COSplay (Contrast optimized stimulus player) is a Python based software solution for the deliveriy of stimulus sequences in stimulus evoked fMRI experiments. It is fully compatible with the stimulus sequence optimization package COSgen.
- TTL trigger from MRI scanner can be used
- 3 TTL output channels (3.3V) and 3 transistor channels
- Microcontroller can be used standalone (c.f. Standalone use section in the docs)
- Stimulus pulse delivery with ms or μs accurary
- Random selection of a sequence from a sequence library
- Piping of sequence file to the directory of the latest scan on the MRI computer
- Error message forwarding to computer
COSplay can be installed using Python's setuptools.
git clone https://github.com/IBT-FMI/COSplay.git
cd COSplay
python setup.py install --userNote: setuptools will not manage any dependencies.
You will have to install Dependencies manually, e.g. using pip install pyserial.
- Python 2.7 or Python 3.5 and newer
- PySerial 3.3 or newer
- Setuptools 20.7 or newer
- PyBoard 1.1
- microSD (recommended)
- USB cable (A to micro-B)