Introduction To The Product Range - Bio-Logic VMP-300-based Installation And Configuration Manual

Manual for VMP300-based instruments

1. Introduction to the product range

Historically, the first of our potentiostats was designed to study intercalated compounds with
long experiment times due to slow diffusion coefficients. It was a multichannel instrument that
worked in either galvanostatic mode or potentiostatic mode (each channel was devoted to one
of either mode). Then the interest for multichannel potentiostats increased with battery testing,
corrosion study & biosensors development. So, new versatile instruments have been
developed to address all these applications. This was the first generation of the Bio-Logic
instruments, based on the VMP3 technology.
Since 2009, a new generation of instrument has been introduced with the SP-300. This
generation offers highest current & voltage sensitivity and also the best impedance
specification of the market. This is the generation based on the SP-300 technology. This family
of instrument includes SP-200, SP-240, SP-300, VSP-300 and VMP-300 instruments. This
range of instruments is called VMP300-based instruments.
The instruments consist of a single control and communication board associated with one or
more potentiostat/galvanostat/ZRA channel board(s), depending on the configuration. For
example, there is one or two channel(s) for the SP series, six channels for VSP-300, and
sixteen channels for VMP-300.
Once started, the on-board computer fully controls the entire experiment. Therefore, if the host
computer (PC, Mac, etc.) fails, or the connection to the Bio-Logic instrument is interrupted, the
experiment will continue to be performed and data collected by the instrument. Data can be
retrieved from the instrument when connection to the host computer is re-established.
All units are designed to be multi-user instrument. Several users may simultaneously connect
to the same instrument, offering great flexibility for our multichannel devices. These computers
can be connected to the instrument through an Ethernet or USB connection. All the instruments
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are controlled by EC-Lab
Additionally, all the instruments can be coupled with ultra-low current option and have slots
(except SP-200 and SP-240) which can accept other modules such as booster board or
additional potentiostat/galvanostat/ZRA board.
Fig. 1: SP-300 instrument in bipot configuration with the 10 A booster board & the Ultra
Low Current (ULC) electrometer.
The aim of this manual is to guide the user through the instrument's installation and
configuration. This manual is composed of several chapters. The first is a general description
of the instruments. The second and third parts describe how to install the software and how to
configure the computer. The fourth and the fifth parts concern the installation and configuration
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