Drivers; Application Software; Existing Software; Developing New Software - imec NEUROPIXELS 1.0 User Manual

NOTE: If you decide to use the existing application software packages SpikeGLX or Open Ephys
described in Section 2.4.1, please consult the respective software User Manual and/or online
Documentation to ensure you also comply with these system requirements.

2.3 Drivers

To install the Neuropixels PXIe acquisition module you need to download the following PXIe Acquisition
Module driver files from the
Windows 10.
EnPcieDriverWin.inf
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EnPcieDriverWin.sys
•
WdfCoInstaller01009.dll
•
enpciedriverwin.cat
•
readme.txt
•
Note that the support for windows 7 versions will die out starting January 2020.
Section 4.2.2 of this
User Manual

2.4 Application Software

Existing Software

You can acquire data from Neuropixels 1.0 probes with either of two existing software
packages: SpikeGLX or
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Campus. The Open Ephys GUI is an open-source, plugin-based application for extracellular
electrophysiology data acquisition and is being developed by Josh Siegle and Jakob Voigts.
Both packages use the same underlying Neuropixels API to communicate with the probes, so their
functionality as far as acquiring data should be identical, though they differ in their online graphical
display, interface for modifying probe settings, options for online data processing, and file formats for
saving data.
SpikeGLX is distributed with an extensive
Documentation
section. To install the software and configure the probes, carefully read these
documents and follow the instructions.
NOTE: Each of the above software packages may require additional third-party hardware or software
installations. Please read the respective software User Manual or online Documentation to ensure you
meet all PC and system requirements.

Developing New Software

If you are interested to develop your own application software, you will need the 32-bit or 64-bit
.dll, .lib .h
windows , and
upon request. The API is compatible with MSVC and MinGW.
http://billkarsh.github.io/SpikeGLX/
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SpikeGLX GitHub site. A separate version is available for Windows 7 and
describes how to install the driver.
Open Ephys . The former is being developed by Bill Karsh at Janelia Research
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User Manual
files for the API driver. These and the complementary
while Open Ephys has a detailed online
API Manual
User
are available
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