The Taste Sensors with Conductivity Measurement

Abstract

There are many types of electrical signal that can be sensed from liquid solution. Among them conductivity signal is more suitable than voltage signal for the study of liquid. Thus, we choose conductivity as the target sense signal for the study of taste sensors. We developed a chemical sensors array with seven chemical sensors. There are two groups in the designed sensors. The first group is mainly made by the material of conductive polymer, the second group is made by the material of bio-mimic. A statistical method call “Principal Component Analysis” (PCA) is used to process the job of classified the tastes. The PCA results show the taste sensors array can distinguish four basic tastes in liquid. The experiment results show that four basic tastes are successful classified by principal component analysis. Six sport drinks are identified and classified in salt area. The results also show that quantities of salt sample can be analyzed by PCA method.