Table Of Contents - imec NEUROPIXELS 1.0 User Manual

Table of Contents

1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL .............................................................................................................................6
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTATION ................................................................................................................. 6
2 GETTING STARTED ...................................................................................................................................7
2.1 UNPACKING AND HANDLING ................................................................................................................ 7
2.2 HARDWARE & SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................... 7
2.3 DRIVERS ................................................................................................................................................. 9
2.4 APPLICATION SOFTWARE ...................................................................................................................... 9
Existing Software .............................................................................................................................. 9
Developing New Software ................................................................................................................. 9
2.5 PROBE CONFIGURATION FILES ............................................................................................................ 10
3 NEUROPIXELS HARDWARE DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................. 11
3.1 PROBE.................................................................................................................................................. 11
3.2 HEADSTAGE ......................................................................................................................................... 14
3.3 INTERFACE CABLE ................................................................................................................................ 15
3.4 PXIE ACQUISITION MODULE ............................................................................................................... 16
3.5 HEADSTAGE TEST DONGLE .................................................................................................................. 18
4 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................... 20
4.1 PXIE CHASSIS AND REMOTE CONTROLLER .......................................................................................... 20
4.2 NEUROPIXELS HARDWARE .................................................................................................................. 22
PXIe Acquisition Module ................................................................................................................. 22
Drivers ............................................................................................................................................. 23
Remote FPGA update ...................................................................................................................... 33
5 USING THE SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................... 34
5.1 CONNECTING THE SYSTEM COMPONENTS ......................................................................................... 34
Probe to HS ..................................................................................................................................... 34
HS to PXIe Acquisition Module ........................................................................................................ 34
5.2 PROBE AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................... 34
Electrode Selectivity ........................................................................................................................ 35
Reference Selection ......................................................................................................................... 35
5.3 SUPPORT AND TROUBLESHOOTING .................................................................................................... 36
Visual Inspection ............................................................................................................................. 36
Built-In Self-Tests ............................................................................................................................ 36
Headstage Test Dongle ................................................................................................................... 37
Gain and Noise Measurements ....................................................................................................... 37
PROBE HANDLING, CLEANING, STORAGE .............................................................................. 39
SOLDERING ........................................................................................................................... 42
ESD SAFETY ........................................................................................................................... 45
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