VersaDrive-8
8 independently drivable tetrode shuttles for recording with two 18 channel headstages with Mill-Max connectors.
Highly recommended: Reusable VersaDrive-8 Assembly JIG for loading process, reducing load time by 50% while ensuring quality.
- Compact, lightweight and low cost
- Disposable
- Ease of construction – no soldering; one step strip and tetrode wire connection
- Rigid, protective enclosure
- Receptacle pins increase contact rate
Catalog Number
VersaDrive-8 (25 Pack) 31-0612-0112 VersaDrive-8 (5 Pack) 31-0612-0111 VersaDrive-8 JIG 29-0210-0101
Included:
- Cap, Base & Enclosure
- 8 Shuttles
- 36 Receptacles
- 20 Drive pins
- 8 Drive screws
- 1 Emery board
Sold Separately:
- Reusable VersaDrive-8 Assembly Jig
Highly recommended for loading process. - Versa Drive Pins (100)
Replacement black enamel Austerlitz insect pins available / sold separately. Pack of 100. - Versa Drive Receptacles (100/gold)
Replacement receptacles available / sold separately. Pack of 100.
| Configuration | Contains |
|---|---|
| VersaDrive-8 Pack of 5 |
5 units |
| VersaDrive-8 Pack of 25 |
25 units |
| Tetrode Drives | 8 |
| Optical Shuttles | 0 |
| Reference Drives | 0 |
| Grounds | 4 |
| Travel | 4.0 mm |
| Pitch | 0.25 mm |
| Mass | 3.2 grams |
| Length | 16.2 mm |
| Width | 12.2 mm |
| Height | 18.3 mm |
| Connector | Mill-Max 18 socket X 2 |
| Comments | Requires 2 HS-18MM |
*Neuralynx is not a distributor of Mill-Max parts.
HS-18-MM
Buffered 18 channel headstage with shielded Litz wire and Mill-Max 18 connector.
HS-18-MM-LED
Buffered 18 channel video tracking headstage with shielded Litz wire and Mill-Max 18 connector.
VersaDrive Jigs
Reusable Assembly Jigs for loading tetrodes, inserting wire into the cap, and inserting receptacles.
ADPT-NZ-Versa
Connects VersaDrives to the nanoZ for electrode plating, impedance measurement and probe reconditioning.
Polymicro Tubing Kit
Polymicro fused silica capillary tubing with standard polyimide coating, and one poly glass cleaving stone.