Feature request: multimeter

[drodarie]

As a user, I need to record neurons' membrane potential during Nest simulation with bsb. This corresponds to the multimeter tool in Nest.

[Helveg]

The default bsb-nest device is the external device which defers directly to NEST:

my_multi:
  nest_model: multimeter
  constants:
    whatever: params
    nest: needs

[Helveg]

But PRs are always welcome for specific devices if they offer advantages over using NEST devices!

[Helveg]

Actually after looking at dbbs-lab/bsb-core#67, I think there's a lot of room to improve the UX with a dedicated multimeter device. For example, the recordings of a multimeter ought to be added to the results file, and a lot of metadata should be tracked. Would you be willing to look into this @drodarie if I walked you through it?

[drodarie]

Sure! I am drafting a Multimeter extending NestDevice, inspiring myself from the SpikeRecorder class. I still need to test it though.

[drodarie]

See PR #5 related to this issue

[Helveg]

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