Summary Table
| Adapter characteristics | Overall dimensions | 328 x 35 mm² |
| Electrode interface | Two 36-pin Omnetics connectors |
| Power consumption | Less than 200 mA |
| Cable interface | USB-C |
| Recording characteristics | Recording channels | 96 |
| Recording mode | Single-ended |
| Bandwidth | 3.8 Hz – 14 kHz (Configurable) |
| Gain | 13 – 200 V/V (Configurable) |
| Input referred noise | 4.5 μVrms min. |
| Bit depth | 10 – 16 bits (Configurable) |
| Sampling rate | 2 – 32 kHz (Configurable) |
| Input capacitance | 6.8 pF |
| Data throughput | Less than 130 Mb/s |
Hardware Requirements
- A neural probe with up to 2 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.
| Omnetics Pin | Nixel512 Electrode # (0-255), POS INPUT | Panel | Omnetics Pin | Nixel512 Electrode # (0-255), POS INPUT | Panel |
|---|
| 1 | GND | x | 19 | 74 | 0 |
| 2 | REF | x | 20 | 38 | 0 |
| 3 | 122 | 0 | 21 | 68 | 0 |
| 4 | 126 | 0 | 22 | 36 | 0 |
| 5 | 116 | 0 | 23 | 62 | 0 |
| 6 | 120 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 110 | 0 | 25 | 56 | 0 |
| 8 | 114 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | 104 | 0 | 27 | 50 | 0 |
| 10 | 108 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | 98 | 0 | 29 | 44 | 0 |
| 12 | 66 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 0 |
| 13 | 92 | 0 | 31 | 42 | 0 |
| 14 | 60 | 0 | 32 | 20 | 0 |
| 15 | 86 | 0 | 33 | 32 | 0 |
| 16 | 54 | 0 | 34 | 26 | 0 |
| 17 | 80 | 0 | 35 | REF | x |
| 18 | 48 | 0 | 36 | GND | x |
| Omnetics Pin | Nixel512 Electrode # (0-255), POS INPUT | Panel | Omnetics Pin | Nixel512 Electrode # (0-255), POS INPUT | Panel |
|---|
| 1 | GND | x | 19 | 468 | 3 |
| 2 | REF | x | 20 | 434 | 3 |
| 3 | 420 | 3 | 21 | 474 | 3 |
| 4 | 414 | 3 | 22 | 440 | 3 |
| 5 | 422 | 3 | 23 | 480 | 3 |
| 6 | 108 | 0 | 24 | 446 | 3 |
| 7 | 432 | 3 | 25 | 486 | 3 |
| 8 | 96 | 0 | 26 | 452 | 3 |
| 9 | 438 | 3 | 27 | 492 | 3 |
| 10 | 84 | 0 | 28 | 458 | 3 |
| 11 | 444 | 3 | 29 | 498 | 3 |
| 12 | 390 | 3 | 30 | 494 | 3 |
| 13 | 450 | 3 | 31 | 504 | 3 |
| 14 | 386 | 3 | 32 | 500 | 3 |
| 15 | 456 | 3 | 33 | 510 | 3 |
| 16 | 426 | 3 | 34 | 506 | 3 |
| 17 | 462 | 3 | 35 | REF | x |
| 18 | 428 | 3 | 36 | GND | x |