How to run more than 4 headstages with the XDAQ?

How to run more than 4 headstages with the XDAQ?

XDAQ is designed for high-channel neural acquisition. Although each box has only 4 ports on board, it is possible to drive more than 4 headstages/animals at the same time (though each with a lower channel count configuration). 


For example, each XDAQ ONE port supports up to 256ch of X3R/X6R Rec X-Headstage, and with 4 ports, XDAQ ONE can drive up to 1024 neural recording channels simultaneously. 


HDMI Port Expander allows each port to split the signal into up to 4 XR headstages (total of 16) or 2 XSR headstages (total of 8) for XDAQ ONE.  For XDAQ CORE, the HDMI Port Expander allows each port to split the signal into up to 2 XR headstages (total of 8) or 2 XSR headstages. 


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