ACQ4

Neurophysiology acquisition and analysis for Python

http://www.acq4.org

ACQ4 is a platform for data acquisition, management, and analysis in neurophysiology experiments, especially focusing on patch clamp electrophysiology, optogenetics, and related techniques. It is used both as a platform for developing customized data acquisition tools and as an application that handles the most common requirements in whole-cell recording, calcium imaging, and photostimulation.

Requirements

• python 2.7
• PyQt 4.9+
• numpy, scipy
• six
• h5py
• optional:
  • pyopengl
  • pyserial
  • pyparsing 2.0.3 (later versions do not work)
  • pillow

Documentation

http://www.acq4.org/documentation

Support

Post at the mailing list / forum

Installation

The easiest way to get all of the requirements is by installing the Anaconda python distribution plus a few extra packages.

1. Download and install Anaconda for python 2.7 (64-bit recommended)

2. Install the correct versions of a few packages:

       $ conda install pyserial pyqt=4 pyparsing=2.0.3

3. Clone the ACQ4 source repository::

       $ git clone https://github.com/acq4/acq4.git

4. Run python -m acq4 from the source directory, or install with python setup.py install and run using acq4.