title: Design of the EPC-9, a computer-controlled patch-clamp amplifier. 2. Software.
abstract: The EPC-9 computer-controlled amplifier has no front-panel controls; therefore the user interface to the EPC-9 patch-clamp amplifier is defined entirely by software. This paper describes various user interfaces that have been implemented, including a high-level programming interface, a user interface based on the PostScript language, and graphical user interfaces that control the EPC-9 from data-acquisition programs. Also described are the algorithms used for automatic adjustment of the C-Fast and C-Slow transient cancellation circuitry. An overview of the procedures that perform automatic testing and calibration is given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Sigworth
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Affolter
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Neher
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004594:Electrophysiology; D007473:Ion Channels; D008433:Mathematics; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels