• Bipolar, 2 channel [3rd opt] controller for heating/cooling tissue chambers
• DC/Battery powered to eliminate interference
• Flexible controller, many control options
• Accurate temperatures for wide range of flow rates
• For conventional and inverted microscopes
• External input for programmed temperature changes
• Compatible with thin transparent (ITO) heaters
• Uniform temperatures (<±1°C) over >35x18mm area with HI-24p
• Rapid temperature changes (>0.5°C) with BT-1-xx Tissue chambers & HI-24p ITO Heater

The TC2BIP was designed for patch clamp/microscopy studies where low noise and accuracy are critical. It is flexible enough to put 2Amps into a 12V Peltier device (see our CH Cooling/Heating module) or as little as 0.25Amps into our MPRE8 8Ch Pre-heater. It can easily be upgraded to 3 channel operation. Typically the Main channel is used for the tissue chamber, Aux channel for the HPRE2 Pre-heater and the 3rd channel (if installed) for the MPRE8 for superfusion but there are many other possibilities. The setpoint range can be extended beyond the standard 50°C range to >60°C for studies on nociception.

Minimal noise (<1mV) recorded from TC2BIP output when driving HWPT-96OL ITO heater at 5V, 0.72A. 2mV/div, 1ms/div.