WhiskerServer running on Microsoft Windows |
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| Developer(s) | Rudolf Cardinal, Mike Aitken, Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd |
| Initial release | 2000 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Research control |
| License | Proprietary with source available to users |
| Website | www.whiskercontrol.com |
Whisker is a research control system developed within the University of Cambridge, UK, and marketed by Campden Instruments Ltd (UK) and the Lafayette Instrument Company (USA). It is implemented as a server that controls a range of physical devices (including digital switches for input and output devices such as levers and pellet dispensers, multiple monitors, sound cards, and touchscreens). The server communicates with clients via a TCP/IP network link and manages resources for them. Typically, individual clients are programs that implement tasks used in behavioural research (e.g. psychology and neuroscience), such as tasks involving operant chambers.