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Overview

The Harp Behavior board is a multi-purpose data acquisition and control device for behavioral neuroscience experiments.

Harp Behavior with Peripherals

A typical behavioral rig combines sensors, cue lights, reward valves, cameras and motorized actuators. These components usually need individual control interfaces and post-hoc alignment to a common timeline. The Behavior board brings them together on a single device, so that every input and output stream is controlled through one interface and timestamped on the same hardware clock.

The Behavior provides:

  • General-purpose analog inputs, digital input and outputs for interfacing with external devices.
  • Support for specialized peripherals like nose pokes, camera triggers, servo motors, quadrature encoders and more.
  • Hardware timestamping and synchronization with other Harp devices.
  • Bonsai integration for flexible experiment acquisition and control.

Getting a Device

Assembled units are available from the Open Ephys store, or build your own using the hardware design files in the Behavior repository.

Acknowledgments

Hardware design and GUI contributed by Champalimaud Foundation, Bonsai interface by NeuroGEARS, and documentation by Open Ephys.


Last updated with:
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