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Welcome to ChmapEditor’s documentation!

Neuropixels channelmap editor is an editor for generate a custom channelmap from a given electrode-density blueprint.

Features

• Read/Visualize/Modify/Write Neuropixels channelmap files (*.imro).
• Read SpikeGLX meta file (*.meta).
• Read/Visualize/Modify/Write Blueprint (a blueprint for generating a channelmap by a programming way).
• Show Atlas mouse brain as a background image.
  • utilities functions for controlling the atlas image.
  • probe coordinate functions
• Customize electrode selection and probe kind.
• Show channel efficiency and electrode density.
• (Experimental) Show an image file as a background image (–view=file, –view=IMAGE).
• (Experimental) Run custom scripts (–view=script).
  • give an example script to initial a blueprint based on an experimental data.
• (Experimental) Record/Save/Load/Replay channelmap manipulate steps (branch record-steps)

Contents

• Installation
  • Require
  • Install
  • Run
  • Optional dependency packages
  • Build from source
  • Build Document
  • testing library versions
• Get Start
  • Commandline options
  • Application View
  • Build your first channelmap
• Atlas Mouse Brain
  • Install
  • Commandline options
  • Application View
• Tutorials
  • Example of using library code
  • Extending Guideline
  • Electrode selecting
  • Extending view componint
  • Statistics

Support formats

package\probe	Neuropixels family
native *.imro	read/write
SpikeGLX *.meta	read
probeinterface	read/write
pandas	write
polars	write

Support probe kinds

Neuropixels probe family

native file format: *.imro.

rw\p	Neuropixels 1.0	Neuropixels 2.0	4-shank Neuropixels 2.0	Neuropixels Ultra
read	yes	yes	yes	no
write	yes	yes	yes	no

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