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 electrode, the pH electrode and ion-selective electrodes is described. A personal computer equipped with a data acquisition board, a color monitor, a graphical programming software and a numerical analysis/graphics software provides complete instrumental control, data storage, processing and presentation of experimental data. The major objective of this work is the analysis and utilization of a virtual instrumentation software for data acquisition and control of electrochemical detectors; this may greatly improve the performance and flexibility of the system compared to traditional approaches such as the potentiometric recorders.

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