Title :
Programmable neural processing on a smartdust
Author :
Huang, Shimeng ; Oresko, Joseph ; Sun, Yuwen ; Cheng, Allen C.
Author_Institution :
Depts. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
To date, spike sorting for neural processing in brain-computer interfaces has been performed using off-chip analysis or custom ASIC designs. In this paper, we propose and test the feasibility of performing on-chip, real-time spike sorting on a commercially available and programmable smartdust wireless sensor network mote since such a platform is currently the closest to an implantable chip due to its small size and similar physical and environmental constraints.
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; brain-computer interfaces; micromechanical devices; neural nets; real-time systems; sorting; system-on-chip; wireless sensor networks; application specific integration circuits; brain-computer interface; custom ASIC design; environmental constraint; neural processing; off-chip analysis; physical constraint; programmable smartdust wireless sensor network mote; real-time spike sorting; smartdust; Application specific integrated circuits; Biology computing; Brain computer interfaces; Computer interfaces; Embedded system; Hardware; Permission; Signal processing; Sorting; Wireless sensor networks; Brain-computer interface; bio-implantable computing; programmable spike sorting; smartdust;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 2009. DAC '09. 46th ACM/IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-6055-8497-3
