{"id":2717,"date":"2020-02-12T08:53:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T16:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2020-02-12T08:53:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T16:53:48","slug":"9103-usb-picoammeter-winter-2020-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/9103-usb-picoammeter-winter-2020-news\/","title":{"rendered":"9103 USB Picoammeter Winter 2020 News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\nLast\nyear, RBD introduced an updated 9103 USB Picoammeter, with 3 new\nmodels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> <strong>High-speed:<\/strong> 500 reads \/ second compared to 40 for the Standard Model<\/li><li> <strong>High-voltage<\/strong>: an isolated signal input with the ability to float the 9103 Picoammeter to \u00b15000 VDC. <\/li><li> <strong>High-speed \/ High Voltage<\/strong>: One model combining both features. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> This year we\u2019ll be working on adding new features to our <strong>Actuel<\/strong> application software and providing more comprehensive support and programming documentation.<br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <strong>Actuel 1.6 is Released<\/strong><br> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2718\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/9103-usb-picoammeter-winter-2020-news\/actuel-1-6\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/actuel-1-6.png?fit=727%2C371&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"727,371\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" 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100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Actuel Version 1.6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The latest version of <strong>Actuel<\/strong> (1.6) is now available, as is an updated User Guide. The guide has new information on setting up and programming the 9103 for high-speed communications. Both can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/rbdinstruments.com\/products\/picoammeter\/tech.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> This release replaces the Beta release and has full support for high-speed sampling and data recording and graphing. <br> <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\n<strong>9103\nTechSpot Article Series<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> This year, we\u2019ll be running a series of articles here on the <strong>TechSpot<\/strong> blog with more information on the new 9103 models and features, as well as detailed configuration, application, and programming advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nSome\nof the topics we&#8217;ll be covering include: \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\n\tProgramming\n\tthe 9103 for high-speed data collection\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tUsing\n\tthe high-voltage reference \n\t\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tProper\n\tuse of the input ground\n\t<\/li><li>\n\tTroubleshooting\n\t9103 communications\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> Keep your eye on here on <strong>TechSpot<\/strong> for these and other articles covering all of RBD\u2019s products, and please  consider subscribing.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, RBD introduced an updated 9103 USB Picoammeter, with 3 new models: High-speed: 500 reads \/ second compared to 40 for the Standard Model High-voltage: an isolated signal input with the ability to float the 9103 Picoammeter to \u00b15000 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/9103-usb-picoammeter-winter-2020-news\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[159],"tags":[116,89,7],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/actuel-1-6.png?fit=727%2C371&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2DEXo-HP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3844,"url":"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/9103-usb-picoammeter-blog-list\/","url_meta":{"origin":2717,"position":0},"title":"9103 USB Picoammeter Blog list","author":"Randy","date":"September 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A summary of all of the 9103 USB picoammeter blog posts at RBD Techspot","rel":"","context":"In &quot;9103 USB Picoammeter&quot;","block_context":{"text":"9103 USB Picoammeter","link":"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/category\/9103-usb-picoammeter\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"9103 HV Picoammeter","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/9103-hv.png?fit=530%2C261&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2955,"url":"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/high-speed-support-improved-in-latest-actuel-release-1-7-for-the-9103-picoammeter\/","url_meta":{"origin":2717,"position":1},"title":"High-speed Support Improved in Latest Actuel Release (1.7) for the 9103 Picoammeter","author":"Joe Caterinicchio","date":"September 3, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"RBD has released Actuel version 1.7 for the 9103 Picoammeter, with improvements for high-speed data acquisition and (especially) data logging and graphing.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;9103 USB Picoammeter&quot;","block_context":{"text":"9103 USB Picoammeter","link":"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/category\/9103-usb-picoammeter\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/actuel-expand-axis.png?fit=934%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/actuel-expand-axis.png?fit=934%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/actuel-expand-axis.png?fit=934%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1239,"url":"https:\/\/www.rbdinstruments.com\/blog\/9103-picoammeter-actuel-micro-window\/","url_meta":{"origin":2717,"position":2},"title":"9103 Picoammeter Actuel Update: Micro Window Display","author":"Joe Caterinicchio","date":"October 27, 2014","format":"link","excerpt":"UPDATE: A new Actuel Beta\u00a0featuring the micro window display is now available. 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