Physical Dimensions

The SciFi 1 headstage measures 66.00 mm top to bottom, 17.50 mm front to back, and 56 mm side to side.

Cross sectional diagrams of the SciFi 1 headstage with dimensions called out in mm.

Summary Table

Body	Dimensions	66 x 17.5 x 56 mm
Body	Dimensions	2.20 x 2.60 x 0.69 in
Display	Display technology	AMOLED, 60 Hz
	Viewing angle	160 degrees
	Resolution	368 x 448
	Brightness	350 nits
	Contrast	100000:1
	Diagonal	45.21 mm
Wireless Connectivity	WLAN	802.11 ax 160 MHz (5 GHz only)
	Max PHY rate	2.4 Gbps *
	Iperf: Max up-link TCP	850 Mbps *
	Iperf: Max down-link TCP	850 Mbps *
Probe Connectivity	Physical interface	USB-C
	USB Spec	USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
	Compatible probes	Science Axon Probes or any probe with a standard Omnetics or Cereport connector using a Science Axon probe adapter
Battery	Battery capacity	1400 mAh
	Safety features	Undervoltage, overcurrent, JEITA battery charging
	Battery life	2–4 hours in active use or 9 hours idle
Storage	Storage capacity	128 GB
Storage	Approx. storage capacity (full bandwidth Axon record)	120 minutes **
Platform	OS	Linux Ubuntu

* Ideal conditions: minimal RF noise and interference and local WiFi router with minimal traffic.

** Based on 512 channel, 16 kHz, 12-bit, 100 GB free storage

Interfaces

Button	Function
Up/Down	Navigate between options on the AMOLED screen.
Power/Select	Holding the power button serves to turn on and off the device, with short presses serving as a select key.
LED Status Ring	The LED status ring can express a wide range of intuitive status information and can be customized to fit your own experiment goals like: Timer when cell media needs to be swapped Spikes being detected

Diagram of the SciFi 1 headstage labeled with the power/select button on one side, the up/down buttons on the other, and the LED status ring indicated around the outside.

Hardware Requirements

In order to make use of SciFi 1, you will require the following:

USB-C data cable (5 Gbps minimum)
A WiFi network capable of WiFi 5 (802.11ac) or later. For best performance, use WiFi 6 (802.11ax 160MHz)
A PC running the synapsectl command line tool
Science Axon Probes or any probe with a standard Omnetics or Cereport connector using a Science Axon probe adapter

Synapse Device Details

Peripheral IDs

Peripheral IDs bind physical or virtual peripherals to nodes such as Broadband Source and Optical Stimulation.

100–199 (1xx) identify hardware peripherals.
1000 and above identify virtual peripherals.
2–99 are reserved for commands that select a peripheral dynamically.

The only currently defined command ID is 2. It selects the lowest-ID peripheral that can provide a broadband source.

Settings

Setting	Type and values	Default	Behavior
`name`	String, 1–255 characters	`scifi`	Sets the user-facing device name, persists it to the boot configuration, and updates device discovery.
`time_source`	Enum: `TIME_SOURCE_STEADY_CLOCK` or `TIME_SOURCE_SAMPLE_COUNTER`	`TIME_SOURCE_SAMPLE_COUNTER`	Selects how recording peripherals timestamp samples. The steady clock uses a monotonic device clock; the sample counter derives timestamps from sequence number and sample rate.
`fpga_clock_freq_hz`	Integer: `40000000`, `80000000`, or `160000000`	`80000000`	Sets the FPGA clock used by supported recording and stimulation peripherals.
`per_network_mac_address`	Boolean	`true`	When enabled, WiFi uses a different stable MAC address for each network. When disabled, it uses the fixed hardware MAC. A change takes effect on the next WiFi reconnect.

Reserved Folders

Folder	Purpose
`/models`	Stores user-deployed machine learning models that Synapse Apps can use.
`/data`	Stores files created by Disk Writer nodes.

Storage Devices

Storage Device	Location
Disk	The built-in disk storage on the device.

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