Configuration parameters of devices¶
In this section, we list the parameters of all device types
AC Current Source¶
amplitude: The amplitude of the current, default: 1.0
offset: The offset of the current, default: 0.0
frequency: The frequency of the alternation, default: 10.0
phase: The phase to begin with, default: 0.0
start: The simulation time when the current injection starts, default: 0.0
stop: The simulation time when the current injection ends, default: infinity
DC Current Source¶
amplitude: The amplitude of the current, default: 1.0
start: The simulation time when the current injection starts, default: 0.0
stop: The simulation time when the current injection ends, default: infinity
parrot: Indicates whether a separate current source should be generated even when the neuron model has direct support for DC current generators, default false
Fixed Spike Generator¶
initial_rate: The initial rate of the spike generator, default: 0.0
connector: The connector for the connected synapse, default: connect all provided neurons
weight: The weight of the connection synapse, default: uniform random distribution [0, 0.01]
delay: The delay of the connection synapse, default: None
receptor_type: The receptor type of the connection synapse, default: ‘excitatory’
synapse_type: The synapse type of the connection synapse, default: static synapse
Leaky Integrator Alpha¶
v_rest: default: 0.0
connector: default: connect all provided neurons
weight: default: 0.01
delay: default: 0.1
receptor_type: default: ‘excitatory’
synapse_type: default: static synapse
Leaky Integrator Exp¶
v_rest: default: 0.0
connector: default: connect all provided neurons
weight: default: uniform random distribution [0, 0.01]
delay: default: uniform random distribution [0.1, 2.0]
receptor_type: default: ‘excitatory’
synapse_type: default: static synapse
Noisy Current Source¶
mean: The mean of the generated noisy current, default: 0.0
stdev: The standard deviation of the injected current, default: 1.0
start: The simulation time when the current injection starts, default: 0.0
stop: The simulation time when the current injection ends, default: infinity
Poisson-Generator¶
duration: How long spikes should be generated default: infinity
start: When the spike generator should start generating spikes, default: 0.0
rate: The rate at which spikes should be generated, default: 0.0
connector: The connector for the connection synapse, default: connect all provided neurons
weight: The weight of the connection synapse, default: 0.00015
delay: The delay of the connection synapse, default: 0.1
receptor_type: The receptor type of the connection synapse, default: “excitatory”
synapse_type: The type of the connector synapse, default: static synapse
Population-Rate¶
A population rate has no parameters.
Spike Recorder¶
use_ids: Whether the spike recorder should use the global GIDs of the neurons (otherwise indices within the populations are used), default true