Universal platform for spectroscopic instruments will cover all electronics requirements for power, data processing, signal acquisition and control, data storage and external communications.

Full system has following parts:

1. Open Express CPU. Currently Kontron Apollo series.
2. Backplane with following capabilities
3. Power supplies and battery charger for entire system.
4. Integrated laser controller with same functionalities as standard driver. All TEC control will be done with build-in digital PID. Each card will have flash memory to store serial number and base test results.
5. RedWave Labs provides drivers/firmware, BSP for power supply, full communication compiled libraries and drivers for Power supplies and all plug-in cards, including laser drivers. Extensive example code will be provided for all relevant APIs.