Title :
Microcontroller based artificial synapse
Author :
Chabot, Eugene ; McCluskey, Jebediah ; Wu, Jiang ; Sun, Ying
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Rhode Island Univ., Kingston, RI, USA
Abstract :
This paper discusses a novel artificial synapse implementation utilizing a PIC microcontroller. This artificial synapse controls a postsynaptic neuron based upon the frequency of pulses input from a presynaptic neuron. The artificial synapse is constructed to interface the Lymnaea stagnalis neuron and a neuron emulator capable of simulating this type of neuron.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; cellular biophysics; medical computing; microcontrollers; neurophysiology; Lymnaea stagnalis neuron; PIC microcontroller; artificial synapse; microcontroller; neuron emulator; neuron simulation; postsynaptic neuron; presynaptic neuron; Data acquisition; Frequency; Instruments; Microcontrollers; Neurons; Neurophysiology; Operational amplifiers; Sampling methods; Signal processing algorithms; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9105-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9106-3
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.2005.1431911
