Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop a preprocessor for real-time portable quality evaluation system of milk. The preprocessor consisted of two flow pump to supply milk sample and reaction reagent at given volume, a fan to mix milk with reaction reagent, a thermoelectric device to maintain sample temperatures of $40^{\circ}C$, and I/O interface to control signals. The tests conducted with different level of flow rate of pump, fan speed, ambient temperature, and intial temperature of mixtures. To evaluate performance of the preprocessor, the supplied volumes, color changes, and temperatures were measured and analyzed. The results showed that the preprocessor could control supplying volumes, mixing, temperatures of samples automatically. The preprocessor showed good performance to be used for portable quality evaluation system of milk.