The Y-Science ADC/DAC Board Drivers

The Y-Science ADC/DAC Board Drivers provide the means by which the component applications of Henry’s EP Suite communicate with and control the installed ADC/DAC hardware in your PC. They are designed to present an identical interface to the software, irrespective of the particular hardware model in use. Note: Henry’s EP Suite applications will not (yet) work with manufacturer-supplied drivers; we are currently exploring a route by which both these and the Y-Science systems can be used on the same system. These drivers are system components that adhere to the Windows Driver Model (wdm) scheme; as such, they are fully compatible with the following operating systems: Windows 2000, XP, Vista and "7"; they will not run under Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT4.

An application programmer's interface (API) is available to enable researchers to develop their own software using the hardware-independent Y-Science drivers. Currently, this has been implemented for the C/C++ language, and we are currently working towards implementations for other programming environments, such as Visual Basic and Delphi. We are very keen to collaborate with electrophysiologists who wish to pursue this option, so please contact us if you are one!

To see whether a Y-Science driver is currently available for a particular type of ADC/DAC hardware, check the table below. (The links in the first column are to the hardware manufacturer’s web-sites.) If you would like to use a Y-Science driver for a hardware model that is not listed, please contact us (via the registration form) with the relevant details and we will endeavour to develop one. However, this may require some collaboration with you or your colleagues regarding implementation and testing, as it is simply impossible for our laboratory to purchase a model of every board in existence.

Manufacturer	Model/Series	Status

Scientific Solutions	LabMaster DMA	Fully Functional Driver
	LabMaster PRO	Fully Functional Driver
	LabMaster ADEX	Possible if Requested
	LabMaster DPCI	Possible if Requested

Axon Instruments	DigiData 1200 A/B	Fully Functional Driver
	DigiData 1320/21/22	Currently under Investigation
	DigiData 1440	Not Supported ^‡

Instrutech Corporation	ITC-16 (PCI)	Fully Functional Driver ^†
	ITC-18 (PCI)	Fully Functional Driver ^†
	ITC-16/18 (USB)	Possible if Requested
	ITC-1600 (PCI)	Possible if Requested

National Instruments	NI PC-1200 (ISA)	Possible if Requested
	NI PCI ‘E’-Series	Fully Functional Driver
	NI DAQCard ‘E’-Series	Possible if Requested
	NI PCI ‘M’-Series	Possible if Requested

Data Translation	DT-3000 Series	Fully Functional Driver
	DT-300 Series	Possible if Requested

Measurement Computing	PCI-DAS6000 Series	Possible if Requested

Cambridge Electronic Design	All CED ‘1401’ Systems	Not Supported ^‡

*Y-Science*	‘YS-ADY’ Simulator	Fully Functional Driver

^† The Y-Science drivers for these devices are fully compatible with their manufacturers' own drivers - that is to say, third-party software (such as HEKA's “Pulse+PulseFit”) built around them will work with our driver(s) installed. However, it is important that you refer to the relevant installation notes before using them (in the Henry program, run Help and look under the Y-Science ADC/DAC Board Drivers topics).

^‡If you need Y-Science drivers for any of these systems, please contact us so that we can (attempt to) obtain the necessary hardware programming information from the manufacturers; your (written) support may be helpful in this pursuit: some vendors have withheld the necessary information despite our requests - in these cases, we may depend on you to persuade them of the value of our system(s).