Chapter 2 -- Introduction--About this Manual
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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 6.0 (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 6.0 of Gamry's Framework software. Installation is also described in
the 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:
• 9 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 systems (such as painted
metals) and low impedance systems (such as low ESR electrical double layer capacitors.)
Data can be acquired at frequencies up to 100000 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
where other instruments require a cell in a Faraday shield to make quiet measurements, the Interface 1000
can be used with the cell exposed on a bench top.
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