ASPIRE is a software platform developed by Solartron Analytical (AMETEK) for controlling and analyzing battery testing using their advanced battery cyclers. It supports various test modes like constant current, voltage, power, and impedance spectroscopy. ASPIRE features high-resolution data acquisition, direct-to-disk logging, and an intuitive interface for setting up, monitoring, and analyzing battery performance tests. It’s designed for precise, automated testing in research and industrial applications.
Description
Aspire Energy Software
ASPIRE uses an intuitive, state-of-the-art, icon-based, smartphone-style graphical user interface for control, monitoring, and data analysis. Multiple or single PC / user operation are both supported. Start / stop tests on any channel and analyze data from any PC. Shareable user libraries save setup time and ensure data consistency. An industry-leading software platform together with Solartron Analytical’s reference-grade battery cycler equipment – an unrivalled combination.
ASPIRE, together with the range of cycler hardware, supports a growing range of test applications including:
🔋 Battery 🔋 Fuel Cell 🔋 Electrolysis 🔋 Water-Splitting 🔋 Supercapacitor 🔋 Flow-battery
Highlights
ASPIRE offers single or multi-PC user environment for test control, monitoring, and analysis.
Compatibility with a growing range of instrumentation and peripheral hardware
Shared user libraries minimize repetitive test / data entry
Unique direct-to-disk data storage (patent pending) for multi-channel, fast data capture and system reliability
Integrated test environment with location mapping – battery cyclers, climate chambers, data loggers
Fully integrated data storage from peripheral devices
EIS per channel with built-in live data analysis
API access for 3rd party software development
Supported Test Types
☑️ CC-CV, CP-CV, CR-CV
☑️ Cyclic Voltammetry
☑️ Voltage / Current pulse and ramp
☑️ EIS per channel
☑️ Urban profile / arbitrary waveform
☑️ Cycles / Loops / Variables
Hardware Compatibility Section
ASPIRE provides control and data analysis for Solartron’s range of battery analyzers / battery cyclers, together with a growing range of peripherals including climate chambers and data loggers.
IDEAL FOR
✅ Battery testing in research laboratories
✅ Battery performance analysis in industrial settings
✅ Evaluation of energy storage systems efficiency
✅ Cycle charging/discharging assessments for batteries
✅ Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) analysis
✅ Automated control and monitoring of long-term test cycles
✅ Battery testing for electric vehicle applications
✅ Testing of new battery technologies (e.g., lithium, sodium)
✅ Data logging and analysis under temperature and humidity conditions
✅ Support for research in innovative battery materials and chemistry
FEATURES
| Specification | PARSTAT 3000A-DX |
|---|---|
| Compliance Voltage | ± 30 V (Channel 2) |
| Max Current Output | ± 2 A (Channel 1) |
| Min Current Range | ± 4 nA (122 fA resolution) |
| down to ± 4 pA (122 aA) (Ch 1) | |
| EIS Maximum Frequency | 7 MHz, Included (Ch 2) |
| 1 MHz, Included (Ch 1) | |
| DAC Output for Rotator Speed Control | Supplied, DB9 |
| Software | VersaStudio, Fully Enabled; VersaStudio Developers Kit (VDK) |
| Synchronization Strategy | Hardware Synchronization |
| Special Features | 6-WIRE Auxiliary Voltage |
