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RZ5 BioAmp Processor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

The RZ5 features one or two ultra fast digital signal processors networked on a novel bus architecture that speeds both onboard communication and memory access. Two Medusa fiber optic input ports and one output port allows the RZ5 to function as either a biological amplifier system or a microstimulator system.

Used with the Medusa battery powered preamplifiers, the system provides simultaneous ~25 kHz acquisition on every channel, fiber optic isolation, and the power of user-programmable real-time DSPs. The system’s versatile design allows you to switch from extracellular recording to EMGs simply by changing headstages. Programming and control of as many as 32 single-unit channels and local field potentials can be accomplished on a single device.

Used with a MS16 stimulus isolator the system functions as a programmable current stimulator capable of delivering complex microstimulation patterns simultaneously across multiple microelectrode channels.

PCM analog outputs support a wide variety of signal production tasks, including control of motors and monitoring analog signals during acquisition.

For researchers who wish to transfer data across a network to another PC, we offer an optional RZ UDP Ethernet interface.

The RZ5 is rack mountable in a standard 19" rack and is 3 U (5 1/4") tall.

For systems with up to 256 recording channels, consider our RZ2 base station and PZ2 preamplifiers.

Base Station technical specifications:

RZ5 part numbers:

DSPs

two 400 MHz DSPs, 2.4 GFLOPS peak

Memory: 64 MB SDRAM per DSP
Max sampling rate: ~50 kHz
D/A 4 channels 16-bit PCM
A/D: 4 channels 16-bit PCM
Digital I/O: 24 bits programmable
Fiber optic ports (legacy PreAmp): two 16-channel inputs
(~25 kHz maximum sample rate)
Fiber optic ports (Stimulator): one 16-channel output
(~25 kHz maximum sample rate)

Dimensions:

19 inches wide, 5.25 inches tall, 12 inches deep



RZ5-1 One DSP
RZ5-2 Two DSPs

 

 

TDT systems are compatible with a wide variety of electrode types, including stereotrodes and tetrodes, microwire arrays, metal microelectrodes, acute and chronic NeuroNexus probes, surface electrodes, multi-electrode caps, and needle electrodes.