Environmental Control Unit (ECU)

The Environmental Control Unit (ECU) is a powerful system for controlling environmental stimuli  and recording behavioral responses. With both analog and digital I/Os, it is compatible with a myriad of peripheral devices such as lights, levers, beam breaks, lasers, audio cues, and synchronization signals from third party hardware.

• Precisely syncs environmental and behavioral data with neural data on the MCU
• 32 digital inputs and 32 digital outputs
• 8 analog inputs and 4 analog outputs
• Easily programmable with StateScript for temporally precise sequences of environmental triggers

For continuous full-sampling rate data streaming to Trodes, the ECU must be used in conjunction with the MCU. The ECU can be used as a standalone system to control and log events using StateScript to generate a text-based readout of events.