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Place for recording procedures and other relevant and useful information for using hardware and software in the lab.

Matlab Toolbox for controlling Magstim Rapid2 stimulator via serial connection. The toolbox allows of taking control of the stimulator from a computer.

Matlab toolbox for Controlling Rapid2 Stimulator

The toolbox is designed to control the Magstim Rapid2 stimualtor via a serial connection. The toolbox description will be published in a manuscript which we have submitted for publication in an Open Access journal. To test the toolbox, download an example Matlab script which demonstrates how to arm the stimulator, change stimulation intensity and deliver a pulse.

Python Library for Rapid2 stimulator by Chad Boulay

Chadwick Boulay is a Brain-Computer Interface researcher and he developed a Python module to control Magstim BiStim and Rapid2 stimulators. You can download it from his github page.

REPT procedure estimates phosphene thresholds rapidly and accurately using a Bayesian adaptive staircase procedure. It uses Rapid2 toolbox to automatically vary the pulse intensity based on participant’s responses. REPT is implemented in Matlab and has a GUI.

A Bayesian adaptive staircase procedure to accurately estimate phosphene thresholds. The method utilises the Rapid2 toolbox to programmatically adjust the stimulation intensity via a serial connection. REPT is a fast and accurate method compared with other published procedures, and has a Matlab GUI based convenient user interface to control the stimulator and run the staircase. A brief summary of the method is provided in the presentation on this page.

Here you can download Rapid2 Matlab toolbox for controlling Magstim Rapid2stimulator via a serial connection and REPT staircase procedure for estimating phosphene threshold.

If you would like to cite the Rapid2 toolbox or REPT, please use the following reference:

Abrahamyan, A., Clifford, C. W. G., Ruzzoli, M., Phillips, D., Arabzadeh, E., & Harris, J. A. (2011). Accurate and Rapid Estimation of Phosphene Thresholds (REPT). PLoS ONE 6(7): e22342 [Download]

We will be releasing a new version of Rapid2 Toolbox, which will support repetitive stimulation mode and work on a Mac.