WaveNow USB Potentiostat / Galvanostat WaveNow / WaveNowXV Portable USB Potentiostat WaveNano Low-Current Portable USB Potentiostat Part Numbers Product Name WaveNow WaveNano WaveNowXV Description Portable USB Potentiostat Low-Current Portable USB Potentiostat Extended Voltage USB Potentiostat Measured Current Product Name WaveNow WaveNowXV WaveNano Practical Range 80 na to 100 ma 100 pa to 1 ma Ranges ±100 ma, ±5 ma, ±200 μa, ±10 μa ±1 ma, ±50 μa, ±2 μa, and ±100 na Resolution (at each range) 3.4 μa, 170 na, 6.8 na, and 340 pa 34 na, 1.7 na, 68 pa, and 3.4 pa Autoranging Yes ± 0.2% setting; ±0.05% of range Leakage Current 10 pa at 25 C ADC Input Filter 2.5 khz (2-pole, low pass filter) Applied Current (galvanostat mode) Product Name WaveNow WaveNowXV WaveNano Ranges (four ranges as follows) ±100 ma, ±5 ma, ±200 μa, and ±10 μa ±1 ma, ±50 μa, ±2 μa, and ±100 na Resolution (at each range) 3.1 μa, 156 na, 6.25 na, and 313 pa 31 na, 1.56 na, 62.5 pa, and 3.13 pa ± 0.2% setting; ±0.05% of range DAC Output Power Amplifier (CE control amplifier) Product Name WaveNow WaveNowXV WaveNano
Output Current ±100.0 ma (maximum) ±1.0 ma (maximum) Compliance Voltage Speed Settings 3 > ± 10 V Unity Gain Bandwidth > 20 khz (on fast speed setting) Rise Time 180 V/msec (on fast speed setting) Electrometer (reference electrode follower) Input Impedance > 10 14 Ω in parallel with < 20 pf Input Current CMRR Bandwidth < 2 pa leakage/bias current > 50 db at 10 khz; 80 db at 60 Hz > 800 khz (3 db) Applied Potential (potentiostat mode) Product Name WaveNow WaveNano WaveNowXV Range ±4.0 V ±10.0 V Resolution 125 μv per DAC bit 312.5 μv per DAC bit Thermal Drift DAC Output ±0.2% of setting, ±1.0 mv < 0.01% / C CV Scan Rate (min) 10 μv / sec (125 μv step every 12.5 sec) 25 μv / sec (312.5 μv step every 12.5 sec) CV Scan Rate (max) 10 V/sec (10 mv step every 1.0 msec) Measured Potential Product Name WaveNow WaveNano WaveNowXV Range ±4.0 V ±10.0 V Resolution 136 μv per DAC bit 340 μv per DAC bit ADC Input Filter ± 0.2% setting; ±0.05% of range 2.5 khz (2-pole, low pass filter) Additional Output Signals (may be used for rotation rate control) Range Resolution ±10.5 V 5.12 mv per DAC bit (12 bit) Digital On/Off Signal open drain (TTL compatible) Output Impedance Data Acquisition Clock Resolution < 10 Ω Point Interval (min) 500 μsec Synchronization Raw Point Total 500 nsec (minimum time base) simultaneous current & potential input <10 million per experiment Control Modes and Connections Operating Modes Cell Connections Signal Configuration Ground potentiostat (POT), galvanostat (GAL), open circuit potential (OCP) working (K1), counter (CE), reference (REF), and working sense (K1SENSE) working electrode connects to signal ground through current range resistor; signal ground connects to USB ground
ir Compensation No External Ports Cell Port HD-15 female connector Interface Port USB Type-B connector Rotator Control Port 3-pin header connector Accessories Calibration Tools HD 15 loopback cell (included) Dummy Cell external dummy cell (included) Cell Cable various designs available separately Software & Interface Cable (included) Software Pine AfterMath Data Organizer Interface Type USB 2.0 Cable USB A / B cable (914 mm L) General Specifications Power Required 5.0 VDC, 2 A (low voltage DC device) Power Adapter 100 to 240 VAC, 300 ma, 50 to 60 Hz Field-Changeable Adapter Plugs US, EU, UK, and Australia (included) LED Indicators Power, USB, and Status Instrument Dimensions 165 x 100 x 29 mm Instrument Weight 280 g (10 oz) Shipping Dimensions 260 x 260 x 360 mm Shipping Weight 1.4 kg (3 lb) Temperature Range 10 C to 40 C Humidity Range 80 %RH maximum, non-condensing Host PC Requirements (the PC is not included) Operating System Microsoft Windows XP or Vista Processor Class Pentium IV or equivalent Processor Speed Physical Memory 1 GHz or faster 512 MB or higher GUI Platform Microsoft.NET 2.0 Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 pixels recommended * These preliminary specifications are subject to change at any time without prior notification. The practical range of measurable currents goes from the maximum current output of the amplifier down to the current level at which noise begins to interfere with the signal. Without taking any special precautions, the noise level on the WaveNow potentiostat (~40 na) prevents practical measurement of signals with magnitudes below approximately twice the noise level (~80 na). However, with the WaveNano potentiostat, if you use a properly shielded cell and coaxial cell cables, it is possible to routinely measure signals as low as 100 pa.
AfterMath TM Scientific Data Analysis Software Our powerful AfterMath scientific data analysis software lets you create high quality graphs and reports from your experimental results. A licensed copy of AfterMath is included with each potentiostat that you purchase from Pine Research Instrumentation. AfterMath provides you with several important benefits. Instrument Control. When started, AfterMath automatically detects all compatible instrumentation attached to your computer and gives you complete control over each instrument. You can connect to one, two, or as many different attached instruments as you wish. You can queue up multiple experiments on one or more instruments, and while they are running, you can simultaneously work with data already acquired in previous experiments. Flexible Plotting. AfterMath has a powerful "drag-n-drop" feature that lets you easily take traces from one plot and simply drag them on to another plot. Making an overlay plot from several voltammograms is a snap. AfterMath gives you precise control over line sizes, point markers, colors, axis limits, axis labels, and tick marks. You can place one or more text boxes anywhere on the plot, and the text may be formatted with any combination of fonts, font sizes, colors that you wish.
Scientific Units. Unlike graphing applications designed for the business and marketing crowd, AfterMath is designed with scientific data in mind. Proper management of scientific units, metric prefixes, scientific notation, and significant figures is built right into the very DNA of Aftermath. If you divide a potential measured in millivolts by a current measured in nanoamps, then Aftermath properly gives you the result as a resistance measured in megaohms. Tools and Transforms. Flexible tools can be placed on any graph to precisely measure quantities like peak height and peak area. Multiple tools can be placed on a plot, and all such tools remain exactly where you leave them, even if you save and reload your data from disk. Several fundamental mathematical operations (addition, multiplication, integration, logarithm, etc.) can be applied to any trace on any plot. Data Archiving. Our unique and open XML-based file format allows you to keep data from several related experiments together in one single archive file. With AfterMath, you won't have to go hunting all over your hard drive to find all of your voltammograms. The internal archive hierarchy can contain as many subfolders, reports, plots, notes, experimental parameters, and data sets as you wish.