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SRSLab Software

SRSLab is software that lets you perform a wide array of electrochemical experiments. Whether you do analytical work with pulsed waveforms, examine kinetics of charge transfer with voltammetry, perform surface science with a quartz crystal microbalance, or look at complex impedance for EIS signatures, SRSLab can acquire your data.

SRSLab is Free

Unlike some competitors, SRS doesn't charge you for software "modules". The entire software package, including all techniques, is a free download from our web site. You can try it out right now - even without owning an EC301.

Getting Started

Learning any full-featured electrochemistry software suite takes some effort. There are many experiments, each experiment has its own parameters, and some experiments require multiple instruments. While the techniques are widely understood, each software package uses its own nomenclature to describe parameters. In order to make your transition to SRSLab easy, we've created very focused videos (see below) that show just how to set up your experiment. Pop-up windows show you what each parameter controls on a waveform.

Flexible Plotting

It can be frustrating to have to adjust your plotting preferences to match the software instead of the other way around. Maybe you want to flip the ordinate so anodic current is up instead of down. Maybe you want to plot negative potentials towards the right instead of the left. Maybe you need logarithmic axes. SRSLab's axis editor makes these preferences available with a single click. Sometimes you need to plot multiple data types on a single graph. SRSLab's Observables editor makes the plotting of complicated data intuitive and simple.

SRSLab Measurements

SRSLab covers the following techniques: Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), Linear Sweep Voltammetry, Cyclic Staircase Voltammetry (also known as Tast), Square Wave Voltammetry, Differential Pulse Voltammetry (DPV), Differential Normal Pulse (DNPV), Timed Hold, Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM), and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS). (QCM and EIS require the QCM200.EIS to 100 kHz is built-in.) Galvanostatic versions of all of the above experiments are as easy as changing the instrument mode. A "free run" mode allows you to use your own stimuli (either via the external input or from your own custom waveforms) and acquire the response from the cell.

If you have a typical set of experiments you like to run, you can add each one to an SRSLab project. When you begin running, SRSLab will run each of the experiments in sequence. A rotating green arrow indicates which experiment is running at any given time. When the sequence is finished, you can double click each experiment to quickly examine the results before you go to import them for data work-up.

Designed to Interface with Multiple Instruments

SRSLab was designed from the ground up to easily communicate with other instruments. This means that the software can control multiple EC301's, multiple QCM200's. When the instruments need to work in tandem, you add the instruments to the project, get connected, and you're ready to add your experiment. This flexibility also means that as SRS designs new instruments, you will be able to add them to SRSLab, getting your experiments going faster and easier.

Arbitrary Waveform Generator

SRS knows that electrochemistry isn't stagnant. Scientists come up with new techniques all the time. If you're working on a new kind of stimulus to the cell, you can use our arbitrary waveform generator. This allows an immense degree of flexibility. Programming the EC301 with the waveform is as easy as sending a file from within SRSLab.

Remote Programming

The remote interface is open and documented. Some competitors try to lock you in to their software by "closing" the remote interface. You don't get to "see" what happens over the interface to the hardware. The only experiments you can do are the ones defined by the software. This puts an intrinsic limit on you and your science. You can use a terminal window to see each and every command the software sends to the instrument over the Ethernet interface. This makes it very easy to use SRSLab as a template to develop your own custom techniques. You can write your own code in any language you wish. The manual thoroughly documents every command. With SRS, the only limit to your investigations is your own creativity.

Exporting Data

Once you've acquired your data, you will likely want to import it into a spreadsheet or graphics package that you already know. SRSLab makes this easy. Export the data as tab-delimited ASCII or comma-separated ASCII. You can even specify the number of significant digits to use.