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Chapter 2: Introduction
About this Manual
This manual covers the installation, safety, and use of the Gamry Instruments Interface 1010
Potentiostat/Galvanostat/ZRA.
This manual describes use of an Interface 1010 with Revision 7 (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 1010 features. Chapter 3 contains Interface 1010 installation instructions. Chapter 5
describes cell cable connections and Chapter 6 describes the Interface 1010's front and rear panels. Chapter 7
is a description of the electronics circuitry in the Interface 1010. Chapter 8 covers the difficult issues of
potentiostat stability and approaches to prevent oscillation. Chapter 9 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 F discusses heat generation in multiple potentiostat systems based on the Interface 1010 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 of Gamry's Framework™ software. Installation is also described in
Gamry's Quick-Start Installation Guide for USB Potentiostats.
Software support for the Interface 1010 is described in the Gamry Help system.
All Gamry Instruments applications running under the Gamry Framework control the Interface 1010 via a
PSTAT object. See the Framework's Help for information concerning PSTAT objects and their functions.
About the Interface 1010
The Interface 1010 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 1010 can operate as a potentiostat, a galvanostat, or a ZRA (zero-resistance ammeter).
Interface 1010 features include:
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Nine-decade current auto-ranging,
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Electrical isolation from earth ground,
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Current-interrupt iR-compensation, and
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Both analog and digital filtering.
A sine-wave generator on the Interface 1010 allows its use for accurate impedance measurements at
frequencies up to 2 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 1010 to reject noise, from
the instrument itself, from the electrochemical cell, and from the lab environment. In many cases where other
instruments require a cell in a Faraday shield to make quiet measurements, the Interface 1010 can be used
with the cell exposed on a bench top.
The Interface 1010, like all Gamry potentiostats, requires a computer for its use. Unlike our older potentiostats,
the Interface 1010 interfaces to the computer through a USB connection. The USB connection has become
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