Driving a green laser pointer with MicroManager
Posted in Hardware
Reminder: green laser pointers have a ton of IR in them. It needs to be filtered out if you don’t want it. See this old (2011!) Labrigger post.
Monthly archives: February, 2017
Pixy computer vision for tracking mouse behavior
Pixy is an open source computer vision system. Mostafa Nashaat, Robert Sachdev, and colleagues including Matthew Larkum have developed software for use with the Pixy, that can be used to track mouse behavior, including free movement around…
Analysis algorithms: performance quantification and ground truth
Posted in Software
We recently tweeted about a preprint from Eftychios A Pnevmatikakis and Andrea Giovannucci (code). The preprint is on motion correction for calcium imaging data. It is a nice quick read and discusses earlier work in…
Intan CLAMP Patch Clamp Amplifier Systems
Posted in Hardware
Multiple people have asked for a discussion of Intan CLAMP patch clamp amplifiers. For those who are unfamiliar with them, they’re miniaturized patch clamp amplifiers. What looks like a headstage, is actually…
The breadboard you didn’t know you wanted
Posted in Hardware
It’s a microcontroller built into a breadboard. Actually, TWO microcontrollers. Both are Arduino-compatible. ATmega16U2 and ATmega328P.
It comes in both black, white, and pink because style matters.
P.S. The bottom side is filled…