to have a single, versatile hardware interface that can be made into virtually any custom instrument by means of software.
The novel concept of the infinity controller is that new instruments are not made in hardware, but software. For example:
- Connect a thermocouple to the infinity controller, and it becomes a temperature controller.
- Connect a pressure transducer to the Infinity controller and it becomes a vacuum regulator.
- Connect a stirrer, chiller, syringe pump, and vacuum pump to the Infinity controller and it becomes a reaction controller.
- Connect a syringe pump, oxygen sensor, and pH probe to the Infinity controller and it becomes a fermentation controller.
Technical Specifications of Infinity Controllers:
Analog Inputs
To read pressure, pH, temperature, ion and oxygen levels.
- Eight 24-bit inputs, collection rates from 1-64,000 points per second.
- One 12-bit input.
- One 4-20 ma input.
Analog Outputs
To control proportioning valves and instrument control.
- Two 12-bit analog outputs,
- One 4-20 ma output
Digital Outputs
To control valves, motors, instruments, and external signaling
- Fourteen high current outputs.
- Five PWM outputs.
- High voltage (120 Vac) outputs.
Digital Inputs
Reads the state of switches, sensors and external events
- Sixteen digital, and high voltage inputs
Serial Communications
To operate stirrers, balances, pumps, or virtually any lab instrument.
- USB
- Four serial ports (RS-232 & RS-485)
Infinity DLL
Read, write, and process data from networks and 3rd party software
- Connection to network databases and servers
- Connection to Excel and other software
- Control of all PC ports
The Infinity concept is to create custom instruments in software, similar to LabView, but with two significant advantages:
Better Hardware
Ultra-high resolution inputs, serial and digital interface components needed for laboratory and process control
Better Software
Written in VB.net and designed specifically for your application. Using the dot.net languages removes many programming limitations. J-KEM also releases the original source code…every software application truly becomes your custom software.
Expandable
Add additional sensors, inputs, and outputs, connect new instrumentation, add software functionality as required by the changing needs of research.