Configuration parameters of devices

In this section, we list the parameters of all device types

AC Current Source

  1. amplitude: The amplitude of the current, default: 1.0

  2. offset: The offset of the current, default: 0.0

  3. frequency: The frequency of the alternation, default: 10.0

  4. phase: The phase to begin with, default: 0.0

  5. start: The simulation time when the current injection starts, default: 0.0

  6. stop: The simulation time when the current injection ends, default: infinity

DC Current Source

  1. amplitude: The amplitude of the current, default: 1.0

  2. start: The simulation time when the current injection starts, default: 0.0

  3. stop: The simulation time when the current injection ends, default: infinity

  4. 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

  1. initial_rate: The initial rate of the spike generator, default: 0.0

  2. connector: The connector for the connected synapse, default: connect all provided neurons

  3. weight: The weight of the connection synapse, default: uniform random distribution [0, 0.01]

  4. delay: The delay of the connection synapse, default: None

  5. receptor_type: The receptor type of the connection synapse, default: ‘excitatory’

  6. synapse_type: The synapse type of the connection synapse, default: static synapse

Leaky Integrator Alpha

  1. v_rest: default: 0.0

  2. connector: default: connect all provided neurons

  3. weight: default: 0.01

  4. delay: default: 0.1

  5. receptor_type: default: ‘excitatory’

  6. synapse_type: default: static synapse

Leaky Integrator Exp

  1. v_rest: default: 0.0

  2. connector: default: connect all provided neurons

  3. weight: default: uniform random distribution [0, 0.01]

  4. delay: default: uniform random distribution [0.1, 2.0]

  5. receptor_type: default: ‘excitatory’

  6. synapse_type: default: static synapse

Noisy Current Source

  1. mean: The mean of the generated noisy current, default: 0.0

  2. stdev: The standard deviation of the injected current, default: 1.0

  3. start: The simulation time when the current injection starts, default: 0.0

  4. stop: The simulation time when the current injection ends, default: infinity

Poisson-Generator

  1. duration: How long spikes should be generated default: infinity

  2. start: When the spike generator should start generating spikes, default: 0.0

  3. rate: The rate at which spikes should be generated, default: 0.0

  4. connector: The connector for the connection synapse, default: connect all provided neurons

  5. weight: The weight of the connection synapse, default: 0.00015

  6. delay: The delay of the connection synapse, default: 0.1

  7. receptor_type: The receptor type of the connection synapse, default: “excitatory”

  8. synapse_type: The type of the connector synapse, default: static synapse

Population-Rate

A population rate has no parameters.

Spike Recorder

  1. use_ids: Whether the spike recorder should use the global GIDs of the neurons (otherwise indices within the populations are used), default true