Table of Contents
1ABOUT THIS MANUAL .............................................................................................................................6
1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTATION .................................................................................................................6
2GETTING 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
3NEUROPIXELS 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
4INSTALLATION 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
5USING 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
