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Electrical Interface

Electrical Interface

Summary Table

Adapter characteristics Overall dimensions328 x 35 mm²
Electrode interfaceOne 36-pin Omnetics connector
Power consumptionLess than 200 mA
Cable interfaceUSB-C
Recording characteristics Recording channels32
Recording modeSingle-ended
Bandwidth3.8 Hz – 14 kHz (Configurable)
Gain13 – 200 V/V (Configurable)
Input referred noise2.4 μVrms min.
Bit depth10 – 16 bits (Configurable)
Sampling rate2 – 32 kHz (Configurable)
Input capacitance6.8 pF
Data throughputLess than 130 Mb/s

Hardware Requirements

  • A neural probe with a standard male Omnetics 36 pin connectors (36 ch + 4 guideposts)
    • Omnetics A79024-001 or
    • Omnetics A79026-001
  • A SciFi wireless headstage.
  • A WiFi network capable of WiFi 5 (802.11ac) or later. To get best performance, use WiFi 6 (802.11ax 160MHz).
  • A PC with synapsectl software installed.

Adapter Pinout

To write your own custom electrode configuration files, refer to the table Omnetics pinouts below. You can use the JSON file linked above as an example of how to write a Synapse configuration file, or refer to the Synapse peripherals documentation.

Pinout reference image for top Omnetics connector

Omnetics PinNYX1-512 Electrode # (0-255), POS INPUTPanelOmnetics PinNYX1-512 Electrode # (0-255), POS INPUTPanel
1GNDx19740
2REFx20380
3122021680
4126022360
5116023620
612002400
7110025560
811402640
9104027500
10108028120
1198029440
1266030140
1392031420
1460032200
1586033320
1654034260
1780035REFx
1848036GNDx