PMID- 26999138 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20160726 LR - 20181113 IS - 1424-8220 (Electronic) IS - 1424-8220 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 3 DP - 2016 Mar 16 TI - Dual-Phase Lock-In Amplifier Based on FPGA for Low-Frequencies Experiments. LID - 10.3390/s16030379 [doi] LID - 379 AB - Photothermal techniques allow the detection of characteristics of material without invading it. Researchers have developed hardware for some specific Phase and Amplitude detection (Lock-In Function) applications, eliminating space and unnecessary electronic functions, among others. This work shows the development of a Digital Lock-In Amplifier based on a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) for low-frequency applications. This system allows selecting and generating the appropriated frequency depending on the kind of experiment or material studied. The results show good frequency stability in the order of 1.0 x 10(-9) Hz, which is considered good linearity and repeatability response for the most common Laboratory Amplitude and Phase Shift detection devices, with a low error and standard deviation. FAU - Macias-Bobadilla, Gonzalo AU - Macias-Bobadilla G AD - Laboratorio de Mecatronica, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas, Col. Las Campanas, S/N, Queretaro 76010, Mexico. gonzalo.macias@uaq.mx. FAU - Rodriguez-Resendiz, Juvenal AU - Rodriguez-Resendiz J AD - Laboratorio de Mecatronica, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas, Col. Las Campanas, S/N, Queretaro 76010, Mexico. juvenal@ieee.org. FAU - Mota-Valtierra, Georgina AU - Mota-Valtierra G AD - Laboratorio de Mecatronica, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas, Col. Las Campanas, S/N, Queretaro 76010, Mexico. georgina.mota@uaq.mx. FAU - Soto-Zarazua, Genaro AU - Soto-Zarazua G AD - Laboratorio de Mecatronica, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas, Col. Las Campanas, S/N, Queretaro 76010, Mexico. genaro.soto@uaq.mx. FAU - Mendez-Loyola, Maurino AU - Mendez-Loyola M AD - Laboratorio de Mecatronica, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas, Col. Las Campanas, S/N, Queretaro 76010, Mexico. carmaury@hotmail.com. FAU - Garduno-Aparicio, Mariano AU - Garduno-Aparicio M AD - Laboratorio de Mecatronica, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas, Col. Las Campanas, S/N, Queretaro 76010, Mexico. dr.mariano.g@ieee.org. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160316 PL - Switzerland TA - Sensors (Basel) JT - Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101204366 PMC - PMC4813954 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Field-Programmable-Gate-Array OT - Lock-In-Amplifier OT - Phase-Shift-Detection OT - frequency-stability EDAT- 2016/03/22 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/22 06:01 PMCR- 2016/03/01 CRDT- 2016/03/22 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/03/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/03/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/03/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/03/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - s16030379 [pii] AID - sensors-16-00379 [pii] AID - 10.3390/s16030379 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sensors (Basel). 2016 Mar 16;16(3):379. doi: 10.3390/s16030379.