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esca User’s Manual v1.2 

 

 

 

 

   

Vertical zoom 

NB: the unit of measurement depend on the selected Range. It is 

pA

 if the 200 pA range is 

selected and 

nA

 if the 20 nA range is selected 

 

 

 

Horizontal zoom 

NB: in the GUI there is the value of the time/DIV value, in ms/DIV, corresponding to the 
horizontal zoom level 

 

 

 

Set vertical 0 point in the middle of the window 

 

 

   

Change the grid dimensions 

 

 

   

Change the vertical offset (shift) 

 

 

 

Change the horizontal offset (shift) 

 

 

   

Search for a channel 

NB: useless with ESCA devices since they are single channel amplifiers. Do NOT use it. 

 

 

   

Return to the previous horizontal and vertical zoom 

 

 

 Select the beam, or all the beams, for the zoom and shift commands 

NB: useless with ESCA devices since they are single channel amplifiers. Do NOT use it. 

 

 

 Activate the trigger function 

Содержание esca

Страница 1: ...esca Elements Single Channel Amplifier User s Manual v1 2 February 2014...

Страница 2: ...esca User s Manual v1 2 CONTACTS Elements s r l via Montalti 42 47521 Cesena ITALY email info elements ic com web www elements ic com...

Страница 3: ...SETUP 4 Front Connections 5 Rear Connections 5 Tipical Experimental Setup 5 SOFTWARE GUIDE 6 Requirements 7 Installation 7 Software Operating Procedure 9 Graphical User Interface 10 ESCA Setup 11 Digi...

Страница 4: ...all size 30x15x74mm software included HARDWARE SETUP ESCA is designed to be as simple as possible to connect to your various different setups In order to obtain the best performance the main things to...

Страница 5: ...ct is the reference voltage IMPORTANT Do NOT short the reference to the ground REAR CONNECTIONS On the rear of ESCA there are two connectors mini B female USB connector to connect to the PC through th...

Страница 6: ...ssible 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 case...

Страница 7: ...ements are Dual core processor 1GHz or better 1GB of RAM A free USB 2 0 port Windows XP Vista Seven 8 INSTALLATION To start the installation procedure double click on the installation executable EDR_s...

Страница 8: ...esca User s Manual v1 2 Click on Extract to prepare the installation of these drivers Then start the FTDI installation by clicking on Next button and wait until installation finishes...

Страница 9: ...ree USB port The first time you connect the ESCA to your PC you must wait for the new USB device complete recognition NOTE If the blue LED in the rear of ESCA doesn t light up or if you receive an ins...

Страница 10: ...with the ESCA hardware The configuration file is loaded by clicking on the Open Config button The configuration file is ESCA_xxx cfg where xxx is the firmware version of your ESCA device The configura...

Страница 11: ...addition to the Open Config button already described in the previous section the following buttons Connect Starts the communication with the ESCA hardware Show Displays the data visualization window...

Страница 12: ...the next section the digital compensation is described The Triangular Wave check box is used to force a 48 Hz triangular wave control voltage of peak to peak amplitude of 118 mVpp This voltage signal...

Страница 13: ...software includes some statistical data analysis done in real time during the current acquisitions These estimated statistic data are Mean value Standard Deviation STD Equivalent input capacitance Equ...

Страница 14: ...on the R estimation button The Saturation indicator means the input current exceeded the maximum or minimum current value for the selected Range TRACE VISUALIZATION The data visualization is based on...

Страница 15: ...om level Set vertical 0 point in the middle of the window Change the grid dimensions Change the vertical offset shift Change the horizontal offset shift Search for a channel NB useless with ESCA devic...

Страница 16: ...mat used by commercial pClamp software from Molecular Devices First choose which format will be used by clicking on File Preferences To start saving data click on the Save button The data are saved in...

Страница 17: ...es are stored in standard 32 bit single precision format little endian The ESCAread Matlab function will ask you the location of the saved data files and the data bandwidth The function returns in thr...

Страница 18: ...an array with 2 columns 1 channels vc C reshape B 1 2 fix length B 2 2 D C select sampling frequency display Select bandwidth display 1 625 Hz display 2 1 25 kHz display 3 5 kHz display 4 10 kHz sel i...

Страница 19: ...esca User s Manual v1 2...

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