def temporal(t,dur_u,inter):
global i2
# deliver food
arduino.food("deliver",board,servoPin,top)
# delay for the duration of US
arduino.c_delay(dur_u,top)
# remove food
arduino.food("remove",board,servoPin,top)
# delay for the inter-trial interval
arduino.c_delay(inter,top)
i2 += 1 # increase the number of trials
# if the amount has not matched the requirement, call the function for this mode again
if i2 <= t:
temporal(t,dur_u,inter)
def pressbutton():
global interval
global duration
global rangemin
global rangemax
global timeslist
global mode
global thistimes
# create a variable to achieve correct detection of the state of button
# it is initially set to zero, once the button is pressed, it changed to 1, indicating the button is pressed
# and it will be changed to zero again only when the button is released
# after it back to zero, another press will be detected and count as active press
# meanwhile, this variable can count for the rising and falling edge of button
upanddown = 0
currenttimes = 0 # the times that the rat already press
# disable the start button to avoid double-click during executing
startButton.config(state=tkinter.DISABLED)
# If user choose to pre-test
# automatically start a trial that implement all the hardware
# in order to check basic settings
if preVar.get():
# get a list to test
l=input("please enter a list of presses:")
# convert into list
strlist = list(l)
# get the siginificant value in the list and save them into a new list
# the number in this list is the range that the criterion can be selected from
for x in range(len(strlist)):
if strlist[x] in ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"]:
timeslist.append(math.floor(float(strlist[x])))
# randomly select the criterion for each trial
thistimes=random.choice(timeslist)
# print it out
print(thistimes)
while True:
if buttonPin.read() == 1: # if button is pressed, .read() will return 1
if upanddown == 0:
upanddown = 1
LEDPin.write(1)
top.update()
sleep(0.1)
LEDPin.write(0) # make the LED blink once to indicate the press lead to reward
currenttimes += 1; # count it into presses that lead to reward
# feed
if currenttimes == thistimes:
print ('press completed')
top.update()
sleep(1)
print ('start feeding')
arduino.food("deliver",board,servoPin,top)
print ('stay feeding')
sleep(2)
print ('feeding end')
arduino.food("remove",board,servoPin,top)
currenttimes = 0 # reset currenttimes for new trials
if upanddown == 1:
if buttonPin.read() == 0:
upanddown = 0
# implement the experiment
else:
# whether load the configuration
# don't read from existing configuration
if loadVar.get() == 0:
interval = math.floor(float(intervalEntry.get())) # the value get from GUI window, need to be converted into floating number
duration = math.floor(float(durationEntry.get()))
if rangeminEntry.get() != "": # if user enter the value in range
rangemin = math.floor(float(rangeminEntry.get()))
rangemax = math.floor(float(rangemaxEntry.get()))
else: # otherwise, save as None
rangemin = "NA"
rangemax = "NA"
if listEntry.get() != "": # if user enter the value in list
inputlist = listEntry.get()
strlist = inputlist.split(" ")
for x in range(len(strlist)):
timeslist.append(math.floor(float(strlist[x])))
else:
inputlist = "NA"
mode = int(modVar.get())
with open('configuration_variable.csv', 'w', newline='') as f: # save parameters
w = csv.writer(f)
w.writerow(["Interval between two times", "Duration of feeding", "Min of range", "Max of range", "Input list", "mode"])
data = [interval, duration, rangemin, rangemax, timeslist, mode]
w.writerow(data)
# read from existing configuration and print them out
else:
with open('configuration_variable.csv', 'r', newline='') as f:
r = csv.reader(f)
data = None
count = 0
for row in r:
if count == 1:
data = row
count += 1
interval = math.floor(float(data[0]))
duration= math.floor(float(data[1]))
print("read result: ")
print("interval: " + data[0])
print("duration: " + data[1])
if data[2] != "NA":
rangemin = math.floor(float(data[2]))
rangemax = math.floor(float(data[3]))
print("min of range: " + data[2])
print("max of range: " + data[3])
if data[4] != "NA":
inputlist = data[4]
strlist = list(inputlist)
for x in range(len(strlist)):
if strlist[x] in ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"]:
timeslist.append(math.floor(float(strlist[x])))
print("list: " + data[4])
mode = int(data[5])
print("mode: " + data[5])
# call the function that contains the sub-function
run()
def forward (t,dur_c,dur_u,btw,inter,r,g):
global i1
# if there is no overlap between CS and US
if btw>=0:
# turn on CS
arduino.cs(g,r)
# delay for the duration of CS
arduino.c_delay(dur_c,top)
# turn off CS
arduino.cs(0,0)
# delay for the interval between CS and US
arduino.c_delay(btw,top)
# deliver food
arduino.food("delive",board,servoPin,top)
# delay for the duration of US
arduino.c_delay(dur_u,top)
# remove food
arduino.food("remove",board,servoPin,top)
# delay for the inter-trial interval
arduino.c_delay(inter,top)
i1 += 1 # increase the number of trails
# if the amount has not matched the requirement, call the function for this mode again
if i1 <= t:
forward (t,dur_c,dur_u,btw,inter,r,g)
# if there is overlap between CS and US
else:
# If CS is gone before US
if -1*btw<=dur_u: # -1 due to the negative value for overlap
# turn on CS
arduino.cs(g,r)
# delay for the time until US is supposed to present
arduino.c_delay(dur_c+btw,top)
# deliver food
arduino.food("deliver",board,servoPin,top)
# delay for the time until the overlap of CS has passed,
# i.e., the interval between CS and US
arduino.c_delay(-1*btw,top)
# turn off CS
arduino.cs(0,0)
# delay for the time until the duration of it has been fulfilled
arduino.c_delay(btw+dur_u,top)
# remove food
arduino.food("remove",board,servoPin,top)
# delay for the inter-trial interval
arduino.c_delay(inter,top)
i1 += 1 # increase the number of trails
# if the amount has not matched the requirement, call the function for this mode again
if i1 <= t:
forward (t,dur_c,dur_u,btw,inter,r,g)
# cs is gone after us
else:
# turn on CS
arduino.cs(g,r)
# delay until US is supposed to present
arduino.c_delay(dur_c+btw,top)
# deliver food
arduino.food("deliver",board,servoPin,top)
# delay for the duration of US
arduino.c_delay(dur_u,top)
# remove food
arduino.food("remove",board,servoPin,top)
# delay until fulfill the duration of CS
arduino.c_delay(dur_c+btw-dur_u,top)
# turn off CS
arduino.cs(0,0)
# delay for the inter-trial interval
arduino.c_delay(inter,top)
i1 += 1 # increase the number of trails
# if the amount has not matched the requirement, call the function for this mode again
if i1 <= t:
forward (t,dur_c,dur_u,btw,inter,r,g)
def pressbutton():
global times
global interval
global duration
# disable the start button to avoid double-click during executing
startButton.config(state=tkinter.DISABLED)
# If user choose to pre-test
# automatically start a trial that implement all the hardware
# in order to check basic settings
if preVar.get():
# let the user to press once to check button's function
print('please press the button once')
# create a variable to count the presses that lead to reward
currenttimes = 0
# create a variable to achieve correct detection of the state of button
# it is initially set to zero, once the button is pressed, it changed to 1, indicating the button is pressed
# and it will be changed to zero again only when the button is released
# after it back to zero, another press will be detected and count as active press
# meanwhile, this variable can count for the rising and falling edge of button
upanddown = 0
while True:
if buttonPin.read(
) == 1: # if button is pressed, .read() will return 1
if upanddown == 0:
upanddown = 1
LEDPin.write(1)
top.update()
sleep(0.1)
LEDPin.write(
0
) # make the LED blink once to indicate the press lead to reward
currenttimes += 1
# if one press is detected, deliver the food
if currenttimes == 1:
print('press completed')
top.update()
sleep(1)
print('start feeding')
arduino.food("deliver", board, servoPin, top)
print('stay feeding')
sleep(2)
print('feeding end')
arduino.food("remove", board, servoPin, top)
currenttimes = 0 # reset for a new trail
if upanddown == 1:
if buttonPin.read() == 0:
upanddown = 0
# implement the experiment
else:
# whether load the configuration
# don't read from existing configuration
if loadVar.get() == 0:
times = float(
timesEntry.get()
) # the value get from GUI window, need to be converted into floating number
interval = float(intervalEntry.get())
duration = float(durationEntry.get())
with open('configuration_fix.csv', 'w',
newline='') as f: # save parameters
w = csv.writer(f)
w.writerow([
"Number of times", "Interval between two times",
"Duration of feeding"
])
data = [times, interval, duration]
w.writerow(data)
# read from existing configuration and print them out
else:
with open('configuration_fix.csv', 'r', newline='') as f:
r = csv.reader(f)
data = None
count = 0
for row in r:
if count == 1:
data = row
count += 1
times = float(data[0])
interval = float(data[1])
duration = float(data[2])
print("read result: ")
print("times: " + str(times))
print("interval: " + str(interval))
print("duration: " + str(duration))
# call the function that contains the main body
run()
def pressbutton():
global times
global interval
global duration
global step
global gap
# disable the start button to avoid double-click during executing
startButton.config(state=tkinter.DISABLED)
# If user choose to pre-test
# automatically start a trial that implement all the hardware
# in order to check basic settings
if preVar.get():
# let the user to press once to check button's function
print ('please press the button once')
currenttimes = 0
upanddown = 0
while True:
if buttonPin.read() == 1: # if button is pressed, .read() will return 1
if upanddown == 0:
upanddown = 1
LEDPin.write(1)
top.update()
sleep(0.1)
LEDPin.write(0) # make the LED blink once to indicate the press lead to reward
currenttimes += 1;
# if one press is detected, deliver the food
if currenttimes == 1:
print ('press completed')
top.update()
sleep(1)
print ('start feeding')
arduino.food("deliver",board,servoPin,top)
print ('stay feeding')
sleep(2)
print ('feeding end')
arduino.food("remove",board,servoPin,top)
currenttimes = 0 # reset currenttimes
if upanddown == 1:
if buttonPin.read() == 0:
upanddown = 0
# implement the experiment
else:
# whether load the configuration
# don't read from existing configuration
if loadVar.get() == 0:
times = float(timesEntry.get()) # the value get from GUI window, need to be converted into floating number
interval = float(intervalEntry.get())
duration = float(durationEntry.get())
if randomVar.get():
step="random"
else:
step=int(stepEntry.get())
gap = int(gapEntry.get())
with open('configuration_p.csv', 'w', newline="") as f: # save parameters
w = csv.writer(f)
w.writerow(["Number of press", "Interval between press and feed", "Duration of feeding","Incresing step","Trials between increment"])
data = [times, interval, duration,step,gap]
w.writerow(data)
# read from existing configuration and print them out
else:
with open('configuration_p.csv', 'r', newline="") as f:
r = csv.reader(f)
data = None
count = 0
for row in r:
if count == 1:
data = row
count += 1
times = float(data[0])
interval = float(data[1])
duration= float(data[2])
if data[3]=='random':
step = data[3]
else:
step = int(data[3])
gap = int(data[4])
print("times: " + data[0])
print("interval: " + data[1])
print("duration: " + data[2])
print("step: " + data[3])
print("gap: " + data[4])
# call the function that contains the main body
run()
def pressbutton():
global times
global interval
global duration
# disable the start button to avoid double-click during executing
startButton.config(state=tkinter.DISABLED)
# If user choose to pre-test
# automatically start a trial that implement all the hardware
# in order to check basic settings
if preVar.get():
# let the user to press once to check button's function
print ('please press the button once')
# create a variable to count the presses that lead to reward
currenttimes = 0
# create a variable to achieve correct detection of the state of button
# it is initially set to zero, once the button is pressed, it changed to 1, indicating the button is pressed
# and it will be changed to zero again only when the button is released
# after it back to zero, another press will be detected and count as active press
# meanwhile, this variable can count for the rising and falling edge of button
upanddown = 0
while True:
if buttonPin.read() == 1: # if button is pressed, .read() will return 1
if upanddown == 0:
upanddown = 1
LEDPin.write(1)
top.update()
sleep(0.1)
LEDPin.write(0) # make the LED blink once to indicate the press lead to reward
currenttimes += 1
# if one press is detected, deliver the food
if currenttimes == 1:
print ('press completed')
top.update()
sleep(1)
print ('start feeding')
arduino.food("deliver",board,servoPin,top)
print ('stay feeding')
sleep(2)
print ('feeding end')
arduino.food("remove",board,servoPin,top)
currenttimes = 0 # reset for a new trail
if upanddown == 1:
if buttonPin.read() == 0:
upanddown = 0
# implement the experiment
else:
# whether load the configuration
# don't read from existing configuration
if loadVar.get() == 0:
times = float(timesEntry.get()) # the value get from GUI window, need to be converted into floating number
interval = float(intervalEntry.get())
duration = float(durationEntry.get())
with open('configuration_fix.csv', 'w', newline='') as f: # save parameters
w = csv.writer(f)
w.writerow(["Number of times", "Interval between two times", "Duration of feeding"])
data = [times, interval, duration]
w.writerow(data)
# read from existing configuration and print them out
else:
with open('configuration_fix.csv', 'r', newline='') as f:
r = csv.reader(f)
data = None
count = 0
for row in r:
if count == 1:
data = row
count += 1
times = float(data[0])
interval = float(data[1])
duration= float(data[2])
print("read result: ")
print("times: " + str(times))
print("interval: " + str(interval))
print("duration: " + str(duration))
# call the function that contains the main body
run()
def pressbutton():
global times
global interval
global duration
global step
global gap
# disable the start button to avoid double-click during executing
startButton.config(state=tkinter.DISABLED)
# If user choose to pre-test
# automatically start a trial that implement all the hardware
# in order to check basic settings
if preVar.get():
# let the user to press once to check button's function
print('please press the button once')
currenttimes = 0
upanddown = 0
while True:
if buttonPin.read(
) == 1: # if button is pressed, .read() will return 1
if upanddown == 0:
upanddown = 1
LEDPin.write(1)
top.update()
sleep(0.1)
LEDPin.write(
0
) # make the LED blink once to indicate the press lead to reward
currenttimes += 1
# if one press is detected, deliver the food
if currenttimes == 1:
print('press completed')
top.update()
sleep(1)
print('start feeding')
arduino.food("deliver", board, servoPin, top)
print('stay feeding')
sleep(2)
print('feeding end')
arduino.food("remove", board, servoPin, top)
currenttimes = 0 # reset currenttimes
if upanddown == 1:
if buttonPin.read() == 0:
upanddown = 0
# implement the experiment
else:
# whether load the configuration
# don't read from existing configuration
if loadVar.get() == 0:
times = float(
timesEntry.get()
) # the value get from GUI window, need to be converted into floating number
interval = float(intervalEntry.get())
duration = float(durationEntry.get())
if randomVar.get():
step = "random"
else:
step = int(stepEntry.get())
gap = int(gapEntry.get())
with open('configuration_p.csv', 'w',
newline="") as f: # save parameters
w = csv.writer(f)
w.writerow([
"Number of press", "Interval between press and feed",
"Duration of feeding", "Incresing step",
"Trials between increment"
])
data = [times, interval, duration, step, gap]
w.writerow(data)
# read from existing configuration and print them out
else:
with open('configuration_p.csv', 'r', newline="") as f:
r = csv.reader(f)
data = None
count = 0
for row in r:
if count == 1:
data = row
count += 1
times = float(data[0])
interval = float(data[1])
duration = float(data[2])
if data[3] == 'random':
step = data[3]
else:
step = int(data[3])
gap = int(data[4])
print("times: " + data[0])
print("interval: " + data[1])
print("duration: " + data[2])
print("step: " + data[3])
print("gap: " + data[4])
# call the function that contains the main body
run()
def pressbutton():
global interval
global duration
global rangemin
global rangemax
global timeslist
global mode
global thistimes
# create a variable to achieve correct detection of the state of button
# it is initially set to zero, once the button is pressed, it changed to 1, indicating the button is pressed
# and it will be changed to zero again only when the button is released
# after it back to zero, another press will be detected and count as active press
# meanwhile, this variable can count for the rising and falling edge of button
upanddown = 0
currenttimes = 0 # the times that the rat already press
# disable the start button to avoid double-click during executing
startButton.config(state=tkinter.DISABLED)
# If user choose to pre-test
# automatically start a trial that implement all the hardware
# in order to check basic settings
if preVar.get():
# get a list to test
l = input("please enter a list of presses:")
# convert into list
strlist = list(l)
# get the siginificant value in the list and save them into a new list
# the number in this list is the range that the criterion can be selected from
for x in range(len(strlist)):
if strlist[x] in [
"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"
]:
timeslist.append(math.floor(float(strlist[x])))
# randomly select the criterion for each trial
thistimes = random.choice(timeslist)
# print it out
print(thistimes)
while True:
if buttonPin.read(
) == 1: # if button is pressed, .read() will return 1
if upanddown == 0:
upanddown = 1
LEDPin.write(1)
top.update()
sleep(0.1)
LEDPin.write(
0
) # make the LED blink once to indicate the press lead to reward
currenttimes += 1
# count it into presses that lead to reward
# feed
if currenttimes == thistimes:
print('press completed')
top.update()
sleep(1)
print('start feeding')
arduino.food("deliver", board, servoPin, top)
print('stay feeding')
sleep(2)
print('feeding end')
arduino.food("remove", board, servoPin, top)
currenttimes = 0 # reset currenttimes for new trials
if upanddown == 1:
if buttonPin.read() == 0:
upanddown = 0
# implement the experiment
else:
# whether load the configuration
# don't read from existing configuration
if loadVar.get() == 0:
interval = math.floor(
float(intervalEntry.get())
) # the value get from GUI window, need to be converted into floating number
duration = math.floor(float(durationEntry.get()))
if rangeminEntry.get() != "": # if user enter the value in range
rangemin = math.floor(float(rangeminEntry.get()))
rangemax = math.floor(float(rangemaxEntry.get()))
else: # otherwise, save as None
rangemin = "NA"
rangemax = "NA"
if listEntry.get() != "": # if user enter the value in list
inputlist = listEntry.get()
strlist = inputlist.split(" ")
for x in range(len(strlist)):
timeslist.append(math.floor(float(strlist[x])))
else:
inputlist = "NA"
mode = int(modVar.get())
with open('configuration_variable.csv', 'w',
newline='') as f: # save parameters
w = csv.writer(f)
w.writerow([
"Interval between two times", "Duration of feeding",
"Min of range", "Max of range", "Input list", "mode"
])
data = [
interval, duration, rangemin, rangemax, timeslist, mode
]
w.writerow(data)
# read from existing configuration and print them out
else:
with open('configuration_variable.csv', 'r', newline='') as f:
r = csv.reader(f)
data = None
count = 0
for row in r:
if count == 1:
data = row
count += 1
interval = math.floor(float(data[0]))
duration = math.floor(float(data[1]))
print("read result: ")
print("interval: " + data[0])
print("duration: " + data[1])
if data[2] != "NA":
rangemin = math.floor(float(data[2]))
rangemax = math.floor(float(data[3]))
print("min of range: " + data[2])
print("max of range: " + data[3])
if data[4] != "NA":
inputlist = data[4]
strlist = list(inputlist)
for x in range(len(strlist)):
if strlist[x] in [
"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8",
"9"
]:
timeslist.append(math.floor(float(strlist[x])))
print("list: " + data[4])
mode = int(data[5])
print("mode: " + data[5])
# call the function that contains the sub-function
run()
def startpressbutton():
global trials
global times
global interval
global duration
global sdinterval
global intertrial
global looptime
global upanddown
global currenttimes
# disable the start button to avoid double-click during executing
startButton.config(state=tkinter.DISABLED)
# If user choose to pre-test
# automatically start a trial that implement all the hardware
# in order to check basic settings
if preVar.get():
sdPin.write(1)
print ('please press the button once')
if buttonPin.read() == 1: # if button is pressed, .read() will return 1
if upanddown==0:
sdPin.write(0)
LEDPin.write(1)
sleep(0.1)
LEDPin.write(0) # make the LED blink once to indicate the press lead to reward
currenttimes += 1 # count it into presses that lead to reward
# if one press is detected, deliver the food
if currenttimes == 1:
print ('press completed')
top.update()
sleep(1)
print ('start feeding')
arduino.food("deliver",board,servoPin,top)
print ('stay feeding')
sleep(2)
print ('feeding end')
arduino.food("remove",board,servoPin,top)
currenttimes = 0 # reset for a new trail
if upanddown == 1:
if buttonPin.read() == 0:
upanddown = 0
# implement the experiment
else:
# whether load the configuration
# don't read from existing configuration
if loadVar.get() == 0:
# the value get from GUI window, need to be converted into floating number
trials = float(trialsEntry.get())
times = float(timesEntry.get())
interval = float(intervalEntry.get())
duration = float(durationEntry.get())
sdinterval = float(sdintervalEntry.get())
intertrial = float(intertrialEntry.get())
with open('configuration_sd.csv', 'w', newline='') as f:
w = csv.writer(f)
w.writerow(["trials", "times", "interval", "duration", "sdinterval", "intertrial"])
data = [trials, times, interval, duration, sdinterval, intertrial]
w.writerow(data)
# read from existing configuration and print them out
else:
with open('configuration_sd.csv', 'r', newline='') as f:
r = csv.reader(f)
data = None
count = 0
for row in r:
if count == 1:
data = row
count += 1
trials = float(data[0])
times = float(data[1])
interval = float(data[2])
duration= float(data[3])
sdinterval = float(data[4])
intertrial = float(data[5])
print("trials: " + str(trials))
print("times: " + str(times))
print("interval: " + str(interval))
print("duration: " + str(duration))
print("sdinterval: " + str(sdinterval))
print("intertrial: " + str(intertrial))
looptime = time.time() # get the start time for the first trial
sdPin.write(1) # turn on SD
# begin the first trail
# call the function that contains the main body
run()