Neuropixels Probes

Overview

Neuropixels are high-density silicon probes manufactured by IMEC. For information on how to order them, please visit neuropixels.org.

Currently, Neuropixels probes come in two varieties, "Phase 3a" and "Neuropixels 1.0." The following table compares these two types of probes.

	Phase 3a		Neuropixels 1.0
Manufactured between	2016-2018		2018-present
Sold to	Neuropixels consortium		General public
Site layout	checkerboard		checkerboard or linear
Shank length	5 mm (options 1 & 2); 10 mm (options 3 & 4)		10 mm
Site count	384-960		960
References	1 external, 10-30 internal		1 external, 1 tip, 3 internal
Cable	Dual coax (white)		Single twisted pair (black and yellow)
Acquisition system	Ethernet (based on KC705 eval board)		PXIe
Max probes per computer	3		16
Compatible software	SpikeGLX, Open Ephys GUI		SpikeGLX, Open Ephys GUI
Open Ephys plugin	Neuropix-3a		Neuropix-PXI