esca User’s Manual v1.2
To obtain the best noise performances a particular care must be given to the shielding
with a metallic cage (Faraday cage) all around the experimental setup. In particular, it
is important to connect the Faraday cage to the ground connector placed on the rear of
ESCA.
In order to minimize the noise it is also important to minimize parasitic capacitances
between the input and the shielding by keeping the wires as short as possible and as
far as possible from the Faraday cage, including your Device Under Test (DUT).
With certain PC, there can be some issues with USB power supply that can introduce
noise and peaks on the acquired signal. In these cases we recommend to use a
powered USB 2.0 hub
.
This is an example of a real setup for artificial lipid bilayer experiments:
S
OFTWARE
G
UIDE
Elements Data Reader (EDR) is the control software for ESCA devices. It enables the
total control of ESCA devices features (such as set the data acquisition properties and
the control voltage) and enables the real time data visualization and data saving. Data
acquired by means of this custom software are handily readable by Matlab® and can
