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Training mice to eat from FED3

Training

Hi Kathryn, Thanks for your question! I have a quickstart video on starting up the device but guess I

Mar 16

Alexandra Bova, Lex Kravitz2

Feb 27

Keeping Nose Poke LEDs on

Hi Alex! All of the LEDS will turn off when the FED3 goes to sleep (there's a few posts about

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Keeping Nose Poke LEDs on

Hi Alex! All of the LEDS will turn off when the FED3 goes to sleep (there's a few posts about

Feb 27

Laura Milton, … Phillip Baker3

Feb 23

Pellet Well checking modification

Hi Laura, I was looking to record pellet checks for extinction as well. I added the code to my cpp

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Pellets

Pellet Well checking modification

Hi Laura, I was looking to record pellet checks for extinction as well. I added the code to my cpp

Feb 23

Jared Glorius, Lex Kravitz2

Feb 14

FED3 audio question

Hey Jared, I'm attaching a FED3 script that plays Jingle Bells, video of it here too! Hopefully

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Tone

FED3 audio question

Hey Jared, I'm attaching a FED3 script that plays Jingle Bells, video of it here too! Hopefully

Feb 14

Vyash, … Alison Kreisler13

Feb 8

Modifications for larger rodents?

Anyone have updates on modifications for adult rats? I just found this device/group and read through

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Modifications for larger rodents?

Anyone have updates on modifications for adult rats? I just found this device/group and read through

Feb 8

dautan...@gmail.com, Lex Kravitz2

Feb 8

Duplicating signal directly from the PCB Board?

Hi! Cool idea! I think this will work, the script shouldn't be affected by this mod and it's

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Duplicating signal directly from the PCB Board?

Hi! Cool idea! I think this will work, the script shouldn't be affected by this mod and it's

Feb 8

Sowmya Narayan, Lex3

Feb 7

Unresponsive FED in doomsday mode

Hi Lex, thanks for this advice! Apparently the problem with this device was 2fold: for some reason

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Unresponsive FED in doomsday mode

Hi Lex, thanks for this advice! Apparently the problem with this device was 2fold: for some reason

Feb 7

Arvand Asghari, Lex Kravitz4

Feb 2

Step Motor rotating too fast

Got it, that's what I thought as well. Thank you, I will get the ones from Amazon then. Arvand On

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Step Motor rotating too fast

Got it, that's what I thought as well. Thank you, I will get the ones from Amazon then. Arvand On

Feb 2

Lex Kravitz, A R2

Jan 30

Delivering multiple trials without the animal taking the pellet

Thank you! Best, Arturo On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 2:49:51 PM UTC-5 lex.k...@gmail.com wrote:

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Delivering multiple trials without the animal taking the pellet

Pellets

Thank you! Best, Arturo On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 2:49:51 PM UTC-5 lex.k...@gmail.com wrote:

Jan 30

Tom Earnest, … Allison Lindquist5

Jan 27

FED3 Python package / FED3Viz archival

Alli - not a bother at all!!! Thanks all for the interest! Cheers to you all for such a positive and

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FED3VIZ

FED3 Python package / FED3Viz archival

Alli - not a bother at all!!! Thanks all for the interest! Cheers to you all for such a positive and

Jan 27

A R, Lex Kravitz6

Jan 26

FEDS cue discrimination program

Hi Arturo, I'll re-post this question and answer in a new thread as it asks about a new topic.

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FEDS cue discrimination program

Hi Arturo, I'll re-post this question and answer in a new thread as it asks about a new topic.

Jan 26

Hamid Taghipourbibalan, Lex2

Jan 16

Set.Clock - FEDs' time/date problem

Hi Hamid! Thanks for the question - this is an important issue so I want to give some background on

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Clock

Set.Clock - FEDs' time/date problem

Hi Hamid! Thanks for the question - this is an important issue so I want to give some background on

Jan 16

Cayla Murphy, Lex Kravitz2

Jan 12

TTL pulses via BNC port to sync with neurophotometrics fiber photometry recordings

Hi Cayla! You can find the FED3 functions here. The Feed() function was updated since v1.1.44 to

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TTL pulses via BNC port to sync with neurophotometrics fiber photometry recordings

Hi Cayla! You can find the FED3 functions here. The Feed() function was updated since v1.1.44 to

Jan 12

ebello Bello, Estefania, Lex3

Jan 10

Front Housing & case 3d files to print

Oh yes those parts were the old design. The nose-piece is separate in the new design You can either

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3DPrinting

Front Housing & case 3d files to print

Oh yes those parts were the old design. The nose-piece is separate in the new design You can either

Jan 10

Cesar Vargas, … uest...@gmail.com14

Jan 6

FED3 pins being used

Just share the testing with the SX1509 board, with those who want to add another BNC port. you have

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FED3 pins being used

Just share the testing with the SX1509 board, with those who want to add another BNC port. you have

Jan 6

Tim Sainburg, Lex Kravitz4

12/17/22

Issue flashing to FED3

Thanks for posting back Tim! I like to think that you wouldn't have figured that out if you hadn

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Electronics

Thanks for posting back Tim! I like to think that you wouldn't have figured that out if you hadn

Issue flashing to FED3

12/17/22

James McCutcheon, … Lex11

12/14/22

Best 3D printers at the moment

Hi Matthew, We print from Shapeways in Nylon PA12, which printed with an MultiJet Fusion process (MJF

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3DPrinting

Best 3D printers at the moment

Hi Matthew, We print from Shapeways in Nylon PA12, which printed with an MultiJet Fusion process (MJF

12/14/22

Matthew Pacheco, Lex Kravitz3

12/12/22

OpenAI to customize FED code

Hi Lex, From the screenshot you sent over it looks like you are using OpenAI ChatGPT, you would have

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OpenAI to customize FED code

Hi Lex, From the screenshot you sent over it looks like you are using OpenAI ChatGPT, you would have

12/12/22

wke...@udel.edu, Lex2

12/9/22

Set screw angle and securing the dispensing disc

Hi Will! I wish the motor had a longer spindle, it would make this connection much easier!

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3DPrinting

PelletJams

Set screw angle and securing the dispensing disc

Hi Will! I wish the motor had a longer spindle, it would make this connection much easier!

12/9/22

Matias Andina, Lex5

12/1/22

Exposing rtc.now()

While we are at it, these modification compile, but not sure if it would actually run, will test and

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Clock

Exposing rtc.now()

While we are at it, these modification compile, but not sure if it would actually run, will test and

12/1/22

Renée Poelman, Lex2

11/29/22

Closed economy PR2 inside a FED3 menu

Hi Renée, The "checkReset" function needs to be outside of the void loop(). I moved it to

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Closed economy PR2 inside a FED3 menu

Hi Renée, The "checkReset" function needs to be outside of the void loop(). I moved it to

11/29/22

Renée Poelman, … Lex4

11/29/22

FED3 output

Hi Renée, It sounds like your main loop calls fed3.logdata() every second. One solution could be to

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Hi Renée, It sounds like your main loop calls fed3.logdata() every second. One solution could be to

FED3 output

11/29/22

Nachi Kamatkar, Lex Kravitz2

11/25/22

Fixed ratio inappropriately counts nose pokes towards following pellet drop

Hi Nachi! The issue here is FED3 counts *all* pokes in the RightCount and LeftCount variables,

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Fixed ratio inappropriately counts nose pokes towards following pellet drop

Hi Nachi! The issue here is FED3 counts *all* pokes in the RightCount and LeftCount variables,

11/25/22

Lydia Bailey, Lex2

11/19/22

IV Self-administration

Hi Lydia! Yup you can use FED3 for this! You'll need a syringe pump that can turn on based on a

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Hi Lydia! Yup you can use FED3 for this! You'll need a syringe pump that can turn on based on a

IV Self-administration

11/19/22

Jaycee Choi, … Samuel Walker8

11/9/22

Recording Nosepokes during timeout period

Hi Lex, Great, thank you! Sam On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 8:23:52 PM UTC-6 lex.k...@gmail.com

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Recording Nosepokes during timeout period

Hi Lex, Great, thank you! Sam On Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 8:23:52 PM UTC-6 lex.k...@gmail.com

11/9/22

Miguel (myguestp), … Lex9

11/8/22

Food restriction schedule with FED

Thanks very much for all your help, I would be very happy to see the modifies code to implement once

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Pellets

Food restriction schedule with FED

Training

Thanks very much for all your help, I would be very happy to see the modifies code to implement once

11/8/22

dautan...@gmail.com, … Lex Kravitz3

10/28/22

Low percentage correct and FED noise

Haha yeah, I've wondered how necessary the buzzer or lights are for training, but I haven't

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Training