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Chapter 2: Introduction
About this Manual
This manual covers the installation, safety, and use of the Gamry Instruments Interface 1000
Potentiostat/Galvanostat/ZRA.
This manual describes use of an Interface 1000 with Revision 6.3 (and later revisions) of the Gamry
Framework software. It is equally useful when setting up a newly purchased potentiostat or modifying the
setup of an older potentiostat for use with new software.
Chapter 1 was an in-depth discussion of safety issues. This chapter describes this manual and gives a brief
overview of the Interface 1000 features. Chapter 3 contains Interface 1000 installation instructions.
Chapter 4 describes cell cable connections and Chapter 5 describes the Interface 1000's front and rear
panels. Chapter 6 is a description of the electronics circuitry in the Interface 1000. Chapter 7 covers the
difficult issues of potentiostat stability and approaches to prevent oscillation. Chapter 8 discusses the
realities of low-current, high-impedance measurements.
You will find dry technical material such as specifications and connector pin-outs in the Appendices.
Appendix E discusses heat generation in multiple potentiostat systems based on the Interface 1000, and
makes recommendations for heat management.
This manual discusses software installation or software operation in some detail. The installation is written
assuming installation using Revision 7.0 of Gamry's Framework™ software. Installation is also described in
Gamry's Quick-Start Installation Guide for USB Potentiostats.
Software support for the Interface 1000 is described in the Gamry Help system.
All Gamry Instruments applications running under the Gamry Framework control the Interface 1000 via a
PSTAT object. See the Framework's Help for information concerning PSTAT objects and their functions.
About the Interface 1000
The Interface 1000 is a value-oriented, research-grade electrochemical instrument packaged in a small,
easy-to-handle case. It works particularly well in systems with multiple instruments connected to one
computer. It offers measurement capabilities similar or superior to those of instruments that are more than
ten times its size and weight and more than three times its price.
The Interface 1000 can operate as a potentiostat, a galvanostat, or a ZRA (zero-resistance ammeter).
Interface 1000 features include:
Nine-decade current auto-ranging,
Electrical isolation from earth ground,
Current-interrupt iR-compensation, and
Both analog and digital filtering.
A sine-wave generator on the Interface 1000 allows its use for accurate impedance measurements at
frequencies up to 1 MHz. EIS performance is excellent for both high-impedance and low-impedance
systems.
Data can be acquired at frequencies up to 100 000 points per second.
A unique DSP (Digital Signal Processing) data-acquisition mode allows the Interface 1000 to reject noise,
from the instrument itself, from the electrochemical cell, and from the lab environment. In many cases
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