PC-CONTROLLED
SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE

ECE 476 SPRING 2002 FINAL PROJECT

 
SCHEMATICS
 
The PC code was implemented in JAVA programming language. The program consists of a Serial Port communication scheme (SerialTalk.java) implementing RS232, a command interpreter for interpreting/generating messages to/from the MCU, a graphical user interface with real time plotting capabilities and a file-writer that stores the data in a user specified file (the file is automatically created if it does not exist). A commented listing of the code is available in the appendix section.