Deft, a scalable, laboratory digital network product integrating and standardising bench-top instrument comms protocols in chemical formulation and R&D labs. Deft can work as a stand-alone system or as part of an existing LIMS connected infrastructure. At the heart of the system is the Deft Gateway based on the SiLA2 protocol (Standardisation in Lab Automation), which combines Bluetooth instrument connectivity with Wi-Fi protocol to connect the lab instruments to a secure network.
Aimed at the bench scientist, Deft unobtrusively captures the process data (Industry 4.0 and Big Data compliant) providing the ‘information gap’ when comparing manually made bench formulations and has a host of additional features such as experimental design, workflow control, remote access, and Asset Management worthy of a fully digital Lab-of-the-Future program.
Applied Scientific Technologies (AST) are the global specialists for SiLA driver development and have linked many standard lab bench equipment to Deft using the SiLA 2 communications protocol. Our latest addition to our growing library is the OHaus Pioneer PX. This is a widely used precision balance which offers communication via RS232 / USB. The OHaus provides a range of transmittable commands and defined responses for remote operation.
Our SiLA drivers are developed as a combination of SiLA features, allowing for greater code reuse. This also allows us to use devices with minimal changes to the application. Along with being user-friendly this has the potential to reduce the learning curve for using new devices.
