User`s manual

Cerebus® User’s Manual
Revision 13.00 / LB-0028 Page 10
Introduction
The Blackrock Cerebus® Neural Processing System supports recording, processing and displaying bio-potential
signals from various types of electrodes. Bio-potential signals may include Electrocorticography (ECoG),
electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), electrocardiography (ECG), electrooculography (EOC)
action potentials (AP), and evoked potentials (EP).
System Description
The Cerebus® System is designed to record and process neural signals from up to 256 (using two synchronized
NSPs) surface or penetrating electrodes in addition to auxiliary analog signals and digital experimental events. The
system is capable of performing real-time signal processing algorithms on neural signals, including noise
cancellation, digital filtering, simultaneous extraction of spike and field potentials, and manual and automatic online
spike sorting.
System Requirements
The specifications listed below are the minimum required by the software to run. Blackrock supplies an optional
Host PC that is configured and tested by our engineers before it ships with your Cerebus® system. Please contact
[e-mail] for more information.
 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32-bit) or Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (32-bit or 64-bit)
 AMD or Intel 2.0 GHz Dual Core CPU
 4 GB of RAM
 1x open 64-bit PCI slot for the supplied Ethernet card
(the card will also work in a 32-bit slot, but some of the pins will hang off the end)
 1 TB 3 Gbit/s SATA II HDD
Packing Contents
 Neural Signal Processor (NSP) and Rubber Feet
 Rack Mounting (2) Ears and Screws (4)
 Neural Signal Amplifier & Amplifier Power Supply (APS)
 CHA-32 Board Assembly (3), CHA-32 Board (1) and Front-End Ribbon Cables (4).
 Neural Signal Simulator (NSS)
 Power Cables and Connectors
 1-Gbps Network Interface Card & Crossover Ethernet Cable
 Cerebus® User’s Manual & Cerebus® System Software Disk Installation CD