Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1984
Degree Name
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Electrical Engineering
First Advisor
Stanley S. Reisman
Second Advisor
Joseph Frank
Third Advisor
Robert R. Meola
Abstract
The system measures the respiratory exchange in rats in a controlled experiment. An interface unit provides data, received from several measurement instruments such as gas analyzers, an electronic flowmeters, electronic thermometer and an electronic hygrometer, to the computer. The data is gathered from different chambers in a multiplexed mode.
The computer samples the chambers sequentially and prints out the results and stores them on the disk. The sampling duration of each chamber and the number of the rats to be tested can be programmed. The system can perform experiments with twelve animals, in the following arrangments, either one group of twelve animals, two groups of six animals or three groups of four animals. Programming is done in a high level language (BASIC) which makes the system more friendly and easy to use.
Recommended Citation
Dertlioglu, Murat, "Microcomputer controlled instrumentation system for studies of metabolic changes in rats" (1984). Theses. 3512.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/3512
