Tucker Davis Equipment

Introduction

Tucker-Davis Technologies (TDT) is a leading manufacturer of high-performance hardware and software systems for neuroscience research. For over 30 years, TDT has specialized in modular data acquisition, digital signal processing (DSP), and stimulus generation. Their technology is widely used in academic and clinical labs for applications including: Electrophysiology: Multi-channel single-unit, multi-unit, and local field potential (LFP) recording, as well as EEG/ECoG and microstimulation.Fiber Photometry & Optogenetics: Optical recording and neural manipulation in freely moving animals.Auditory Research: Precise acoustic stimulus generation and hearing/speech science experiments.Behavioral Neuroscience: Synchronized tracking and closed-loop experiment control.TDT systems (such as the System 3 product line) integrate real-time processors, headstages, and custom software control suites (like Synapse) to handle low-latency processing and large-volume neural data streams.

In the Biophysics labs we mainly use System 3 equipment and the multiple DSP device named RZ6.

TDT Equipment

RZ6

In four out of five labs we use the RZ6. Information can be found here: TDT RZ6.

Series 3

The Sphere Lab has no RZ6 but is build of seperate components from the System 3 series. More info can be found here: TDT Series 3

Programming DSP hardware

The digital signal processors of the RZ6, RA16 and RP2.1 can be programmed in a special programming tool RPvdsEx. This is a graphical tool that can be downloaded from TDT website.