On the software side, they coded up a full-featured GUI for graphing and analyzing the signals picked up by the hardware. On the hardware side, they designed an acquisition board and headstages to digitize neural signals. There are two main elements to the Open Ephys platform: the hardware and the software. The source code is available on GitHub, and pre-compiled binaries can be downloaded for Windows, Mac, and Linux from the Open Ephys website Screenshot of the Open Ephys GUI, which allows neuroscientists to record, analyze, and visualize neural data in real time.

The founders of the project use ((biology) to listen to individual neurons while simultaneously manipulating their activity using optogenetic stimulation. The main goal of Open Ephys is to create a fully open-source platform for recording electrical potentials from the brain. It's incredibly exciting to see that open source is having an impact at the university research level. One open-source project that I just stumbled across while running down a rabbit hole on the internet is called Open -Ephys project.The project was started by two graduate students at MIT, in an effort to build more flexible and affordable tools for their research in the field of neuroscience. I'm continually amazed and inspired by what folks are coming up with in their backyards, basements and work spaces.

One of the things I appreciate about working at SparkFun is getting to be part of the Open Source community.

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