Abstract:
A turbidity measurement system with an improved thermal behavior is provided. A turbidity measurement system includes an analyzer and one or more turbidity sensors. Each turbidity sensor includes a source of illumination and a semiconductor-based illumination sensor. The dark current of the semiconductor-based illumination sensor is measured when no illumination is provided by the source. This measured dark current is then used to provide a dark current-compensated turbidity measurement.
Abstract:
A process analytic sensor is provided. The process analytic sensor includes a process analytic sensing element that is coupleable to a process. The process analytic sensing element has an electrical characteristic that varies with an analytical aspect of the process. A microcontroller is disposed within the process analytic sensor and is coupled to the process analytic sensing element to sense the electrical characteristic and provide an analytical signal based on the sensed characteristic. The microcontroller is operable on as little as 0.5 milliamps and includes electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) that can be written while the microcontroller operates on as little as 0.5 milliamps.