Design of an intelligent electrochemical system using cybernetic instrumentation

Abstract A computer-controlled intelligent electroanalytical system capable of self optimisation, and completely independent of operator control has been designed and constructed. The system incorporates a supervisory program, the Simplex optimisation method, a multivariate search technique which applies a set of rules to guide, and thereby generate optimal results in voltammetric experiments. Mathematical representations of waveforms common in electroanalysis were derived and fitted in real time to experimental data using the relevant response parameters, and the results obtained were validated within confidence limits.

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