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ArControl is a Arduino based digital signals control system. A special application for ArControl is to establish a animal behavioral platform (as Skinner box), which control devices to deliver stimulation and monitor behavioral response.

Features

The new board -- Board V3

• Easy to use – behavior task can be decomposed by the straightforward State Notation concept, and designed via a friendly GUI without need to master script language.
• Comprehensive – it combines software and hardware, behavioral task design and experimental data collection.
• Inexpensive – neither dedicated nor expensive hardware is essential.
• General purpose - it’s applicable to multiple behavioral tasks.
• Real-time performance – it has high temporal resolution (<1ms) and free from the load of computer.

Requirements

• Windows 7/10
• Arduino IDE

Board

• Arduino UNO (recommend)
• Arduino Mega2560 (more RAM)
• Arduino Nano (smaller size)

Contact

Contact me on email [email protected] . If you find an issure, open a ticked on it.

Downloads

• Arduino IDE: Install it (V1.6.11 is OK) before using ArControl.

• Binary-release: Install software package for Windows 7/10.

• PCB drafts : Connect ArControl to your instruments.

• Source-code : Check out software source (Qt C++) code.

Cite This

Academic researchers using ArControl should cite our paper (Chen and Li, 2017) in their works.

• Chen, X., and Li, H. (2017). ArControl: An Arduino-Based Comprehensive Behavioral Platform with Real-Time Performance. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 11, 244. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00244.

Reference Codes

• QFirmata
• SCPP_ASSERT from Vladimir Kushnir

License

Copyright (C) 2017, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. GNU LGPL v2.1.