CTL 23.003 is now available from the beta section of the downloads page. There are several bugs which we are fixing now (including disappearing base/gate ‘key’ on the right of the screen) and these will be fixed in the next update (23.004).
The latest software update for the CTL503 PC software is nearly ready. Lots of changes under-the-hood, revised user interface and some new features: Auto Z option – automatically determines a suitable collector resistor More measurement options – including dedicated breakdown measurements Review previous sweeps – every previous sweep can be viewed (using fwd/rev arrows) Better …
EPICV22.001 is now available from the software section of our website. This version mainly offers improvements for the SPA100 Source Picoammeter. CPA100 changes/improvements Some internal changes to the way data is handled and USB error handling. The colour management has been improved and there are now two colour schemes (Dark and Light) as well as …
In this part we will explain the format of the received data (SPA>PC), and how to decode it. The returned packet of data from the SPA100 is always a 16 byte packet and also contains a checksum. This data is transmitted at either 2Hz or 10Hz (dependent on the sample rate of the SPA100). Data …
There has been some interest recently in interfacing directly with the SPA100 Source Picoammeter, in this series of posts I’ll explain how to do it. Nearly all Electron+ instruments connect via USB to a Windows based PC. Instruments send up fairly raw data as well as calibration co-efficients (more on this later), EPIC then utilises …
