What National Instruments
board and what version of WinLTP should I buy?
Here are some of what we think are the best combinations (in US$ and
British£,
January, 2022).
The prices for the National Instrument boards below include a
10% academic discount.
Important: do NOT buy the National
Instruments USB, PCI or PCIexpress 621x M-Series boards
because they have no streaming digital output which WinLTP requires
for jitter-free extracellular S0/S1 pathway stimulation.
The 621x boards will not work with WinLTP. In
contrast, the 622x and 625x M-Series boards, and all
X-Series boards do have streaming digital output and are
fine.
We also do not recomend buying the
National Instruments 37-pin version of the PCI-6221 because it has
only 2 rather than 8 high speed digital outputs, and is therefore
only sufficient for S0 and S1, but nothing else such as the 4
digital outputs or the additional extracellular outputs for
automated perfusion control.
Please order the National Instruments
boards, cables and connector boxes directly from National
Instruments. That way you are guaranteed to directly get the
best prices (academic and volume discounts), and the proper
warranties. Prices are for January, 2022 and include a 10%
academic discount.
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1. |
PCIe board (with screw terminals) |
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a. |
AD board |
PCIe-6321 |
£630 |
$684 |
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+ Cable |
SHC68-68-EPM cable,
1 meter |
111 |
121 |
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+ Connector Block (with screw
terminals) |
CB-68LPR |
115 |
126 |
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AD board + cable + connector Subtotal |
£856 |
$931 |
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b. |
Standard Version of WinLTP
(1st copy is £700, |
additional copies £500) |
£700 |
$1050 |
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£1556 |
$1981 |
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2. |
PCIe board (with BNC connectors) |
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a. |
AD board |
PCIe-6321 |
£630 |
$684 |
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+ Cable |
SHC68-68-EPM cable,
2 meters |
140 |
153 |
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+ Connector Block (with BNC
connectors) |
BNC-2110 *** |
382 |
409 |
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AD board + cable + connector Subtotal |
£1152 |
$1246 |
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b. |
Standard Version of WinLTP
(1st copy is £700, |
additional copies £500) |
£700 |
$1050 |
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£1852 |
$2296 |
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3. |
USB board (with screw terminals) |
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a. |
USB board |
USB-6341 |
£1206 |
$1311 |
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b. |
Standard Version of WinLTP
(1st copy is £700, |
additional copies £500) |
£700 |
$1050 |
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£1906 |
$2361 |
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For well-off researchers: |
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1. |
USB board (with BNC connectors) |
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a. |
USB board |
USB-6341 BNC |
£1818 |
$1980 |
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b. |
Standard Version of WinLTP (1st copy is
£700, |
additional copies £500) |
£700 |
$1050 |
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£2518 |
$3030 |
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For researchers using automated perfusion: |
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1. |
PCIe board (with BNC connectors) |
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a. |
AD board |
PCIe-6321 |
£630 |
$684 |
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+ Cable |
SHC68-68-EPM cable,
2 meters |
140 |
153 |
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+ Connector Block (with BNC
connectors) |
BNC-2090A *** |
445 |
504 |
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AD board + cable + connector Subtotal |
£1215 |
$1341 |
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b. |
Advanced Version of WinLTP (1st
copy is £1000, |
additional copies £750) |
£1000 |
$1500 |
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£2215 |
$2841 |
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2. |
USB board (with BNC connectors) |
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a. |
USB board |
USB-6341 BNC |
£1818 |
$1980 |
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b. |
Advanced Version of WinLTP (1st
copy is £1000, |
additional copies £750) |
£1000 |
$1500 |
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£2818 |
$3480 |
*** If you are using WinLTP
for automated extracellular slice perfusion, the BNC-2110 connector
box does not have the P2.7 digital output, so you can’t use channel
16 with the standard 16-channel perfusion system, or channel 8 with
the pre-flush 8-channel system).
Similarly, the BNC-2120 connector box does not have the P2.2, P2.3
or P2.7 digital outputs, so you can’t use channels 11, 12 and 16
with the standard 16-channel perfusion system, or channels 3,4 and 8
with the pre-flush 8-channel system.
A BNC-2090A, a CA-1000 enclosure with a CB-68LPR block,
USB-6341 or
USB-6341 BNC are better choices.