Skip to content

A stimulus program for visual neuroscience experiments built on psychopy

License

Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings

SivyerLab/pystim

Folders and files

NameName
Last commit message
Last commit date

Latest commit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Repository files navigation

What is it?

pyStim uses the Psychopy library to create visual stimuli for use in our visual neuroscience experiments. It includes a graphic user interface and is capable of running at a minimum of 60 frames/sec and with the Texas Instruments LightCrafter 4500 DLP is capable of running in excess of 180 Hz. pyStim is designed to communicate with exterinal I/O devices (currently Labjack U3), which we use to trigger the aquisition of recording amplifiers.

Latest Version

The latest version can be found in the master branch on GitHub. The dev branch is experimental, but will usually contain new features and be mostly functional.

Documentation

Documentation can be found in the code and in the /docs/source/ folder. Further documentation on Psychopy can be found on the Psychopy website.

Quick Install

pyStim is tested and works on Windows.

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/SivyerLab/pystim.git
  2. Install the necessary packages:

    cd pystim
    conda env create -f environment.yml
  3. Run the GUI:

    python pyStim/pyStimGUI.py

Optional libraries (see detailed install):

  • pycrafter4500 (for control of a lightcrafter 4500)
  • tabulate (for formatting logs)
  • igor (for parsing tables)
  • labjackpython (see install guide for details)
  • ffmpeg (for generating movies)
  • avbin (for displaying movies)

Licensing

pyStim is licensed under GNU GPL v3.0. See LICENSE for license rights and limitations.

Screenshot

screenshot

Releases

No releases published

Packages

No packages published

Languages