NI 6003 USB and brain slice electrophydsiology

[Abimbola]

In setting up an electrophysiology recording system. Is the NI DAQ (USB 6003) an option to consider for data acquisition. Will this device work with such analytical software like IGOR Pro or PClamp Software.

Thank you. 

[_Bryan]

Maybe? 

What type of IO do you need?  How many channels do you need?  What are the ranges of the signals you want to record?  How fast or slow do you want to record the signals?  You need a clear understanding of the data you want to collect before you can get the proper equipment.  You can also call NI and talk with an engineer to figure out the best equipment.

Will it work with IGOR Pro or PClamp?  You could ask the support folks who write that software if they have LabVIEW drivers.  I only took a quick look at the IGOR Pro website and it looks more like a data analysis program.  So you might be able to record the data using LabVIEW and then import it into the software.  But it also mentioned that it was able to perform data acquisition.  With LabWindows you can write C code to control NI DAQ, so it might be an option.

You can also do some searches with Google for "IGOR Pro LabVIEW" and see what shows up.  Hopefully someone else will come by and have more information for you.

[grdetil]

WaveMetrics sells an Igor NIDAQ Tools MX package (https://www.wavemetrics.com/products/nidaqtools) which is supposed to support most NI multifunction boards. I don't know if that includes USB devices and the 6003 specifically, but if they use DAQmx drivers it seems that would be a strong possibility. Perhaps you should put the question to the folks at WaveMetrics, or try their demo of these tools.

As for pClamp, that seems pretty unlikely. My impression is that Axon Instruments software has only ever supported their own hardware, not third-party devices.