A high-sensitivity, low-cost, voltage-to-frequency integrator for laboratory strip-chart recorders. 1982

E S Kolesar

In is often desirable to obtain the integral of a signal whose amplitude is rapidly fluctuating with time. For example, the signal produced by a hydrogen flame photometer to quantify the sodium content in a sodium chloride respirator quantitative fit test instrument is representative of the type of signal that is frequently recorded on a strip-chart recorder, but whose integral is tedious to calculate. A long-term precision integrator was designed that utilizes a commercially available voltage-to-frequency integrated circuit module. The integrator is capable of integrating a 0-10 V signal for time periods greater than 1 h with an overall accuracy of 0.1%. The integrator can be built from commercially available components for less than $600.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D004582 Electronics, Medical The research and development of ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES for such medical applications as diagnosis, therapy, research, anesthesia control, cardiac control, and surgery. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Medical Electronics

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