Development of an automated laser induced breakdown spectroscopy system for compositional mapping of surfaces

Abstract

In this work it is described the integration of a system capable of performing automatically the compositional mapping of surfaces, by the method of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. This system consists of a mobile mechanical base, a control system whose processing center is a development board Arduino Mega, which interacts with the user through a visual environment programmed in National Instruments Lab VIEW and a piece of software for processing the spectrum obtained. Also, it describes the first experimental tests and shows preliminary results.