Low-cost Arduino-based interface for controlling gas flow in chemical vapor deposition graphene synthesis



Document title: Low-cost Arduino-based interface for controlling gas flow in chemical vapor deposition graphene synthesis
Journal: Revista mexicana de física
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000429673
ISSN: 0035-001X
Authors: 1
3
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Institutions: 1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias, Ciudad de México. México
2Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Física, Ciudad de México. México
3Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ingeniería, Ciudad de México. México
Year:
Season: Ene-Feb
Volumen: 65
Number: 1
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, teórico
English abstract In this work, we present a low-cost computer controlled, Arduino-based automation of the mass flow controllers for a chemical vapor deposition system. The major goal of the system is to provide the possibility to produce flow ramps of several gases for material synthesis. We used an Arduino Due board that only has the possibility to control two signals, and increased this with a multiplexor so we could control 4 signals. The control board is based on the Arduino open source electronics prototyping platform, Labview software and Matlab’s Simulink software. We quantify the quality of our automation system by comparing the Raman spectra of our graphene samples obtained after using our Arduino system, the manual method and using a National Instrument board. The results are very good as our 50 dollars system showed similar results with the National Instrument system and the manual method
Disciplines: Física y astronomía
Keyword: Instrumentación de bajo costo,
Grafeno CVD,
Automatización
Keyword: Physics,
Low cost instrumentation,
CVD graphene,
Automation
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