March 3, 2010 - Forston Labs introduced the hand-held LabNavigator, a multi-technology/multi-sensor analytical measurement platform used as a computer interface, a stand-alone device or in the field for water analysis. Until now, analytical instrumentation used for water quality applications have either been low quality/cost or high quality/cost. Even moderately priced instruments of adequate quality are still a significant cost for water and wastewater plants.With six sensor inputs (electrochemical, turbidity, spectrophotometer, and more), the LabNavigator has a 100k samples per second collection rate.
The instrument has built-in graphing and analysis software; 40 MB of on-board data storage, with further expansion through SD/MMC card, or USB drive; a vivid 320 x 240 pixel color touch screen easily visible outdoors, and; a rugged, splash proof enclosure with rubber molding for shock absorption. Other features are a rechargeable, high-capacity internal battery or AC power; built-in air temperature sensor; microphone, and sound sensor; an on-screen keyboard; plus the easy ability to take notes during experiments and export the results to a PC.LabNavigator comes ready to interface with Ocean Optics spectrophotometers and fluorometers. Users of Ocean Optics portable USB-interfaced spectrophotometers can now power their spectrophotometer directly from the LabNavigator USB port.
They will see their spectrophotometer analysis in full color on the instrument’s LCD display as they take measurements in the field, in lab or at their desk. No longer will they need to be tied to their computer.
