Open-MAC

Dennis Kätzel

OSHWA UID

Certification Date

February 24, 2023

Country

Germany

A low-cost open-source motorized commutator for electro- and opto-physiological recordings in freely moving rodents. A low-torque motorized commutator controlled by an onboard microcontroller (XIAO SAMD21). The body and parts are 3D-printed. Different Open-MAC versions can support electrophysiology with up to 64 recording channels using the Open-Ephys / IntanTM recording systems and miniature endoscope recordings using the UCLA Miniscope v3/4, and can host a fibre for optogenetic modulation.

Version

1.1

Licenses

Hardware

GPL-3.0-or-later

Software

GPL-3.0-or-later

Documentation

CC-BY-4.0

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Project Type

Science

3D Printing

Electronics

Keywords

motorized commutator, active commutator, swivel, in vivo, open-ephys, miniscope, SPI