A low-cost single-board solution for real-time, unsupervised waveform classification of multineuron recordings.
We describe a low-cost single-board system for unsupervised, real-time spike sorting of recordings from a number of neurons on a single microelectrode. The maximum number of spike classes depends on the quality of the recording; it will typically be between 2 and 5. The spike sorter communicates with a conventional microcomputer through a standard serial port (RS232). For typical firing rates as measured in the mammalian central nervous system, this set-up will accommodate up to some 10 parallel spike sorters for as many separate microelectrodes.
Kreiter
A K
AK
Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, F.R.G.
Aertsen
A M
AM
Gerstein
G L
GL
D000465:Algorithms; D003201:Computers; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004581:Electronics; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008905:Minicomputers; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*