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<h5>Figure 1. The RGB system composed of four subsystems(sensor array, circuits, resource allocator and actuators) is shown.</h5>
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<p> Introduction: Our whole system was triggered by light[1], so E. coli needed to be illuminated when cultured. To make quantitative analysis, we needed to strictly control light intensity and wave length. Our hardware series kept upgrading as our demands increased.
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<p> Material: Considering the small volume and high efficiency, we chose 3W LED as our light source after careful calculations[2]. We managed to buy 11 kinds of LEDs with different wave lengths (390-400nm, 420-430nm, 430-440nm, 450-455nm, 460-470nm, 495-500nm, 515-530nm, 590-595nm, 600-605nm, 620-630nm, 655-660nm).
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<p> Design: To satisfy multiple needs, we designed two kinds of hardware. One for solid medium, the other for fluid medium.
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<p> Design: 1. Hardware 1.0 for solid medium
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<p> Design: Process: Using thermal conductive adhesive, we fixed the LED beads with substrate to our radiator, which looked like a sunflower. In the following picture, you can see our light source component as a whole, “sunflower”!
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<h5>Figure 1. Our light source component- “Sunflower”</h5>
 
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<p> One hundred years ago, there was a young boy who was seeking a unique rose for his beloved girl. It was a freezing winter night, all roes had died. After a long time searching in the withered rose bush, the young boy was desperate. Touched by his true love, a nightingale, who heard and understood his wish, sung all night under the cold moonlight. Just before dawn, a rose stained with the blood of the nightingale, bloomed, bright and fragrant.
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<p> We managed to dig a hole in a container, which our sunflower perfectly fitted in. We used wires to connect the sunflower with a power source, and the plates inside the container could be illuminated by our lovely light! You would see some of them in the following pictures.
  
 
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<h5>Figure 2. Inside the container. </h5>
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<p> We made four containers illuminated by LEDs. Then we put four containers into a huge incubator. We called these containers our “Hardware1.0”
  
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<h5>Figure 3. Four containers in the incubator. </h5>
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<p> Generally, this system worked pretty well, and we incubated several colored mediums with sufficient illumination all night.
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Revision as of 02:26, 17 October 2018

HARDWARE

Introduction: Our whole system was triggered by light[1], so E. coli needed to be illuminated when cultured. To make quantitative analysis, we needed to strictly control light intensity and wave length. Our hardware series kept upgrading as our demands increased.

Material: Considering the small volume and high efficiency, we chose 3W LED as our light source after careful calculations[2]. We managed to buy 11 kinds of LEDs with different wave lengths (390-400nm, 420-430nm, 430-440nm, 450-455nm, 460-470nm, 495-500nm, 515-530nm, 590-595nm, 600-605nm, 620-630nm, 655-660nm).

Design: To satisfy multiple needs, we designed two kinds of hardware. One for solid medium, the other for fluid medium.

Design: 1. Hardware 1.0 for solid medium

Design: Process: Using thermal conductive adhesive, we fixed the LED beads with substrate to our radiator, which looked like a sunflower. In the following picture, you can see our light source component as a whole, “sunflower”!

Figure 1. Our light source component- “Sunflower”


We managed to dig a hole in a container, which our sunflower perfectly fitted in. We used wires to connect the sunflower with a power source, and the plates inside the container could be illuminated by our lovely light! You would see some of them in the following pictures.

Figure 2. Inside the container.


We made four containers illuminated by LEDs. Then we put four containers into a huge incubator. We called these containers our “Hardware1.0”

Figure 3. Four containers in the incubator.


Generally, this system worked pretty well, and we incubated several colored mediums with sufficient illumination all night.