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Cerebro Wireless Optogenetics System v1

Welcome! This is the hardware and software documentation of a system used for wireless optogenetic stimulation. As an open-source project, this documentation is intended to provide exhaustive resources and detailed instructions to enable anyone to study, replicate, share, improve and contribute back to the Cerebro Wireless Optogenetics System.

This project was developed by Andy Lustig in the Karpova Lab at Janelia Research Campus. If you have any questions you can contact him at lustiga@janelia.hhmi.org

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