Documentation
Trodes Documentation
The Trodes Wiki offers a wide range of articles covering everything from Trodes basics like installation, getting started, and untethered recording tutorials, to more advanced topics like Python integrations using Trodes Network API and command line usage.
Hardware Documentation
Product Manuals
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- Control Units (MCU, ECU, HCU, and Logger Dock)
- Pixie384 Headstage
- Bennu Neuropixels Headstage
- Satori NHP Neuropixels Headstage
- HH128 128-Channel Headstage
- Sprite32 Headstage
- UH32 Headstage
- miniLogger 32 Headstage
- Stimulation System Wiki Entry
- Modular Stacking Headstage
- Neuropixels Probe headstage
- Hardware Quick Setup Diagram
- Power Adaptor Bundle
- 32-channel Mini-Mouse Headstage
- Headstage Signal Converter Info Sheet
Headstage & EIB Pinout diagrams
- UH32 and mL32 (post-2018)
- UH32stim
- HH128
- 128 Channel EIB
- HH128np
- HH128 to four Omnetics
- HH256 to 8 Omnetics
- 256-Channel Headstage
- Modular Stacking Headstage (MSH)
- Pixie384 Channel Map
- 12 Omnetics Pixie Breakout
- 128-channel EIB to Pixie Adaptor
- 256-channel EIB to Pixie Adaptor
- 128 EIB Pixie
- 256 EIB Pixie
Firmware & Utility Downloads
The multi-device installers linked below are packaged with the newest firmware for all SpikeGadgets devices and can be used to update control units, headstages and data processing units (such as the Headstage signal convertor). USB 2.0 connection required for both installers.
Product Firmware
- Latest MCU firmware (3.20.12)– Updated 12/19/25
- Logger Dock firmware (1.7.6)– Updated 12/19/25
Additional utilities
- probeConfig Utility (Windows and USB compatible only) – For assigning IMEC probe configuration data to Neuropixels probes.
- RF Channel Command Prompt Download – For experiments involving more than one data logging headstage, the RF channel can be customized to start/stop recording on a select headstage or set of headstages using this command prompt.