it can supply both kinetics and end point information depending on assay requirements 6 portable size for poc use the targeted size of the system is about 9 u2033 u00d7 11 u2033 u00d7 15 u2033 with integrated nurse friendly touch screen the specifications of the exemplary device are shown in table 1 and the detailed configuration is shown in fig1 this example system is composed of several fixtures and replaceable modules to easily meet different requirements of analyte analysis the fixtures include the enclosure 10 chassis 12 assay chip loading station 14 assay chip tray 158 and linear actuator 156 touchscreen pc 16 and the multifunction control board 18 the multifunction control board is designed for adopting various modules that could be used in the system including pumps 20 valves or manifold 22 sensors 24 detectors 26 both optical and electrochemical and actuators 28 some other useful modules like sample preparation reagent mixing and light source modules could be also implemented these replaceable modules make the disclosed system fully open and ready for various analyte analysis the assay cartridge is fully disposable and a separate design of reagent 30 and assay 32 compartments is shown in fig1 these two compartments could be combined to a single.