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This article is part of the Pine WaveNow USB Potentiostat User's Guide

Cell Port

The WaveNow USB Potentiostat is connected to an external electrochemical cell through a 15-pin cell port located on the side of the instrument. This port is a female HD-15 connector and has the same appearance as a VGA video connector on a personal computer.

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Pine offers several products designed to mate with the cell port on the WaveNow USB Potentiostat:

  • WaveNow/WaveNano Shielded Cell Cable Kit (part number AKCABLE5)
  • WaveNow/WaveNano Student Cell Cable for use with the Student Voltammetry Cell (part number RRTPE04)
  • Universal Dummy Cell for troubleshooting the potentiostat (part number AB01DUM1)
  • WaveNow Universal Cell Cable Kit (part number AKCABLE3) (discontinued)

Note that some of the items listed above are sold separately.

Pinout Information

Those users wishing to build their own cell cable for use with the WaveNow potentiostat should consult the pinout information listed in the table below. The color codes in the table refer to the standard Pine color code for electrochemical cell connections.

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Pin
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
13
14
15

Description
reference electrode
(shield for the reference signal)
working electrode sense
(shield for the sense signal)
working electrode
counter electrode
(used for calibration)
(used for calibration)
reserved
(working electrode signal shield)
analog ground
analog ground
(used for calibration
analog ground
analog ground

Color Code
white
 
orange
 
red
green
 
 
 
 
black
black
 
black
black