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To: voop who wrote (8479)	9/15/2000 12:39:36 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

More detail on the DNA analyzer... windriver.com At the heart of this pivotal piece of pacesetting technology are both Wind River’s VxWorks® and pSOSystem® RTOSs – together the most widely used in the industry. The 3700 DNA Analyzer’s software is written on VxWorks to simultaneously control a number of demanding sub-systems in the instrument: * Standard Ethernet protocol for network communication between the analyzer and the PC host; * Numerous pumps and valves that move DNA material through the analysis process; * A four-axis robot arm for sample delivery; * Variable voltages and currents to separate the DNA helix; and * A powerful laser to illuminate the separated base pairs for spectral identification. pSOSystem sits inside the analyzer, running on an MC68332 microcontroller that controls a sophisticated digital camera programmed to photographically record the detailed sequencing displayed by each DNA sample.