JPK Instruments has launched the VortisT Advanced SPM Control station, which offers low noise and high signal speeds for scanning probe microscopes in the life sciences and soft matter markets.
The company has utilised new Power-PC hardware with the latest FPGA architecture to deliver high digital performance.
Vortis Advanced is available with all of JPK's SPM systems: the Nano Wizard, the Force Robot and the Cell Hesion.
The modular and ultra-flexible controller offers fast signal acquisition and control, and advanced feedback and analysis.
The lowest noise levels are achieved using a new grounding concept, intelligent signal conditioning, temperature-stabilised oscillators and passive cooling.
Vortis Advanced has been designed for builders of home-designed SPM heads.
It comes with a large number of user-accessible analogue and digital signal channels, fast-responding lock-in amplifiers and high-end piezo drivers with closed loop control.
Flexibility of design gives the user the ability to work with different probe configurations requiring different levels of control, such as those in STM systems, systems using tuning forks and high-frequency cantilevers.
Synchronisation with external instruments including spectrometers, potentiostats and optical detection devices is also provided.
SPMControl v4 is designed to enable user-customised experiments through the implementation of powerful data-analysis and processing routines such as multi-channel oscilloscope functionality, advanced filtering, batch processing and channel overlay.
