Introducing the openQCM Advanced Calculator: Three Models, One Click, Zero Installation
Three models. One interface. No installation. Today we're releasing a tool we've wanted to build for a long time: a unified QCM calculator that…
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Five notes to begin with.
New to the quartz crystal microbalance, or to openQCM? Read them in this order.
- 1The ideaWhy an Open-Source Quartz Crystal Microbalance ?Note 01 · 3 min
- 2Trusting the signalopenQCM frequency stability of quartz crystal microbalance in typical experimental conditionsNote 10 · 7 min
- 3DissipationHow do openQCM Q-1 and openQCM NEXT measure dissipation across multiple harmonics?Note 19 · 6 min
- 4Into liquidsopenQCM test of quartz crystal in contact with liquidNote 15 · 6 min
- 5From Δf to ΔmIntroducing the openQCM Advanced Calculator: Three Models, One Click, Zero InstallationNote 20 · 6 min
The making of openQCM
An open instrument,
told by its notes.
- I
Why open
Two engineers near Pompeii asked why a quartz crystal microbalance should be a black box.
Note 01Why an Open-Source Quartz Crystal Microbalance ?Note 02openQCM the benefit and challenge of an open hardware project - II
Built in the open
An Arduino at the heart, schematics in KiCad, software anyone can read and change.
Note 07openQCM has Arduino inside at heartNote 12openQCM community develops and shares the new electronic design using KiCADNote 05openQCM quartz crystal microbalance the design of new Java software interface - III
First measurements
Then the crystal met air, water, sugar and the network analyser.
Note 04Quartz Crystal Microbalance openQCM: our first testNote 10openQCM frequency stability of quartz crystal microbalance in typical experimental conditionsNote 11Sweet openQCM Tasting Water Sucrose Solutions - IV
Today
Several overtones, dissipation, a calculator in the browser: the same open idea, grown up.
Note 19How do openQCM Q-1 and openQCM NEXT measure dissipation across multiple harmonics?Note 20Introducing the openQCM Advanced Calculator: Three Models, One Click, Zero Installation