PERSONAL-COMPUTER CONTROL OF ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTORS UTILIZED FOR MITOCHONDRIAL STUDIES

In the present communication a personal computer control of electrodes particularly suited for mitochondrial research such as the oxygen ele ctrode, the pH electrode and ion-selective electrodes is described. A personal computer equipped with a data acquisition board, a color moni tor, a graphical programming software and a numerical analysis/graphic s software provides complete instrumental control, data storage, proce ssing and presentation of experimental data. The major objective of th is work is the analysis and utilization of a virtual instrumentation s oftware for data acquisition and control of electrochemical detectors; this may greatly improve the performance and flexibility of the syste m compared to traditional approaches such as the potentiometric record ers.