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The '''TDT RZ6 Multi I/O Processor''' is an advanced research tool tailored for (PhD) students seeking versatile capabilities in neuroscience and experimental setups. This device excels in various critical aspects:
 
The '''TDT RZ6 Multi I/O Processor''' is an advanced research tool tailored for (PhD) students seeking versatile capabilities in neuroscience and experimental setups. This device excels in various critical aspects:
  
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# '''Signal Processing Power:''' The RZ6 is a powerhouse, capable of real-time signal processing, making it ideal for experiments requiring precise timing and complex data manipulation.
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# '''Signal Processing Power:''' The RZ6 is a device, capable of real-time signal processing, making it ideal for experiments requiring precise timing and complex data manipulation.
 
# '''Multimodal Data Acquisition:''' It can simultaneously acquire multiple types of data, such as neural signals, analog inputs, and digital events, allowing for comprehensive experimental monitoring.
 
# '''Multimodal Data Acquisition:''' It can simultaneously acquire multiple types of data, such as neural signals, analog inputs, and digital events, allowing for comprehensive experimental monitoring.
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# '''Customizable Experimentation:''' Its flexibility shines through custom scripting, enabling students to design and control experiments with a high degree of specificity.
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# '''Customizable Experimentation:''' The BIOX toolbox enables flexible programming for students designing and controlling experiments with a high degree of specificity.
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# '''Synchronization:''' The RZ6 excels in synchronizing with other devices, ensuring precise timing between various components of an experimental setup.
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# '''Synchronization:''' The RZ6 I/O can be used for synchronizing with other devices, ensuring precise timing between various components of an experimental setup.
 
# '''Stimulation Capabilities:''' Students can employ the RZ6 to deliver precisely timed stimuli, making it valuable for a wide range of experiments involving sensory or behavioral responses.
 
# '''Stimulation Capabilities:''' Students can employ the RZ6 to deliver precisely timed stimuli, making it valuable for a wide range of experiments involving sensory or behavioral responses.
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# '''MATLAB Integration:''' For students like you proficient in MATLAB, the RZ6 is fully compatible, facilitating seamless integration and data analysis within your preferred programming environment.
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# '''MATLAB Integration:''' The RZ6 is fully compatible, facilitating seamless integration and data analysis within MATLAB.
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# '''Reliability:''' Its reputation for robustness and durability ensures that students can rely on it for consistent, high-quality data collection.
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# '''Reliability:''' It has a reputation for robustness and durability that students can rely on for consistent, high-quality data collection.
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# '''Community Support:''' Given its popularity in the research community, there are ample resources, forums, and documentation available to assist students in getting the most out of the RZ6.
 
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# '''Scalability:''' The device can be expanded with additional hardware modules to accommodate evolving research needs.
 
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# '''User-Friendly Interface:''' Despite its advanced capabilities, the RZ6 offers a user-friendly interface, making it accessible for students at all levels of expertise.
 
  
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In summary, the '''TDT RZ6 Multi I/O Processor''' is an indispensable tool for (PhD) students involved in cutting-edge research, offering a combination of flexibility, power, and compatibility with MATLAB, which aligns perfectly with your profile as an expert programmer in that language.
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==Technical info==
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[[File: EEG_NIRS_RZ6_architecture.jpg|thumb|RZ6 architecture]]
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Relevant manual from TDT
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* Overview: https://www.tdt.com/docs/.
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* RZ6: https://www.tdt.com/files/manuals/hardware/RZ6.pdf.
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* PM2Relay: https://www.tdt.com/files/manuals/hardware/PM2R.pdf.
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* RPvdsEx: http://www.tdt.com/files/manuals/RPvdsEx_Manual.pdf.
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* ActiveX: http://www.tdt.com/files/manuals/ActiveX_User_Reference.pdf.
  
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TDT ActiveX controls enable Matlab to real-time control TDT system 3 hardware. See page 5 of the manual for example code to use Matlab to get a circuit running on the RZ6. Examples can be found in C:\TDT\ActiveX\ActXExamples\matlab.
  
 
===Digital I/O===
 
===Digital I/O===
 
[[File: RZ6_DB25_Digital_IO_pinout.jpg|thumb|DB25 Digital I/O pinout]]
 
[[File: RZ6_DB25_Digital_IO_pinout.jpg|thumb|DB25 Digital I/O pinout]]
 
[[File: PP_RZ6_Digital_IO_connections.png|thumb|PP RZ6 Digital I/O pinout]]
 
[[File: PP_RZ6_Digital_IO_connections.png|thumb|PP RZ6 Digital I/O pinout]]
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Figure 1 shows the pinout scheme of the digital I/O of the RZ6, in the lower left corner of Figure 6. Figure 13 and Figure 2 give the connection scheme of the RZ6 to the multiplexers, response box and Refa. See also Figure 10. PP refers to: “Patch Panel”, a switchboard with connectors.
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The RZ6 has a DB25 connector for digital I/O. A custom patch panel 'PP RZ6 Digital-I/O' is available that splits the I/O to a DB25 connector for multiplexer control, a DB25 connector for a response box and eight BNC connector for separate I/O bits.
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====Multiplexer control====
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Byte-C is for multiplexer control. Four PM2R multiplexer can be controlled via this output. The fifth and sixth bit of byte-C codes for the PM2R device ID (0-3). The first four bits for the channel number. Only one channel can be open at a time for each PM2R. The seventh bit opens the channel and the eighth bit closes any open channel.
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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! Bit number !! Integer value !! Function
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|-
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| 0 || 1 || Bit 1 (least significant bit) of channel number
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|-
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| 1 || 2 || Bit 2 of channel number
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|-
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| 2 || 4 || Bit 3 of channel number
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|-
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| 3 || 8 || Bit 4 (most significant bit) of channel number
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|-
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| 4 || 16 || Least significant bit of device number
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|-
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| 5 || 32 || Most significant bit of device number
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|-
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| 6 || 64 || Turns on the channel of the specified device
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|-
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| 7 || 128 || Turns off all channels on the specified device only
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|}
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====Response Box====
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%todo
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====Digital I/O breakout====
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The Digital I/O of the RZ6 has 24 digital lines forming byte A, B and C. For these digital lines we made a breakout panel named PP RZ6 Digital I/O. This panel has a DSub25-M connector for hooking up to the RZ6, a DSub25-M connector for connecting PM2R multiplexers to the RZ6 and a DSub25-F connector for connecting a Response Box to the RZ6. The input bits A4..A7 and output bits B4..B7 each have a BNC connector. The output bits can be used for sending trigger to other devices. The input bits can be used for receiving triggers (e.g. from a pushbutton).
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==Programming==
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===RPvdsEx===
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The programming of the RZ6 is done in RPvdsEx, which is a graphical development tool by Tucker Davis Technologies.
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===Matlab interface===
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The current (as of march 2024) Matlab interface for the TDT devices is based on the function "actxserver". Previously "actxcontrol" was used, but this will be obsolete in the near future.
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The following device driver functions are available in the biofysica toolbox:
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<pre>
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function [module, err, errstr] = RZ6(number,circuit)
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function [module, err, errstr] = ZBUS(nRacks)
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</pre>
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"Module" is an object with device specific functionality. "number" (or "nRacks") is given in order to distinguish between different hardware of the same type. "circuit" is the filename of the program that should be uploaded to the device.
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"err" gives an integer and "errstr" the corresponding error message.  
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<pre>
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Error codes:
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0 ==> all devices: no error
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-1 ==> all devices: failed to connect
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-2 ==> RZ6: failed to load circuit; zBus: failed to reset
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-3 ==> zBus: failed to flush IO
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</pre>
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For more on the device drivers see [https://www.tdt.com/files/manuals/ActiveX_User_Reference.pdf ActiveX_User_Reference.pdf].
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===BIOX toolbox===
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We have developed a toolbox that can perform tasks for a large number of different experiments. It consists of RPvdsEx code and a set of Matlab functions.
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* see [[BIOX]]

Latest revision as of 15:03, 18 March 2024

TDT RZ6 Multi I/O Processor

Description

The TDT RZ6 Multi I/O Processor is an advanced research tool tailored for (PhD) students seeking versatile capabilities in neuroscience and experimental setups. This device excels in various critical aspects:

  1. Signal Processing Power: The RZ6 is a device, capable of real-time signal processing, making it ideal for experiments requiring precise timing and complex data manipulation.
  2. Multimodal Data Acquisition: It can simultaneously acquire multiple types of data, such as neural signals, analog inputs, and digital events, allowing for comprehensive experimental monitoring.
  3. Customizable Experimentation: The BIOX toolbox enables flexible programming for students designing and controlling experiments with a high degree of specificity.
  4. Synchronization: The RZ6 I/O can be used for synchronizing with other devices, ensuring precise timing between various components of an experimental setup.
  5. Stimulation Capabilities: Students can employ the RZ6 to deliver precisely timed stimuli, making it valuable for a wide range of experiments involving sensory or behavioral responses.
  6. MATLAB Integration: The RZ6 is fully compatible, facilitating seamless integration and data analysis within MATLAB.
  7. Reliability: It has a reputation for robustness and durability that students can rely on for consistent, high-quality data collection.

Technical info

RZ6 architecture

Relevant manual from TDT

TDT ActiveX controls enable Matlab to real-time control TDT system 3 hardware. See page 5 of the manual for example code to use Matlab to get a circuit running on the RZ6. Examples can be found in C:\TDT\ActiveX\ActXExamples\matlab.

Digital I/O

DB25 Digital I/O pinout
PP RZ6 Digital I/O pinout

The RZ6 has a DB25 connector for digital I/O. A custom patch panel 'PP RZ6 Digital-I/O' is available that splits the I/O to a DB25 connector for multiplexer control, a DB25 connector for a response box and eight BNC connector for separate I/O bits.

Multiplexer control

Byte-C is for multiplexer control. Four PM2R multiplexer can be controlled via this output. The fifth and sixth bit of byte-C codes for the PM2R device ID (0-3). The first four bits for the channel number. Only one channel can be open at a time for each PM2R. The seventh bit opens the channel and the eighth bit closes any open channel.

Bit number Integer value Function
0 1 Bit 1 (least significant bit) of channel number
1 2 Bit 2 of channel number
2 4 Bit 3 of channel number
3 8 Bit 4 (most significant bit) of channel number
4 16 Least significant bit of device number
5 32 Most significant bit of device number
6 64 Turns on the channel of the specified device
7 128 Turns off all channels on the specified device only

Response Box

%todo

Digital I/O breakout

The Digital I/O of the RZ6 has 24 digital lines forming byte A, B and C. For these digital lines we made a breakout panel named PP RZ6 Digital I/O. This panel has a DSub25-M connector for hooking up to the RZ6, a DSub25-M connector for connecting PM2R multiplexers to the RZ6 and a DSub25-F connector for connecting a Response Box to the RZ6. The input bits A4..A7 and output bits B4..B7 each have a BNC connector. The output bits can be used for sending trigger to other devices. The input bits can be used for receiving triggers (e.g. from a pushbutton).

Programming

RPvdsEx

The programming of the RZ6 is done in RPvdsEx, which is a graphical development tool by Tucker Davis Technologies.

Matlab interface

The current (as of march 2024) Matlab interface for the TDT devices is based on the function "actxserver". Previously "actxcontrol" was used, but this will be obsolete in the near future.

The following device driver functions are available in the biofysica toolbox: 

function [module, err, errstr] = RZ6(number,circuit)
function [module, err, errstr] = ZBUS(nRacks)

"Module" is an object with device specific functionality. "number" (or "nRacks") is given in order to distinguish between different hardware of the same type. "circuit" is the filename of the program that should be uploaded to the device. "err" gives an integer and "errstr" the corresponding error message. 

Error codes:
 0 ==> all devices: no error
-1 ==> all devices: failed to connect
-2 ==> RZ6: failed to load circuit; zBus: failed to reset
-3 ==> zBus: failed to flush IO

For more on the device drivers see ActiveX_User_Reference.pdf.

BIOX toolbox

We have developed a toolbox that can perform tasks for a large number of different experiments. It consists of RPvdsEx code and a set of Matlab functions.

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