Economical Potentiostat

Historically, potentiostats are known to be large and expensive desktop instruments. Using modern technologies in the field of electronics components and software development, PalmSens develops and manufactures high-end economic and versatile potentiostats.

Our instrument’s specifications easily match or surpass those of the old-fashioned desktop potentiostats, requiring only a fraction of their valuable lab bench space.  Click here for an overview of our instruments.

A low-cost customized potentiostat based on the EmStat Go can be tailored in such a way that it is optimally designed for your application. The corresponding software can also tailored to your specific needs, or you can develop the software yourself using our software development tools. This allows any user without a degree (in electrochemistry) to run measurements and interpret the results.

Both time-to-market and development costs will most likely be significantly reduced comparing to developing your own reader. The validation of the EmStat Go hardware to verify if it is compatible with your (sensor) application can be done easily in our PSTrace software for Windows. 

Most digital potentiostats are controlled by PC software. In our case this is the PSTrace software for Windows. This software allows you to easily setup your measurement and plot the measurement results in a graph, the so-called voltammogram.

The low-cost PalmSens potentiostat always includes free use and updates of PSTrace on as may pc’s and laptops as you want, which makes it easy to start and analyze and share your data. The software allows for direct exporting to different third-party tools like Excel and Origin for creating your own plots. 

E-mail us for a quotation or call us to discuss the opportunities for your kind of research.

The most affordable PalmSens potentiostat is the Sensit Smart, available for €890 (excluding VAT and import duties).

Despite its accessible price, the Sensit Smart is a fully functional potentiostat designed for education, basic research, and field applications. It is capable of performing commonly used electrochemical techniques such as cyclic voltammetry and amperometry, making it a powerful entry-level solution for electrochemical measurements.

The Sensit Smart is designed with focus and efficiency in mind:

• Dedicated functionality – Instead of offering every advanced technique and highest-end specifications, it focuses on the most commonly used electrochemical methods. This reduces hardware complexity and cost.

• Compact and integrated design – The electronics are highly integrated, minimizing component count while maintaining stable potential control and accurate current measurement.

• Smart device connectivity – The Sensit Smart operates in combination with a smartphone or tablet, using the processing power and display of your mobile device. This eliminates the need for built-in screens or extensive onboard computing hardware.

• Optimized for portability and education – Its lightweight and minimalistic design reduce manufacturing costs while maintaining reliable electrochemical performance.

In short, the Sensit Smart is affordable because it is purpose-built, streamlined, and optimized, not because it compromises on being a “real” potentiostat. It delivers accurate potential control and current measurement — the core requirements of any potentiostat — in a compact and accessible format.

For users who need advanced techniques such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) or extremely low current detection, PalmSens offers higher-end models. But if you are looking for an affordable, reliable starting point for electrochemistry, the Sensit Smart at €890 is the lowest-priced entry into the PalmSens portfolio.