SMU Potentiostats and EC-UPGRADE Kit Quick Start Guide
071347302 / March 2020
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Make the SMU connections
To connect to the instrument (all tests):
The front panel of your SMU has four banana-style input and output jacks. You use the supplied cable to
connect your electrochemical cell to these jacks.
The
SENSE
terminals are used to measure voltage at the device under test (DUT). When you use sense leads,
the voltage drop across the force leads is eliminated from a measurement. This produces more accurate
voltage sourcing and measurement at the DUT. Plug the SHI and SLO connectors into the SENSE terminals.
The
FORCE
terminals are used to source or sink voltage or current to or from a DUT. Plug the HI and LO
connectors into the FORCE terminals.
Plug the four SMU-side cable connectors into the front of your SMU instrument as shown in the below graphic.
Figure 6: Connecting SMU-side cable connectors to the SMU front-panel inputs
Make the device connections
The test cable lets you make connections to test cells with two, three, or four electrodes.
For two-electrode applications, the device-side cable connectors are used in stacked pairs. Connect the WE
and WES pair to the working electrode of your electrochemical cell, and connect the CE and RE pair to the
counter electrode of the cell.
Figure 7: Two-electrode cell testing cable connections
