Varibles Data Types

Variables

In order to describe the entire microfluidic architecture, it is necessary to have different types of variables in order to specify the relationships between the liquids.

Module Declaration Variables

• Flow Input finput
• Flow Output foutput
• Control Lines control

Architecture Variables

• Integers number
• Real real
• Storage storage
• Flow elements flow
• Control Elements control
• Pump elements pump

Vector Declarations

LFR allows the user to create vectors of any type of variable. Vectors allow the users to easily scale the design complexity and describe parallel fluidic operations. The syntax for declaring a vector is given below:

<data_type> [<start_index>:<end_index>] <variable_name>;

An example would be:

flow [0:7] f1;

Concatenations

LFR allows the user to describe pseudo-vectors concatenations. Concatenations DO NOT create vectors but they allow the user group and operate on multiple variables as a single unit. Concatenations are declared as seen below:

{ <variable1>, <variable2>, ... <variable3> }

Data-Types

Type	Description	Example
finput	Flow/Reagent Inputs
foutput	Flow/Reagent Outputs
control	Control Line
number	Integer Number or Bit Vector
real	Real Number
storage	Storage Microfluidic Element
flow	Flow Microfluidic Element
control	Control Microfluidic Element
pump	Pump Microfluidic Element