The Open Ephys acquisition board is the heart of the neural data acquisition system. It provides a convenient USB interface between up to eight headstages and a computer. It also allows you to connect with I/O boards, each of which can provide up to 8 channels of digital input or output. You could use these additional channels to measure other, non-neural signals, or to trigger optogenetic stimulation or behavioral feedback.


A complete data acquisition system consists of the following components:


How to obtain an acquisition board


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