Development of High Accurate Family-use Digital Refractometer Based on CMOS

This study aims to develop a low-cost refractometer for measuring the sucrose content of fruit juice,which is an important factor affecting human health.While laboratory-grade refractometers are expensive and unsuitable for personal use,existing low-cost commercial options lack stability and accuracy.To address this gap,we propose a refractometer that replaces the expensive CCD sensor and light source with a conventional LED and a reasonably priced CMOS sensor.By analyzing the output waveform pattern of the CMOS sensor,we achieve high precision with a personal-use-appropriate accuracy of 0.1%.We tested the proposed refractometer by conducting 100 repeated measurements on various fruit juice samples,and the results demonstrate its reliability and consistency.Running on a 48 MHz ARM processor,the algorithm can acquire data within 0.2 seconds.Our low-cost refractometer is suitable for personal health management and small-scale production,providing an affordable and reliable method for measuring sucrose concentration in fruit juice.It improves upon the existing low-cost options by offering better stability and accuracy.This accessible tool has potential applications in optimizing the sucrose content of fruit juice for better health and quality control.