PC-505B Manual, Rev. 201013
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 4
NOMENCLATURE .................................................................................................................................... 6
Text conventions ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Device panel abbreviations .................................................................................................................... 6
Signal polarity conventions .................................................................................................................... 6
Membrane current
(I
m
)
......................................................................................................................... 6
Membrane potential (Vm) .................................................................................................................... 7
CONTROL DESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................................... 8
Front panel .............................................................................................................................................. 8
C
OMMANDS
block .................................................................................................................................. 8
F
AST CAP COMP
(fast capacitance compensation) command block ................................................... 10
W
HOLE CELL COMMAND BLOCK
........................................................................................................... 10
O
UTPUT
command block .................................................................................................................... 11
M
ETER
section .................................................................................................................................... 13
Front and rear panel BNC’s and connectors ..................................................................................... 13
Headstage ........................................................................................................................................... 16
Electrode holders ............................................................................................................................... 16
Model Cell .......................................................................................................................................... 17
SETUP AND INITIAL TEST .................................................................................................................. 18
Line voltage ........................................................................................................................................... 18
Instrument grounding .......................................................................................................................... 18
Headstage precautions ......................................................................................................................... 18
Headstage preparation ......................................................................................................................... 19
Test Procedures .................................................................................................................................... 19
Initial connections .............................................................................................................................. 19
Initial configuration ........................................................................................................................... 19
RMS noise checkout............................................................................................................................ 21
I
m
output checkout .............................................................................................................................. 21
Junction zero checkout ....................................................................................................................... 21
Internal DC voltage command checkout ............................................................................................ 21
External DC Voltage command checkout........................................................................................... 22
Internal AC voltage command checkout............................................................................................. 23
Auto Zero control checkout ................................................................................................................ 23
Vc commands checkout .................................................................................................................... 23
