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

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