The RHD2000 Evaluation System is a modular family of open-source hardware and software that allows users to record biopotential signals from up to 256 low-noise amplifier channels using the revolutionary new RHD2000 of digital electrophysiology chips from Intan Technologies. The product page can be found here.
The installation for the Intan RH2000 is most easily done on a Windows operating system, preferrably Windows 7. Use the following links to download the relevant files for installation of the Intan system.
See the files attached at the bottom of the page for drivers, RHD2000 Interface Software, and Intan MATLAB Toolbox.
Download and extract the driver package from the link above (this link can also be found on the Intan RH2000 Evaluation System page). Open the extracted folder and navigate to the appropriate folder for your operating system.
Windows
Simply run the executable found in the Windows folder of the driver package. Windows should automatically associate this driver package with the Intan RH2000 USB device when plugged in. If it doesn't, navigate to the Device Manager on your computer by going to Control Panel > Hardware And Sound >Device Manage (this requires administrative access). Locate the device (Unknown Device if unrecognized, ########### if recognized), right click on the device, and select Update Driver Software. Choose Browse my computer for driver software and navigate to the folder where the driver was installed. Complete the Update Wizard and the driver should now be associated with the device. If the device was previously recognized, the wizard will complete with the message "Driver software already up to date."
Linux
Within the Linux folder, you will find the file 60-opalkelly.rules and a readme file that contains installation instructions. To install the Linux drivers, you will need to navigate to /etc/udev/rules.d/ and copy the file 60-opalkelly.rules in that directory. To do so, input the following:
sudo cp /location/of/drivers/"RHD2000 USB interface board drivers"/Linux/60-opalkelly.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/60-opalkelly.rules
Replacing /location/of/drivers/ with the location of the unzipped driver folder. (The quotations around the folder name are necessary if spaces are contained within the name.) Enter your password if prompted.
The copied includes a generic udev rule to set the permissions on all attached Opal Kelly USB devices to allow user access. Once the file is in place, you will need to reload the rules by either rebooting the computer or entering the following command:
/sbin/udevadm control --reload_rules
These instruction are valid for FedoraCore 5 and have not yet been tested on Ubuntu 14.04 for the lab.
Windows
The RHD2000 Interface Software has already been compiled and is available as an executable for Windows. Download the software package via the link above. Extract the ZIP file and run the executable RHD2000interface.exe to launch the software.
Cannot open software: the file 'MSVCP120.dll' is missing from this computer.
If you receive an error message claiming the file MSVCP120.dll is missing from your computer, you might need to downoad and install the Visual Studio 2013 redistributable found here.
Linux
The interface software will need to be downloaded and compiled manually from the source code on Linux computers. This has not yet been tested in the lab, and instructions will be updated as soon as it has been