From the above considerations, it becomes clear that the XL-platform is ill-suited for future AUC developments, and the requirement for an entirely new platform designed specifically for the analytical tasks of the AUC is apparent. The new AUC platform must:Have open source communication protocols to allow for third party detector module development.
Provide mounts for light sources and detectors outside of the vacuum chamber and provide windows for all optical paths to illuminate the spinning AUC cell. This principle hearkens back to the Model E AUC series (1950–1972) by Beckman Instruments.
Offer multiple optical paths and support simultaneous data acquisition by different optical systems.
Support a standard docking mechanism to allow for convenient swapping of multiple detector designs and allow the user to recombine those optical systems which may best meet the requirements for a particular application.
Offer the specialized hardware and software drivers needed to synchronize data acquisition with the spinning rotor. The hardware and software must be open source to encourage optical system development.