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Making I/O connections

Introduction

ANY-maze can connect to wide range of different things - levers, photobeams, shockers, pellet dispensers, lasers, running wheels, etc. As explained in the introduction to I/O, to actually connect these things you'll need some sort of I/O device, which acts as the interface between them and your computer (after all, there's nowhere on your computer to plug in a pellet dispenser).

In this section I'll describe how you would physically connect these different items to ANY-maze. In most cases I'll describe how the connection would be made using the ANY-maze interface device family as this usually provides the simplest solution, but I have also included details of how to make connections to other more generic digital I/O devices.

How to connect to:

 •Levers, switches, push buttons, etc. 
 •Photobeams and nose-poke holes 
 •Photobeam arrays 
 •Speakers 
 •Pellet dispensers 
 •Lights 
 •LEDs 
 •Optogenetic lasers 
 •Shockers 
 •Motors (for example, to control doors), pumps, etc. 
 •Syringe pumps 
 •Running wheels 
 •Light sensors 
 •Temperature sensors 
 •Movement detectors 
 •Voltage inputs from other equipment - for example, gas concentrations, ECG, EEG 
 •Voltage outputs to other equipment 
 •Digital inputs from other equipment 
 •Digital outputs to other equipment  

  

This is not a definitive list - the ANY-maze interface is extremely flexible and can interface to a wide range of items, if you want to connect to something not listed here, just contact ANY-maze Support and we'll be glad to help.

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