pyControl
pyControl
SKU: OEPS-8001 (Breakout Board)
SKU: OEPS-9090 (Starter Kit)
Breakout Board
Central device for the pyControl system.
It includes:
1x pyControl Breakout Board.
This device requires additional components to operate. Please check the device connectivity list to purchase any cables, tethers and power supplies you might need.
Starter Kit
A complete set of devices to start immediately working with the pyControl system. All the necessary items are included.
It includes:
1x Breakout Board
1x Audio Board
1x Speaker with 30 cm cable
3x Pokes with acrlylics for easy mount
1x 12V Wall Adapter
1x Micro USB cable (1 meter)
8x Ethernet cables (4x 0.5 meters, 4x 2 meters)
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pyControl
pyControl is a system of open source hardware and software for controlling behavioural neuroscience experiments, built around the Micropython microcontroller.
It provides a clean, intuitive and flexible Python based syntax for specifying behavioural tasks as state machines. The user writes a task definition file in Python which runs directly on the microcontroller, supported by pyControl framework code. This gives the power and simplicity of Python for specifying task behaviour, while allowing advanced users low-level access to the microcontroller hardware.
pyControl is cross platform (Mac, Windows and Linux) and has extensive documentation. More information about programming tasks can be found here, hardware documentation is here.
pyControl is in daily use in a number of laboratories and has run many thousands of hours of behaviour. The system is being actively developed by researchers at the Champalimaud Foundation and Oxford University.
Profits from the sale of pyControl go to supporting the continued development of the system. For any questions please contact the pyControl discussions on GitHub.
Breakout Board
The pyControl Breakout Board forms the core of each pyControl hardware setup. It interfaces a Micropython microcontroller with a set of 6 behaviour ports, 4 BNC connectors, indicator LEDs and user pushbuttons. The breakout board connects to a computer via USB, many breakout boards can be controlled from a single computer.
The breakout boards behaviour ports are used to connect pyControl Peripherals such as nose-pokes, audio boards, rotary encoders etc. Each behaviour port is an RJ45 connector (compatible with standard Cat 5 or 6 network cables) with power lines (GND, +5V, +12V), two digital input/output (DIO) lines, and two driver lines for high power loads such as solenoids or LEDs. Some DIO lines have additional functionality such as analog to digital conversion (ADC) or serial communication (I2C or UART).